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Our Community is Reducing the Impact of COVID-19 on Science, Education, and Culture

COVID-19 has changed many things about how we all learn, work, and play. In fact, it has drastically changed how we lead our lives. But in these exceptionally distressing times, one thing that hasn’t changed is the dynamism and resilience of the Creative Commons (CC) community. In this blog post, we’re thrilled to share some … Read More “Our Community is Reducing the Impact of COVID-19 on Science, Education, and Culture”

Community

Lessons learned from a year of Slack, 1000 members, and immeasurable community growth

As we pass 1,000 active users on Slack, we want to take a moment to give gratitude to our community for making it happen.

About CC

Dlaczego CC BY? (Why CC BY? in Polish)

We are excited to highlight the first Polish translation of our CC Learn Productions. CC Poland has translated and adapted a CC Learn Recommendations doc—Why CC BY? into Polish: Dlaczego CC BY? The reason CC Poland could lead the way in translation and adaptation (and can do the same with all of our productions)? Because … Read More “Dlaczego CC BY? (Why CC BY? in Polish)”

Education / OER

The Future of Peer 2 Peer University

Photo by John Britton CC BY-SA The pilot phase of P2PU (Peer 2 Peer University) ended in October, after having run for six weeks with seven courses and approximately 90 participants. Last month, the pilot phase volunteers, including the course organizers, met in person for the first time at the first ever P2PU Workshop in … Read More “The Future of Peer 2 Peer University”

Weblog

Jeeran Launches a Dedicated Creative Commons Channel

Jeeran, the largest Arabic online community with 1.5 million registered users and more than 7 million visitors per month, has just launched a dedicated Creative Commons space to inform the developing CC Arab community with articles, news and updates about CC activities in the region. While a large commons culture is still developing in the … Read More “Jeeran Launches a Dedicated Creative Commons Channel”

Global affiliates

Digital Open Winners Announced

I blogged about the Digital Open in April, a new online community and competition that was accepting free and open technology projects from anyone 17 or younger through August. The competition was aimed at fostering an online and open community of youth by encouraging them to see the benefits of open source and open licensing. … Read More “Digital Open Winners Announced”

Weblog

Announcing October's CC Salon NYC

CC Salon NYC is back with a brand new home! The Open Planning Project has generously offered their incredible penthouse for the October salon. So come out to have some beers with the CC community watch some cool presentations, and meet some new faces in the free culture space. October’s Salon will feature short presentations … Read More “Announcing October's CC Salon NYC”

Events

OpenEd—the new Open Education Community site

Some of you may already be familiar with the term open ed, short for open education—which represents the fantastic movement around opening up educational resources so that anyone, anywhere, can access, use, and derive existing educational materials in new, creative ways or to simply adapt them to their unique individual needs and local contexts. There … Read More “OpenEd—the new Open Education Community site”

Education / OER

UNESCO publishes "OER: Conversations in Cyberspace"

In case you missed it, last Friday UNESCO published “Open Educational Resources: Conversations in Cyberspace”, three years worth of documentation surrounding the UNESCO OER Community. From their announcement, “Since 2005, UNESCO has been at the forefront of building awareness about this movement by facilitating an extended conversation in cyberspace. A large and diverse international community … Read More “UNESCO publishes "OER: Conversations in Cyberspace"”

Weblog

Access to OER Discussion Launched

by the UNESCO Open Educational Resources Community today. For those of you who don’t know, the UNESCO OER Community is an international online community “[connecting] over 700 individuals in 105 countries to share information and discuss issues surrounding the production and use of Open Educational Resources – web-based materials offered freely and openly for use … Read More “Access to OER Discussion Launched”

Education / OER

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Our Community is Reducing the Impact of COVID-19 on Science, Education, and Culture

Lessons learned from a year of Slack, 1000 members, and immeasurable community growth

Dlaczego CC BY? (Why CC BY? in Polish)

The Future of Peer 2 Peer University

Jeeran Launches a Dedicated Creative Commons Channel

Digital Open Winners Announced

Announcing October's CC Salon NYC

OpenEd—the new Open Education Community site

UNESCO publishes "OER: Conversations in Cyberspace"

Access to OER Discussion Launched

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