Forget your Disneys and Time Warners and their lockdown mentality – what if like minded people across the globe could share their resources freely (but still get some recogition for it), wouldn’t that be fantastic.
Well that’s what Creative Commons licences are all about.
MCEETYA has produced an excellent resource designed for Teachers – it was designed for schools and the VET sector but is still equally applicable to our practice in HE.
This is essential reading for lecturers (full stop – no argument permitted).
http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/956
(MCEETYA – Australian Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs.)