*Well done New Zealand!* http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/FD34151C-744B-4B49-86F2-6FE5850123AE/256992/DBSCH_SCR_5695_Inquiryinto21stcenturylearningenvir.pdf
This report may be helpful to other jurisdictions advocating for open policies and open licensing. Creative Commons took note of a few key passages: - That it review the intellectual property framework for our education system to resolve copyright issues that have been raised, including considering Creative Commons policy. (p. 26) - That it consider the advantages and disadvantages of whether all documentation produced by the Ministry of Education for teaching and learning purposes should be released under a Creative Commons licence. (p. 26) *Improving access to New Zealand content online* We heard arguments that this content, originally funded by the taxpayer, should be available free for all schools to access. We heard that, while a lot of this archival content is already online, students and teachers find it challenging to obtain and use, due to a complex range of copyright restrictions. We heard that the result of these restrictions is that the content is not used, or the copyright is not respected. To allow its easy use by students and teachers, changes are needed to the copyright arrangements. We heard that under the current copyright licensing arrangements that cover New Zealand schools, certain resources that a teacher develops can become the property of the school’s board of trustees, whose express, written permission is required before the resources can be shared. A number of submitters proposed that this could be a large obstacle to collaboration. One submitter suggested that as few as three schools in New Zealand may be operating under a Creative Commons licensing agreement. This submitter suggested that Creative Commons licensing could be adopted as the default setting for schools regarding resource material they create. The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand member believes providing all educational materials produced in New Zealand schools under a Creative Commons license would harness and greatly spread innovation and best-practice teaching. We would recommend that the Government investigate this with the goal of achieving it. -- Cable Green, PhD Director of Global Learning Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/education http://twitter.com/cgreen Creative Commons is turning 10! Please give a birthday gift. https://creativecommons.net/donate -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
