7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons – EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)

This concise and well-organized document by Educause explains Creative Commons and its relationship to copyright. Creative Commons allows copyright owners to release some of those rights while retaining others, with the goal of increasing access to and sharing of intellectual property. It further discusses who’s using it and how; and the implications for teaching and learning.

The 7 Things You Should Know About… series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning technologies. Each brief focuses on a single technology and describes what it is, where it is going, and why it matters to teaching and learning. Use these briefs for a no-jargon, quick overview of a topic and share them with time-pressed colleagues.

7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons

What we do – What is Creative Commons? – Information about how Creative Commons works, its programs, platforms, and partners, as well as information about their expanding Global Affiliate Program

Here is a helpful webpage from Harvard which details the Creative Commons.