The document provides information about Creative Commons, an organization that offers free copyright licenses for sharing and reuse of creative works. It describes the basic Creative Commons licenses that allow various levels of sharing and modifications. It also lists several resources and websites where open educational resources and materials licensed under Creative Commons can be found, including websites to search for images and media with open licenses.

1. Creative Commons information pack about Creative Commons.
http://creativecommons.org
AEShareNet
An international non-profit that provides free http://www.aesharenet.com.au/coreBusiness
licences and tools that copyright owners can use to
Australian licensing system for learning materials
allow others to share, reuse and remix their
offering instant licences that can be offered by any
material, legally.Creative Commons Australia is the
copyright owner by attaching the relevant mark to
affiliate that supports Creative Commons in
material they own. Material can be used by anyone
Australia and administers the Australian Creative
subject to the conditions of the licence.
Commons licences.
Smartcopying Public Domain
http://www.smartcopying.edu.au Permission is not required to use content that is no
MCEETYA Copyright Advisory Group (CAG) longer protected by copyright, or is in the ‘public
provides copyright information sheets and domain’. In Australia the term of copyright protection
resources for TAFE and schools including an
will depend on the nature of the material, and date.
Creative Commons – basic licenses
Attribution (by)
copy, distribute, display, and perform work — and derivative works based upon it — but only
if give credit
Attribution, Noncommercial (by-nc)
copy, distribute, display, and perform work — and derivative works based upon it — but for
noncommercial purposes only — but only if give credit
Attribution, No Derivatives (by-nd)
copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of work, not derivative works
based upon it — but only if give credit
Attribution, Noncommercial, No Derivatives, (by-nc-nd)
copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of work, not derivative works
based upon it — but for noncommercial purposes only — but only if give credit
Attribution, Share Alike (by-sa)
distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs the work
— but only if give credit
Attribution, Noncommercial ,Share Alike (by-sa-nc)
distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs the work
— but for noncommercial purposes only — but only if give credit
NOTE: The rights of people appearing in your photos, videos or audio programs must be addressed

2. Government 2.0
Access to and Use of Public Sector
Information (auPSI)
http://www.aupsi.org
Parliament House by Ryan Wick, CC BY 2.0 Generic Australian Gov 2.0 Showcase
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanwick/2188315629
http://showcase.govspace.gov.au
Attribution principles
http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/956
• credit the creator
• provide the title of the work
• provide the URL where the work is hosted
• indicate the type of licence and provide a link to
the licence
• keep intact any copyright notice associated with
the work
Image and media collections
Wikimedia Commons
http://commons.wikimedia.org
Freely licensed photographs, diagrams, animations,
music, spoken text, video clips, and media
Flickr Commons
http://www.flickr.com/commons
Photographs believed to be free of copyright
restrictions released under usage guideline called
"no known copyright restriction”.
flickrCC
http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net
Search easily for photos on flickr that are
released under the Creative Commons
license. Built in editing options and
attribution, developed by Peter Shanks
Multicolr Search lab
http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr
Creative Commons images selected by colour.
Contacts
Department of Further Education,
Employment, Science & Technology
Peter Schultz
Tel: (08) 8229 1438
Email: peter.schultz@tafesa.edu.au
Creative Commons Australia
Email: info@creativecommons.org.au
http://twitter.com/educcau
hashtag: #eduCCAu
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence

3. Open Education Resources
OER are digitised materials offered freely and
openly for educators, students and self learners to
use and reuse for teaching, learning and research
http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/936
Open Education Declaration
http://www.capetowndeclaration.org
“We are on the cusp of a global revolution in
teaching and learning. Educators worldwide are
developing a vast pool of educational resources on
the Internet, open and free for all to use. These
educators are creating a world where each and
every person on earth can access and contribute to
the sum of all human knowledge.”
OER Commons
http://www.oercommons.org/
Browse and search OER Commons to find
curriculum, and tag, rate, and review it for others.
Open University OpenLearn
www.openlearn.open.ac.uk
Free access to learning materials from university
courses (UK). Edit the materials in the LabSpace.
Collaborate with others and publish new versions of
the learning materials to share with the world.
WikiEducator
www.wikieducator.org
Educators who believe passionately that learning
materials should be free and open to all sharing
ideas, content and curriculum.
Connexions
www.cnx.org
Share knowledge, select from the best ideas to
create effective learning materials. US-based.
Creative Commons search
Search for Creative Commons licensed material
http://search.creativecommons.org
edna VET theme pages
Creative Commons
www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/vet/themes/pid/3541
Open Education Resources
www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/vet/themes/pid/3542
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence