The following are recommended texts and resources that will provide you with basic background on Creative Commons and will help you answer the case study questions.

These are not prescribed reading, but materials we think will be of use to you. Reading for each of the case studies is provided on the case study page itself. Occasionally, you may be asked to undertake your own research to answer case study questions.

Resources and Creative Commons

1. Creative Commons website: http://creativecommons.org
2. Smartcopying website:  www.smartcopying.edu.au
3. Creative Commons Australia Resources for Educators: http://creativecommons.org.au/learn-more/educators
4. Chapter 8 of Introducing Copyright: A plain language guide to copyright in the 21st Century by Julien Hofman published by the Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver 2009. Accessible and/or downloadable from: http://www.col.org/resources/publications/monographs/Pages/Copyright.aspx/
5. Guide to Open Content Licenses, Lawrence Liang http://media.opencultures.net/open_content_guide/ocl_v1.2.pdf
6. You can find a video of course coordinator Jessica Coates guest lecturing to students in QUT’s undergraduate Education course (broken into 10 segments) on Youtube starting here. All the segments are available on QUT lecturer Michael Dezuanni’s video channel here. You can find the associated slides here.

Resources on Copyright

1. Introducing Copyright: A plain language guide to copyright in the 21st Century by Julien Hofman published by the Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver 2009. Accessible and/or downloadable from: http://www.col.org/resources/publications/monographs/Pages/Copyright.aspx/
2. Copyright Compliance Manual for Teachers: http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/1020
3. Blog  Podcast, Vodcast and Wiki Copyright Guide: http://creativecommons.org.au/blogguide