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New Revisions to CC Certificate Course Content = New Opportunities for Translations
by Shanna Hollich, Jennryn Wetzler CC Certificate postWe are delighted to share the latest revisions of our Creative Commons Certificate Course content, available on our website as an OER in multiple formats.
Updates on Open Culture Platform Activity Fund Winners 2023
by Brigitte Vézina, Jocelyn Miyara Open Culture postIn 2023, the Creative Commons (CC) Open Culture Platform ran an open call for funded activities as part of our efforts to develop local, non-Western models of open culture, and to support the growth of the open culture movement around the world.
CC Certificate Translations in Slovak, Bengali, and localized French
by Jennryn Wetzler, Shanna Hollich CC Certificate, Community, Open Education, Uncategorized postSide by Side, by Anina Takeff, licensed Creative Commons-Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-SA) As we end 2023, we want to showcase the incredible work of CC community members to translate the CC Certificate content. Thanks to 21 volunteers this year and numerous volunteers in the past, the reading content of our CC Certificate training is now…
Jennryn Wetzler
personPrior to CC, Jennryn worked on open policy and open educational resources (OER) at the U.S. Department of State, piloting OER use for public diplomacy and global partnerships. She’s also enjoyed gaining a different perspective of education through international development work in Thailand and Niger. Jennryn has a Masters in ‘Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs’…
A Journalist’s Guide to Creative Commons 2023
by Jennryn Wetzler, Zac Crellin Open Journalism postSharing and reusing content in newsrooms is nothing new. But embracing Creative Commons unlocks infinitely more potential, completely free of charge. Increasingly, news outlets around the world embrace Creative Commons to enhance their coverage, boost their readership, and move towards more sustainable business models. Whether you work for a smaller newsroom seeking high quality, newsworthy…
Creative Commons Bootcamp for California Community Colleges
by Jennryn Wetzler Open Education postOpen Education Week offers a global festival of open education efforts. As we take stock of the offerings, it’s heartening to look at how individual efforts can feed into larger system’s change. In our Open Education Week 2023 blog post, we highlight community members’ approaches and tools, opening access to education and knowledge. Below, we…
Better Sharing for Generative AI
by Catherine Stihler Better Internet, Licenses & Tools, Open Creativity, Technology postOver the last year, innovation and use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has exploded, providing new ways for people to create content of all sorts. For example, it’s been used to help create award winning art, develop educational materials, expedite software development, and craft business materials. Recently, three artists filed a class action lawsuit in…
CC Publishes Global Open Culture Call to Action to Policymakers
by Brigitte Vézina Open Culture postSince its creation in 2001, Creative Commons (CC) has helped release nearly 5 million digital open images of cultural heritage held in cultural heritage institutions using CC tools. We have also been promoting open culture to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world, and it is based on this rich experience that our Open…
Open Minds Podcast: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker of Smarthistory
by Ony Anukem About CC postHi Creative Commoners! On this episode, we’re joined by art historians, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, the co-founders and executive directors of Smarthistory. Smarthistory is a center for public art history, with thousands of free and CC licensed videos and essays written by experts who want to share their knowledge with learners around…
Open Minds Podcast: Trudi Radtke on InclusiveAccess.org
by Jennryn Wetzler, Ony Anukem About CC postHi Creative Commoners! We are back with a new episode of CC’s Open Minds … from Creative Commons podcast. In this month’s episode of the show, Jennryn Wetzler, CC’s Director of Learning and Training, talks all things Open Education and Inclusive Access Textbooks with Trudi Radtke, former Open Education Project Manager at SPARC. InclusiveAccess.org is…