Post on 18-Dec-2014
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Facilitating a Digital Commons for Generations to Come
Sameer Verma, Ph.D.Professor, Information Systems DepartmentCollege of Business, San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, CA 94132 USAhttp://verma.sfsu.edu/ sverma@sfsu.edu
Unless noted otherwise
Presentation at the Ministry of EducationGovernment of Jamaicahttp://www.moe.gov.jm/
me
also me
Institutional Academic Partner
Centre of ExcellenceMona School of Business
University of the West IndiesJamaica
http://coe-msb.org/about
Teach
networks, databases, media
licensing and collaboration
strategy, compliance, governance
technology ->
enables ->
use ->
Research
diffusion and adoption of innovative technologies
how perception drives adoption
ServiceThe Commons Initiative at San Francisco
State University
http://commons.sfsu.edu
Fun
take things apart!
...and sometimes put them back together :-)
Resources
Makes sharing easy, legal and scalable
EthernetEthernet Computers
TCP/IPTCP/IP The Network
HTTP/The WebHTTP/The Web Documents
Creative CommonsCreative Commons Knowledge and Culture
Getting permission
Copyright holder
Get permission from copyright holder
Can we preempt the asking of
permission for the most common
requests?
A simple, standardizedway to grant copyright
permissions to your creative work.
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.
Attribution
Non-Commercial No Derivative Works
Share Alike
Step 1: Choose Conditions
Step 2: Receive a License
CC Licenses are built on top of copyright law
Human Readable
Deed
Lawyer Readable
Legal Code
Machine Readable Metadata
100+ affiliates in 72 jurisdictions
Over 400 million items
200+ Million CC Licensed Photos on Flickr
Education grants
“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...”
“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...”
Creative Commons creates a framework that helps OER projects achieve their objectives
Resources Curation
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Problem: Curate and organize
BooksMusicVideoAudioAnimation
Catalog
Pathagar: A Book ServerOpen Publication Distribution System
Pathagar : Path + Agar
पाठागार : पाठ + आगार
A Practical Hindi-English Dictionary http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/caturvedi/
OPDS: Open Publication and Distribution System
http://code.google.com/p/openpub
The Internet Archive is an incredible collection of over 3
million free books!
It has gems such as this film: Jamaica in 1933
Resources Curation Dissemination
Internet Access
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_Penetration.png
How do we make books available in
the middle of nowhere?
DreamplugA self-contained low-power Linux server
ACSolarBattery
Built-inWi-FiHotspot
A “microcloud”Approx. US$100
Middle of nowhere
Resources Curation Dissemination
Most importantly, keep it open and accessible for the generations to come.