Open licenses like Creative Commons licenses make Open Access publishing and OER possible. But what is Open Access? What are OER? Listen and then check out the links below to learn about these areas of practice and their significance to…
Collections and Adaptations
Understanding what is and isn’t an adaptation is crucial to using and sharing CC-licensed works appropriately, especially when you are combining many different works into one new work, as in the image at the right. When bringing different works together,…
Anatomy of a CC License
This time, let’s go into the details of Creative Commons licenses themselves. Listen, and then check out the images and links below for more information. Learn More The Creative Commons Icons The Creative Commons Licenses The image below shows the…
Copyright Law
Last time I said that because of Creative Commons, creators are able to retain their copyright while sharing their work and letting other people know how it can be used. But what is copyright? What is it for? What does…
What Is Creative Commons?
You may already be familiar with Creative Commons licenses. Creative Commons is also a nonprofit organization and worldwide movement. In this podcast, I tell about the origins of Creative Commons, and then I give an overview of what Creative Commons…
Welcome!
I’m taking the Creative Commons Certificate course this summer, and I’ll be sharing what I learn at this site. This chapter in the CUNY Pressbooks Guide and this page at BMCC’s OER site, to which I’ve made contributions, reflect my…