CC for Educators

This webpage tracks developments and provides information about the use of Creative Commons licences in the education sector in Australia.


Education is one of the fields in which Creative Commons can be of most use. It provides a source of (legal) materials for reuse by teachers and students; a tool for sharing your materials with other educators and schools; and a good way of teaching people about copyright in a positive way, focusing on what you can do rather than what you can't.

Want to know more?

Follow CC in Education in Australia on Twitter at: @eduCCAu or search for the hashtag #eduCCAu for updates.

Or you can down fact sheets, videos, slideshows and more on our Educators resources page.


Category Archives: Education

New Adapt OER project website launched

Posted on 14 May 2012 by Cheryl Foong

The Adapt project, which aims to create a repository of OER to enhance learning and teaching in Adaptation studies, has recently launched its new website. Project partners will be able to share learning and teaching materials across the disciplines in … Continue reading →

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Free OER and CC online course: OCL4Ed Workshop

Posted on 11 May 2012 by Cheryl Foong

To celebrate 10 years since UNESCO coined the term “Open Educational Resources”, the OER Foundation is hosting a free online training workshop on OERs, Copyright and Creative Commons licensing. When: 20 June –  3 July 2012 (to coincide with the UNESCO … Continue reading →

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UNESCO’s New OER Global Logo

Posted on 10 May 2012 by Cheryl Foong

UNESCO has released a new OER logo which allows the global OER community of practitioners, projects and researchers to create a common identity. The OER Global Logo by Jonathas Mello is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC … Continue reading →

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Vocational Training Packages licensed under CC

Posted on 3 May 2012 by Cheryl Foong

    We’ve blogged recently about various overseas developments in the global OER movement (here and here), so it’s great to be able to highlight an Australian Government initiative in this arena as well. Training.gov.au (TGA), the database on Vocational … Continue reading →

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NY Times highlights the significance OER

Posted on 23 April 2012 by Cheryl Foong

An article in the New York Times, Building Schools Out of Clicks, Not Bricks, has recently emphasised the importance of the growing Open Education Resources (OER) movement, and its potential to close the knowlege divide between different regions around the … Continue reading →

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