Tell the Department of Education ‘YES’ on open licensing
In October we wrote that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is considering an open licensing requirement for direct competitive grant programs. If adopted, educational resources created with ED...
View ArticleState of the Commons: 1 Billion Creative Commons Works
I’m proud to share with you Creative Commons’ 2015 State of the Commons report, our best effort to measure the immeasurable scope of the commons by looking at the CC licensed content, along with...
View ArticleState of the Commons Report Highlights Milestone of Over 1 Billion Creative...
Annual State of the Commons Report highlights global cultural and policy impact of free and open content Creative Commons, the global nonprofit that makes it easier for creators to share their work...
View ArticleOur deepest thanks and a very bittersweet farewell
It is with our deepest gratitude that all of us at Creative Commons offer a bittersweet sendoff to Board members Hal Abelson, Michael W. Carroll, Laurie Racine, Eric F. Saltzman, Molly Shaffer Van...
View ArticleA warm welcome to our incoming Board members
Creative Commons is delighted to announce two new appointments to our Board of Directors, Johnathan Nightingale and Katherine C. Spelman. Johnathan Nightingale is the Chief Product Officer at Hubba,...
View ArticleHappy Birthday CC license suite!
It’s hard to believe that it was 13 years ago today that we shipped the very first version of the CC license suite. Before then, without the CC licenses, the barriers to collaborating in a global...
View ArticleSpecial request from Esther Wojcicki, Creative Commons Advisory Council
Below is a guest post by Esther Wojcicki from the Creative Commons Advisory Council. As a lifelong educator and recent author of Moonshots in Education, I’m proud to serve on Creative Commons’...
View ArticleKeep the commons thriving
You’ve heard about the incredible 1.1 billion CC licensed works available to be reused, revised, remixed, and redistributed in infinite ways. You’ve heard about huge gains in OER and Open Policy....
View ArticleThank you and Happy New Year!
Cheers to an incredible 2015. With your support, creators around the world have now shared over 1.1 billion, including NASA’s iconic images, educational materials in every subject, scientific...
View ArticleOpen Education Week: 7-11 March, 2016: Call for Participation
Open Education Week 2016: Call for Participation, by: Open Education Consortium, CC BY 4.0 The Open Education Week planning committee invites your contributions to and participation in the 2016 Open...
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