New Zealand Open Education Network/Creative Commons policies for schools

Policies for the compulsory sector

Aims of the activity (longer term)

 * Increase the adoption of creative commons licencing in schools

Objectives of the activity (short term)

 * Create a toolkit to help schools adopt a creative commons policy

Narrative description of what you will do
Develop a WE site that explains, in simple language, the advantages of CC licencing for teachers, community & board:
 * Better understanding of how IP works in schools- BoTs own output, fair use etc.
 * Help BoTs retain their intellectual property by ensuring a copy remains in the commons even if a teacher removes teaching and learning resources from a school.
 * Separation of education from the commercial market. Education is about sharing and collaboration.
 * NZ schools don't compete with each other.
 * List the major international universities that see value in sharing resources
 * List the advantages to a range of schools: rural, primary, secondary, Maori
 * NZGOAL framework
 * Deeper learning for students/pedagogy better aligned to effective 21st Century- pedagogy
 * Improvement of own resources put out under CC licence.
 * Develop networks of local content and swap. Northland school developing early history resources, and Canterbury schools developiung geography resources on floodplains.

What inputs are required?

 * Find creative commons policies from a range of schools
 * Pull together resources explaining Copyright and CC

Group decisions for this activity including who and when.

 * Set up the CC Toolkit for schools and port Digital Citizenship resources- Mark. Done. http://wikieducator.org/A_Creative_Commons_Toolkit_for_NZ_Schools
 * Post the call for participation to the MLE- Mark
 * Set up a group in the VLN and invite participants- Mark
 * Contact PPTA ICT Representative- Douglas
 * Contact School Trustees Association - Douglas