This conference brought together an eclectic mix of people from across disciplines of studies, countries and areas of work and government. The Creative Commons Australia team organised the free one-day symposium to explore the emerging Australasian Commons.The day was also significant in that Creative Commons (CC), in association with Creative Commons Australia, officially announced the release of the Case Studies Project. At the conference the project was announced with the launch of the booklet of some of the global case studies. The project invites the CC Community to go to the wiki and share stories about how they use CC on a daily basis. It is definitely worth a look as it highlights the multitude of fantastic ways CC is changing the way we are accessing and providing access to information.
A series of short case studies from Australia were presented at the conference including:
- The Queensland governments GILF project. GILF - Government Information Licensing Framework - the project is set to lead the world in establishing a new approach to public sector information licensing
- youdecide2007 a nonprofit citizen journalism initiative led by the Creative Industries faculty at QUT
- The exciting Pool Project - an ABC project, which is still in Beta at the moment. Pool is a collaborative/creative place/space for people to share digital stories - a multimedia experience aimed at opening up the media sharing space. The project works with Radio National - finding out what producers needs are in the new world - while engaging with a young audience.
The day also included reports from CC Jurisdictions in Australasia by:
- Jane Hornibrook and Louise O’Brien, CC Aotearoa New Zealand
- Prof Chunyan Wang, CC China Mainland
- Rami Olwen, CC Jordan.
The two panel presentations: Creative Commons and Education and Creative Commons and Music provided a springboard for discussions in the nine separate workshops. The workshop leaders provided a facilitated report - with the outcome of these discussions providing the Creative Commons Australia team with significant work and challenges to continue with. A great day with lots of great networking, good food and entertainment completing the day.
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Would love to find out more about what went on. I present on Creative Commons licensing and educators are often surprised as to the limits the current system imposes and the fact that many “traditional” copyright restrictions are still print-focused.
As we explore e-portfolios for students, educators have to ensure that their students know how to find and use resources legally in creating projects. That way the work they create will have more relevance, a longer shelf life and a wider audience than that of teacher and classroom. And knowing that their projects will form the basis of their e-portfolios — students are bound to produce better quality work. Creative Commons has a vital role to play in all of this.
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