Additional Resources for the CC Certificate Course

This article is a list of annotation of selected additional resources for each module in the CC Certificate course that I took June to August 2020.  

Unit 1 What is creative commons

HOW I LOST THE BIG ONE by Lawrence Lessig, in Legal Affairs, March/April 2004. 

Copyright status: All rights reserved. 

Relevant section: Unit 1.1. The Story of Creative Commons, in the last paragraph of acquiring essential knowledge. 

Annotation: This is a long article and I read it with interest to know the first-hand details of this case. Lawyers will definitely be interested in all the legal details behind. For me (not a lawyer), I read it with curiosity and found it a valuable resource. Lessig retold the story of his client Eldred--how he got started in digitizing and archiving classical works in the public domain and how he was frustrated by the further extended copyright term through CTEA. It helps readers to know the context of the Eldred vs. Ashcroft case much better.  In addition, Lawrence distinguished two categories of creative works, one that has a continuing commercial value and one that does not, and pointed out most of the works belong to the second type. Lawrence explained why while copyright law did little harm for most of the creative work that do not have continuing commercial value, after new digital technologies make copying of works easier and less costly, copyright law and especially the possibility of extending copyright gets in the way of producing digital archive of our creative culture, that includes all sorts of knowledge. This distinction is important to bring readers to attention to the full body of knowledge that have been created vs. the very few creative works that has continuing commercial life, and further pointed out the harm brought by the continuous extension of copyright term. There are a lot of legal details but it would be interesting to read the key dialogue in the court and find the answer why Lawrence thinks this is a case that he could have won. 

Unit 2 Copyright Law

"Copyright Basics" by U.S. Copyright Office, Revised 12/2019. 

Copyright Status: Public Domain (government work)

Relevant section: Unit 2.1 Copyright Basics. Can be included toward the end of the section. 

Annotation: This is an authoritative, up-to-dated, brief as well as comprehensive document that serves as a good summary of important basics of copyright law. This is also a great handout resource to give out at relevant workshop and a document to keep at hand. 

Unit 3: Anatomy of a CC License

"About the Open Publication License" by David Wiley, on May 6th 2007, in his blog ITERATING TOWARD OPENNESS. 


Relevant section: Unit 3.4 License Enforceability  

Annotation: I met Dr. David Wiley in the AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology) - LKAOE (Learning and Knowledge Analytics in Open Education) 2015 Symposium and he answered my one question on the creative commons license and cleared the fog for me. It is heart warming and inspiring to read his story of the open publication license and why he decided to close the open content license that he developed. This is a valuable article in that a) readers understand that there are other and earlier efforts made in the open movement other than the creative commons b) there are other type of open licenses existing and c) creative commons licenses are valid legal tools. As said by Wiley "creative commons  Creative Commons (with its excellent lawyers and law school students) created a better legal instrument". 

Unit 4: Using CC Licenses and CC-Licensed Works



Relevant Section: 4.2 Things to Consider after CC Licensing, in the paragraph on "What if you change your mind about the CC license?
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Annotation: This is frequently asked question. Good to have the answer in mind. I had this question before I took this course. 

Unit 5: CC for Educators

"OER-Enabled Pedagogy" by David Wiley, on May 2 2017, in his blog ITERATING TOWARD OPENNESS. 


Relevant section: It is already included in Unit 5.4.  

Annotation: Among the different terms for open education, I especially like this term,due to how clearly it is defined by Wiley. 

One new resource for language education
Center for Open Educational Resources and Language by Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning

Relevant section: 5.2 Finding, Evaluating, and Adapting Resources. Can add a section on subject specific resources

Copyright Status: The Website itself is under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. However, users need to pay attention to the specific licenses under different sections. For example, the shared language materials can be under different creative commons licenses. 

Annotation: This is a website created by the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning, a Title VI language resource center funded by the U.S. Department of Education. For language educators, they will find this site useful both in terms of understanding OER concepts, engaging in projects, as well as using language materials (categorized by language) with creative commons licenses. 

Additional non-North American sources



Copyright Status: All rights reserved （by billibili.com?) 

Relevant Section: While different section of this article apply to different units (Unit 1, 3, and 4), the section that provides additional information (vs. translation of explanation of CC information) should go to Unit 1. 

Annotation: This is an article that translates and introduces what are CC licenses, their benefits, elements of CC licenses, uses of CC licences, etc. In addition, it introduces the location status of CC license in China. The author also provides easy to understand examples of CC licenses. It also explains how CC licenses are related to copyright law. This is a comprehensive article that introduces all important aspects of CC licenses. 


开放教育资源十周年记 by Jianli Jiao (焦建利), on Dec. 13, 2012, in his personal website 教育技术学自留地

Copyright Status: All rights reserved. 

Relevant Section: Unit 5.4

Annotation: Prof. Jianli Jiao recounted the development of open education resources during the ten years of 2002-2012. This article introduces the global trend to the Chinese readers. 


Tlili, A.; Huang, R.; Chang, T.-W.; Nascimbeni, F.; Burgos, D. Open Educational Resources and Practices in China: A Systematic Literature Review. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4867.


Copyright Status: MDPI Open Access

Relevant Section: Unit 5.4

Annotation: This journal article reviews the practice of OER and OEP in China, showing governmental, organizational, and institutional initiatives to facilitate OER adoption in China. It is interesting to read the interpretation of the figure "A generic framework of OER and OEP challenges in China".


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