This document discusses facilitating a digital commons for future generations. It covers topics such as using Creative Commons licenses to enable legal sharing and collaboration of educational resources. It provides examples of how open licensing policies have been applied to funding for educational grants and open high school curriculum development. The importance of open access platforms for curating and disseminating resources like books, music and videos is also covered. Examples discussed include the Internet Archive and low-cost solutions like Dreamplug to provide access in remote areas. The overall message is the importance of keeping educational resources open and accessible for generations to come.

1. Unless noted otherwise
Facilitating a Digital Commons
for Generations to Come
Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Professor, Information Systems Department
College of Business, San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
sverma@sfsu.edu
Presentation at the Ministry of Education
Government of Jamaica
http://www.moe.gov.jm/

2. me

3. also me
Institutional Academic Partner
Centre of Excellence
Mona School of Business
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
http://coe-msb.org/about

4. Teach
technology -> networks, databases, media
enables -> licensing and collaboration
use -> strategy, compliance, governance

5. Research
diffusion and adoption of innovative
technologies
how perception drives adoption

6. Service
The Commons Initiative at San Francisco
State University
http://commons.sfsu.edu

7. Fun
take things apart!
...and sometimes put them back together :-)

9. Resources

11. Makes sharing easy,
legal and scalable

12. Creative Commons Knowledge and
Culture
HTTP/The Web Documents
TCP/IP The Network
Ethernet Computers

13. Getting permission
Copyright holder
Get permission from copyright holder

14. Can we preempt
the asking of
permission for the
most common
requests?

15. A simple, standardized
way to grant copyright
permissions to your
creative work.

16. Copyright is based on the law of the land.
Creative Commons is a license within the
jurisdiction of the Copyright Law.
Creative Commons does not replace Copyright.
It facilitates attribution, propagation and use.

17. Step 1: Choose Conditions
Attribution Share Alike
Non-Commercial No Derivative Works

18. Step 2: Receive a License

19. CC Licenses are built on
top of copyright law

22. Human
Readable
Deed

23. Lawyer
Readable
Legal Code

24. Machine
Readable
Metadata

25. 100+ affiliates in 72 jurisdictions

26. Over 400 million items

27. 200+ Million CC Licensed Photos on Flickr

36. http://wikipedia.org

40. Education grants

43. “All digital software, educational resources and knowledge
produced through competitive grants, offered through
and/or managed by the SBCTC, will carry a Creative
Commons attribution license; and the open licensing
policy applies to all funding sources (state, federal,
foundation and/or other fund sources) that flow through
SBCTC as a competitive grant to any party...”

44. “Open High School of Utah curriculum is built
from open educational resources. These resources are the
foundation for their content and are aligned with Utah state
standards to ensure the highest quality educational
experience. The teachers enhance with screencasts,
interactive components, and engaging activities to
create high quality curricula for their students...”

45. Creative Commons creates a framework
that helps OER projects
achieve their objectives

46. Resources Curation

47. OLPC Jamaica
http://olpcjamaica.org.jm

48. Jamaica
http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/

50. August Town Primary School
http://olpcMAP.net?id=813006

51. Providence Basic School, Liguanea http://olpcMAP.net?id=810009

52. Problem:
Curate and organize
Books
Music
Video
Audio
Animation
Catalog

53. Pathagar: A Book Server
Open Publication Distribution System
Pathagar : Path + Agar
पाठागार : पाठ + आगार
A Practical Hindi-English Dictionary http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/caturvedi/

54. OPDS: Open Publication and
Distribution System
http://code.google.com/p/openpub

57. The Internet Archive is an
incredible collection of over 3
million free books!
It has gems such as this film:
Jamaica in 1933

58. Resources Curation Dissemination

59. Internet Access
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_Penetration.png

61. http://www.internetworldstats.com/car/jm.htm

62. How do we make
books available in
the middle of
nowhere?

63. Dreamplug
A self-contained low-power Linux server
AC Built-in
Solar Wi-Fi
Battery Hotspot
A “microcloud”
Approx. US$100

64. Middle of nowhere

65. Resources Curation Dissemination

66. Most importantly,
keep it open and accessible
for the generations to come.