Dr. Cable Green
Director of Open Knowledge
Creative Commons
@cgreen
Open Education Week 2023
“Sharing Knowledge for the Public Good”
University of Technology, Sydney
If we want to solve the world’s most pressing problems, the knowledge & culture about them must be open.
Access to knowledge is a necessary, though not sufficient, condition to solving big, complex problems.�
“Open Knowledge”
What are the world’s greatest challenges?
UN: Universal Declaration of Human Rights�Article 26�
Everyone has the right to education.
https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights
| Handwriting | Printing Press | Internet |
Copying �a book | $1000s per copy | $1s per copy | $0.0001s per copy |
Distributing �a book | $1000s per copy | $1s per copy | $0.0001s per copy |
Internet�Enables
Copyright�Forbids
open ≈ free
open > free
open = free + permissions
Retain
Reuse
Revise
Remix
Redistribute
Permissions
Nonprofit organization
Open copyright licenses
Founded in 2001
Operates worldwide�Global Network in 85+ Countries
CC’s Vision:
A world where knowledge and culture are equitably shared in ways that serve the public interest.
”Mid-level Solar Flare” by NASA Goddard Photo and Video is licensed under CC BY 2.0
CC Open Licenses
CC Public Domain Tools
perpetual, irrevocable permissions
2.5+
puts the “open” in OER & OA
Open Access Research
Open Educational Resources
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, adaptation and redistribution by others.
most freedom
least freedom
Not OER
OER
How can OER�benefit educators?
Increase Equity��All students have access to high quality learning materials that have the most up-to-date and relevant content because OER can be freely copied, modified and distributed to anyone.
Save Money��Switching to OER enables colleges to repurpose financial aid spent on static textbooks for other pressing student financial needs.��
Keep Content Relevant, Effective & High Quality��Traditional textbooks are perpetually outdated.��CC licensed resources allow educators to maintain the quality and relevance of their OER through continuous updates.
Empower Faculty & Students��OER empower faculty & students as creative professionals by giving them the ability to adapt and customize learning materials to meet local learning goals without breaking copyright laws.��
�Creative Commons has been working on open education with UNESCO, other IGOs, national governments and civil society organizations for 20+ years. �
The UNESCO Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER) was unanimously adopted on by 193 UNESCO member states at the 40th UNESCO General Conference (2019).
The UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science was unanimously adopted on by 193 UNESCO member states at the 41st UNESCO General Conference (2021).
These international frameworks offer a unique opportunity to advance open education and open science around the world!� �Working with national governments = scaled impact��Change the rules on the money
Publicly funded resources should be
openly licensed resources.
Money is Shifting to Open
If we want to solve the world’s most pressing problems, the knowledge & culture about them must be open.
CC-BY 4.0
CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE RESULTING HARM TO OUR GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY, IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES
TAKING ACTION URGENT ACTION TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACTS IS A
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL
OPEN SHARING OF RESEARCH OUTPUTS IS NOT THE DEFAULT
From 1980 to 2020
169,135 outputs
Source: COKI Climate Dash Demo
57.1 %
CLOSED
42.9 %
OPEN
27.2%
OPEN
via repository
20.5%
OPEN
via publisher
HOWEVER,
CC-BY 4.0
CC-BY 4.0
BUILDING A COALITION
CC-BY 4.0
The goal of this multi-year campaign is to promote open access to research to accelerate progress towards solving the climate crisis and preserving global biodiversity.
CC-BY 4.0
Goals to make open sharing of research outputs
the norm in climate science.
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Work hand-in-hand
with funders
of research
Information
in and out.
Make this an
international
campaign
Open past
publications too
CC-BY 4.0
@OPENCLIMATECAMP
JOIN US!
www.openclimatecampaign.org
contact@openclimatecampaign.org
CC-BY 4.0
Let’s work together to solve big problems.�
Join the CC
Open Education
Platform!
https://network.creativecommons.org/cc-open-education-platform
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Dr. Cable Green�@cgreen
ICONS LICENSED UNDER CC-BY:
From The Noun Project
Timeline by Leinad Lehmko
Wall by Aly Dodds
Climate Change by Laymik
Information by very poernomo
Arrow by iconfield
Rewind by Alone forever
International by hafiudin
Handshake by Hasanudin
CC-BY 4.0