Copyrights and Creative Commons Licensing: pedagogical innovation in a higher education media literacy classroom |
CUSHLA KAPITZKE, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia
MICHAEL DEZUANNI, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia
RADHA IYER, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia |
pages 271-282
http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/elea.2011.8.3.271 |
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This article examines the role of copyrights in contemporary media literacies. It argues that, provided they are ethical, young people's engagement with text should occur in environments that are as free from restriction as possible. Discussion of open culture ecologies and the emergent education commons is followed by a theorisation of both literacy and copyrights education as forms of epistemology - that is, as effects of knowledge producing discourses and practices. Because Creative Commons licenses respect and are based on existing copyright laws, a brief overview of traditional copyrights for educators is first provided. We then describe the voluntary Creative Commons copyright licensing framework ('some rights reserved') as an alternative to conventional 'all rights reserved' models. This is followed by an account of a series of workshop activities on copyrights and Creative Commons conducted by the authors in the media literacy classes of a preservice teacher education program in Queensland, Australia. It provides an example of a practical program on critical copyrights that may be adapted and used by schools and other higher education institutions. |
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CUSHLA KAPITZKE, MICHAEL DEZUANNI, RADHA IYER (2011) Copyrights and Creative Commons Licensing: pedagogical innovation in a higher education media literacy classroom, E-Learning and Digital Media, 8(3), 271-282. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/elea.2011.8.3.271 |
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