Sorel Reisman MERLOT Managing Director Creative Commons What, Why, and How: A Practical Guide

Creative Commons & MERLOT MERLOT encourages sharing and reuse of online materials MERLOT wants to protect Members’ IP MERLOT provides “free” access to Referenced materials may/may not be free MERLOT provides faculty development guidance/direction/instruction about reusing materials developed by others © MERLOT 2008

What is Creative Commons? Background: (1:59)

Evolving Importance to MERLOT MERLOT encourages reuse of others’ learning materials MERLOT encourages reuse of MERLOT materials With new MERLOT/Carnegie KEEP Toolkit integration, MERLOT encourages Creative Commons licensing of newly created, MERLOT-hosted materials

Why use Creative Commons? Licensing: (2:40)

Creative Commons &Commerce Resolving Differences: (9:53)

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MERLOT Content Analysis CategoryTYPECREATOROWNER AMERLOT computer codeStaffMERLOT MERLOT Partner Reserve documentsStaffMERLOT MERLOT Partner Reserve, portal, & JOLT templatesStaffMERLOT MERLOT About Us documentsStaffMERLOT MERLOT public website content and imagesStaffMERLOT Peer reviewsPartnerMERLOT MERLOT Partner Communities contentPartnerMERLOT Learning materials metadataMember AssignmentsMember Member CommentsMember SnapshotsMember Personal CollectionsMember Discussion board thread creation/submissionAnyoneMERLOT BAuthored learning materialAuthor Third Party Partner Communities – content & designAuthor THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN MERLOT CREATED/OWNED BY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTICIPANTS

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