The Creative Commons (CC) Certificate courses are widely considered an essential resource for open access education and for increasing capacity for individuals and institutions using the CC licenses to increase open access.  

The CC Certificate program offers in-depth courses about CC licenses, open practices, and the ethos of the Commons. Courses are composed of various readings, quizzes, discussions, and practical exercises to develop learners’ open skills. Currently we offer a CC Certificate for Open Culture, a CC Certificate for Academic Librarians, and a CC Certificate for Educators. Courses are open to everyone, from university students and entry-level professionals to experts in the fields of library science, education, and cultural heritage. 

With the goal of reducing the barrier of participating in one of these essential trainings, CC is proud to have recently awarded eight scholarships. These scholarships would not be possible without your donations. We invite you to donate today so that we can continue offering these scholarships.  You may also want to consider joining our Open Infrastructure Circle so that we can increase participation in these trainings globally. 

Join us in congratulating the following scholarship recipients and keep reading to learn more about their journey in the open community: 

ABIR Mohammed Galib Hasan, Bangladesh

Galib is a PhD Researcher in Hokkaido University, Japan. His primary research areas are: Educational Technology, Open Education and Generative AI. He was a founding member of the CC Bangladesh Chapter, serving as the Education Lead since 2018. Galib also served on the program committee of CC Global Summit in 2019 and 2020.

Bukola James, Nigeria

Bukola James is a certified librarian, Wikimedian, and community coordinator for the African Wikipedian Alliance. She also serves as the co-lead for the Open Culture Platform’s Outreach Working Group and as a Sub-Saharan Liaison Officer for the Wikimedia Foundation Peer Learning Program. Additionally, Bukola is a  communications expert for the EduWiki Newsletter and a special adviser for the EduWiki User Group. She holds the position of co-team and project lead within African Wiki Women and other impactful initiatives.

Chaidir Amir, Indonesia

Chaidir is a professional librarian who has been working in libraries since 2023. He has certifications and competence in library management based on information and communication technology. He is an active member of multiple library forums and associations. Chaidir also serves as an accreditation assessor and library training facilitator.

Jes Graham, South Africa

Jes is a 28-year-old, disabled, non-binary South African who works at the University of Cape Town in open education, specifically in the development and production of open textbooks. Their driving motto for their work is to “be conscientiously creative in the pursuit of developing and sharing accessible knowledge through design.” To this end, Jes combines their skills in graphic design, Disability Studies, and editorial work and publishing to develop open educational resources (with a strong focus on multiple forms of accessibility) from a South African perspective. In their current work at the University of Cape Town, Jes has developed foundational skills in CC licensing, but aims to advance this knowledge to more deeply integrate CC licensing in their own work and support others in the local design and academic community.

John Okewole, Nigeria

John is an open education advocate working locally by encouraging colleagues to engage openness as a culture and attitude, and globally as a CC Global Network member and member of CC’s Open Education Platform). Some of his recent contributions include acting as a member of the Working Group 4 — Beyond Copyright: the Ethics of Open Sharing and serving as a co-lead of the CC Open Education Platform’s working group on the UNESCO Recommendation on OER. John is a Commonwealth Scholar who has completed an MA in Online and Distance Education at the Open University, UK and he also has a certificate in Designing and Facilitating E-Learning (Level 5) at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand.

Jonas Bäckelin, Sweden

Jonas is currently the Content Manager on the Creative Commons Sverige team and the Sweden Chapter Lead. Outside of his CC work, Jonas is the solution manager and learning designer at Adda Kompetens, a part of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR). He also serves as the moderator of the Upskilling och Reskilling committee at Swedish JobTech.

Tina Kalan, Slovenija

After working in the public school system and the national library, Tina has found her place in the academic library world. Her work is very dynamic, including everything from cataloging to information literacy courses. An important part of her workload is bibliographies, and her goal is to provide support to patrons, from students to researchers, in questions related to open access, open science and research assessments.

Tri Astari, Indonesia

Tri Astari is a lecturer who creates educational content under CC licenses, driven by a strong desire to make knowledge easily accessible. In addition, she is a member of Wikimedia Indonesia.

Congratulations again to the recipients. If you are interested in the CC Certificate courses, we invite you to register for 2025