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

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

3. What is Creative Commons? Background: (1:59) http://youtube.com/watch?v=0FMnVIofuE0

4. 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

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhimdwoWM5A&NR=1 Why use Creative Commons? Licensing: (2:40)

6. Creative Commons &Commerce http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lxQtk879Uk Resolving Differences: (9:53)

7. www.creativecommons.org

8. CC’s License Generator http://creativecommons.org/choose

10. Contributing to MERLOT

13. In “content creator”

14. “content creator”

15. Name the content creator

16. This Presentation

17. HTTP://SEARCH.CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG

18. 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

19. MERLOT CC Licenses by-nc-sa - Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike User must declare source, cannot use material for commercial purposes, can modify, and reuse must have same licensing conditions by-nc-nd - Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivative User must declare source, cannot use material for commercial purposes, and when used, no changes, must be verbatim

20. TYPECREATOROWNERLICENSE DESCRIPTIONLICENSE StaffMERLOTAttribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike by-nc-sa MERLOT About Us documentsStaffMERLOTAttribution, Non Commercial, No Derivativeby-nc-nd MERLOT portal contentPartnerMERLOTAttribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike by-nc-sa Peer reviews PartnerMERLOTAttribution, Non Commercial, No-Derivativeby-nc-nd MERLOT Partner Communities content PartnerMERLOTAttribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike by-nc-sa Learning material metadataMember Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike by-nc-sa AssignmentsMember Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike by-nc-sa Member CommentsMember Attribution, Non Commercial, No-Derivativeby-nc-nd SnapshotsMember Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike by-nc-sa Personal CollectionsMember Attribution, Non Commercial, Derivative, Share-Alike by-nc-sa Discussion board creation/submission AnyoneMERLOTAttribution, Non Commercial, No Derivativeby-nc-nd Acceptable Use Agreement

21. MERLOT Voices

22. voices.merlot.org

23. http://www.youtube.com/user/MERLOTPlace MERLOT’s YouTube Channel

24. QUESTIONS?