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Affiliate Project Grant Update: Asia-Pacific
by meryl Uncategorized postThis is part three of a five week series on the Affiliate Team project grants. So far, you’ve heard from our affiliates in Africa and the Arab World. Today, we’re showcasing projects in our Asia-Pacific region, including open data workshops from Japan, a media studies textbook from New Zealand, and software tools and guidelines for…
Affiliate Project Grant Update: Arab World
by meryl Uncategorized postCC is doing a five week series on the Affiliate Team project grants. Last week, you heard about the exciting events and activties from CC’s African region, and today we are featuring those from the Arab World. You’ll learn about a book about Arabic iconic figures that is first of its kind, videos explaining CC…
Cookbook in honor of Bassel Khartabil
by elliot Uncategorized post#FREEBASSEL / Kennisland / CC BY-SA In honor of Bassel Khartabil and Free Bassel Day, artist Niki Korth is putting together a #freebassel cookbook. Bassel, a free software activist and leader of the Syrian Creative Commons community, has been in prison since 2012. In Niki’s words: The #FreeBassel Cookbook is a collection of recipes from…
CC Workshop for Musicians in Vanuatu
by SooHyun Pae Uncategorized postCristina Panicali / CC BY-NC The first-ever CC Workshop in Melanesia was held on October 23rd in Port Vila, Vanuatu during the Singaot Musik Kamp, a two-week long residency program for musicians from the Pacific, Southern Africa, and Europe. Singaot Musik Kamp is part of the Music Bridges project which aims to reinforce the creation…
Thank you, Donatella Della Ratta
by jessica Uncategorized postDonatella Della Ratta / Joi Ito / CC BY Creative Commons extends its deepest gratitude to Donatella Della Ratta. For almost six years, she’s been working as a tireless advocate for Creative Commons and open culture in the Arab world, increasing the knowledge and adoption of CC, conducting outreach to creative communities, and connecting activists…
Affiliate Project Grant Update: Africa
by meryl Uncategorized postLast June, CC began a project grant program for our Affiliate Teams around the world. Of over 70 applicants, 18 were selected to receive funds to support events or activities in their region. The chosen projects in music, education, data, culture, and technology all work towards CC’s mission to promote the understanding and adoption of…
Next phase of the CC Toolkits project: Regional events
by billy-meinke Events postBack in November, we launched the CC Toolkits project with the aim of invigorating the CC Community through affiliate events. CC Argentina collaborated with Wikimedia Argentina to hack out a template for the toolkits during a sprint, creating a starting point for just about anyone to collect open content about CC, and publish it on…
Call for Participation: Open Education Week 2014
by Jane Park Uncategorized postOCW Consortium / CC BY Creative Commons invites you to participate in the 3rd annual Open Education Week! Taking place from 10-15 March, 2014, the purpose of Open Education Week is raise the profile of open educational resources (OER) and the global movement of people and organizations behind them, in addition to highlighting the crucial…
Precocious One Year Old Turning Academic Publishing On Its Head
by puneet-kishor Uncategorized post“If we can set a goal to sequence the Human Genome for $99, then why shouldn’t we demand the same goal for the publication of research?” started with that bold challenge. Now, the scrappy startup that dared has done it. One year old today, PeerJ, the peer-reviewed journal, has seen startling growth having…
"Really Open Education" Policy Discussion In the European Parliament
by Timothy Vollmer Uncategorized postCreative Commons would like to invite you to a breakfast discussion “Really Open Education. Domestic Policies for Open Educational Resources”. The event will take place on the 18th of February 2014 and be hosted in the European Parliament by Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, MEP. The event will highlight open education initiatives currently implemented…