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Get a Clue: Figuring Out What is Open... [March 4, 2013, 8:02 p.m.]


 

Now that you have been introduced to the broad range of content that can be considered open, it is important to recognize the details that can help you navigate them. These clues and tools can help you determine whether some of that online content is, in fact, open, how you can use it, and if there are any restrictions.

1. Ways to spot open content

Use this resource: Recognizing Licensed Works To spot key factors that can help you determine whether content is CC Licensed. Where else can you think of putting license information on a website or a blog? Add other recommendations in the comments below.

2. Determine whether the resource is open

Look at three or more of the sources below and determine where on the spectrum of open vs. non-open they sit.

Public Library of Science

Wikipedia

New York Times

Al Jazeera

Huffington Post

Breakthrough

Mobile Active

MIT Open CourseWare

Now that you have explored a few resources and have a better sense of identifying open and non-open content, here is a series of case studies conducted by Creative Commons on licensed websites and projects. Explore this broad range of studies on open content.

Cory Doctorow

Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia

Nine Inch Nails The Slip

African Sleeping Sickness Test

CERN

University of Michigan Library

Share and Discuss!

Now that you have been given tools to help you determine open vs. non open content and you looked at a variety of sources and topics that ranged on the spectrum of open and non open, share your thoughts with others in a blog post or in social media.

Once you have initiated a discussion or shared some new interesting facts you have learned with others, share the reflections here. Post a link to your post if possible.

Were others surprised by an interesting fact? Curious to learn more about what you shared with them?