Bridging Open Culture and Education: Case Studies in Cultural Heritage Education will examine these cases studies that include:
🏛️ Interactive museum gaming experiences from Argentina
🔌 A global program reconnecting young people with their culture
📚 Inspiring storytelling and historical preservation efforts in Nigeria
Join us on February 13, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. UTC on Zoom for this engaging discussion. Register now below: https://loom.ly/jZIO_ek
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Over the next several weeks we will be outlining more about our plans for 2025 and the ways that we are bringing this ambitious strategy and optimistic view of the future to life. Stay tuned!
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New year, new strategy 🧭 After almost a year of gathering input and feedback, we are so proud to launch our 2025-2028 Strategy!
Learn more in our newest blog post: https://creativecommons.org/2025/01/22/cc-launches-its-2025-2028-strategic-plan/
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Last year, the Open Culture Platform took bold steps toward our vision of “25 for 2025”—inspiring 25 institutions to embrace open access by 2025. Together, we celebrated incredible progress, launching three powerful resources from our dedicated working groups and advancing digitization and open access through Activity Fund projects across Ghana, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Brazil.
You can read the Open Culture Platform 2024 Year in Review here: https://loom.ly/ayx01u4
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🚨 The countdown is in full effect: there are only 6 days left to register for next cohort of the CC Certificate course! 🚨
Sessions start on January 27th with registration closing on January 20th, so we invite you to register now to secure your spot. Read more about the courses here: https://loom.ly/XlPRnAo.
Register: https://loom.ly/Wdaoliw
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If you have an interest in open education, you'll love what's below. 👀
The Creative Commons Open Education Platform community invites you to our latest Lightning Talks event which will include seven-minute presentations on specific updates or stories in open education on January 15, 2025 at 2:30 UTC.
There is a stellar lineup of presentations! Read more about each presentation and register to attend below: https://medium.com/creative-commons-we-like-to-share/creative-commons-open-education-lightning-talks-january-2025-0145bf6039a8
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CC is organizing a European Public Domain Day celebration on this Thursday at the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels. Attendance is free!
CC's Brigitte Vezina will present on the
[#]TAROCH
Coalition's efforts towards an instrument on open heritage and the revision of the Europeana Public Domain Charter.
Register: https://meemoo.be/en/training-and-events/public-domain-day-in-europe
Image: Onder de glazen hemel by Marie Antoinette Marcotte is marked with CC0 1.0.
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As you get back into the swing of things, this is a reminder that the CC Certificate course is still open for registration until spots are filled.
Currently we offer a CC Certificate for Open Culture/ GLAM, a CC Certificate for Academic Librarians, and a CC Certificate for Educators. Courses are open to everyone, from university students and entry-level professionals to experts in each field.
Join us before this enrollment period closes: https://loom.ly/Wdaoliw
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You didn't think we forgot about science did you? 🧬🧪 Our 2024 year in review reflections conclude with the Open Science program at CC. Increased access to knowledge is enabled through open science practices and policies which are empowered by CC licenses.
Read more about the work of Open Science and what's to come in 2025: https://loom.ly/LOfb8A8
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If you ever wondered how deep the impact of the CC Certificate course goes, look no further than these amazing pieces of art. A CC Certificate facilitator and alumna met at a conference and compared CC tattoos in this pic! 🫶 Rebecca Blickhahn and @poritzj.
There's still time to enroll, we'd love to see you in 2025 in a CC Certificate course! https://www.classy.org/event/2025-cc-certificate-course-registration/e601201/register/new/select-tickets
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🎤 As the year comes to a close, we are planning for 2025 and need your help.
We’re asking for your support to ensure Creative Commons has a voice on relevant, high-stakes topics like artificial intelligence, the climate crisis, education equity, and access to cultural heritage. How can you help?
🗒️ You can support by donating one-time or becoming a recurring donor: https://loom.ly/TvV-jbk
🔁You can also share this post and your story about why you donated to CC.
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Galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, oh my! 🖼️
The Open Culture program at CC works to support the development of a thriving open culture ecosystem among cultural heritage institutions and their users. This year has had many exciting developments, notably the formation of the TAROCH (Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage) Coalition.
Look back at 2024 in Open Culture with us in our latest blog post: https://loom.ly/Nz6dZ2w
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The Learning and Training team had a wonderful 2024. With three primary goals in mind, the year was filled with new partnerships, training development, and more. CC training efforts strengthen our mission to “empower individuals and communities around the world through technical, legal, and policy solutions that enable the sharing of education, culture, and science in the public interest.”
Read more about the work of Learning and Training in our next reflection: https://loom.ly/yU6faf4
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How can the positive potential of AI be unlocked and what role does copyright law play in that respect?
For your Thursday reading list, check out this article by Brigitte Vézina, CC's Director of Policy and Open Culture, on AI Outputs and Copyright via COMMUNIA.
Read here: https://communia-association.org/2024/12/12/ai-outputs-and-copyright/
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As the year winds down, we'll be sharing a look back at what we've been working on. Kicking us off is Open Education. 🧑🏫📝
The Open Education program at Creative Commons works to support CC's mission through education, advocacy, and outreach on using open licenses and open licensing policies to maximize the benefits of open education.
Read about what the Open Education program has accomplished in 2024 and what we're looking forward to in 2025: https://loom.ly/gfUGCHs
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Have you registered for the CC Certificate course yet?
If you’re a librarian, educator, or work in open culture/GLAM - this is for you. Each course focuses on providing an in-depth understanding of the CC licenses, the commons, and how to apply these learnings across your respective field through increasing open access, capacity building, network expansion, and more.
Read: https://loom.ly/dGDAHt8
Register: https://loom.ly/Wdaoliw
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The TAROCH (Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage) Informational Brief is now available to read and download, offering valuable insights into our mission to inspire UNESCO Member States to adopt a standard-setting instrument for enhancing access to public domain cultural heritage.
💡 Visit our website to explore the brief and discover how your organization or institution can become a member. https://loom.ly/ayx01u4
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⚡️ Open data = possibility of faster solutions to mitigating the climate crisis.
We're excited to share that through funding from the McGovern Foundation, we can now support organizations who are implementing our Recommendations for Better Sharing of Climate Data at scale. These Recommendations align with GEO (the Group on Earth Observations) and their Data Management Principles so we teamed up to take action 👀.
Read more on the blog: https://loom.ly/bILZ17g
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We're excited to announce our new board chair, Angela Oduor Lungatti, as voted by the CC board of directors. This transition takes place as Delia Browne, the board chair from 2022-2024 completes her term. Join us in congratulating Angela and celebrating Delia’s many contributions to CC. Read more here: https://loom.ly/tP3Echg
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Enrollment is still currently open for our CC Certificate program, join us! https://loom.ly/Wdaoliw
There are 3 Certificate courses available:
👩🏫 CC Certificate for Educators
📚 CC Certificate for Librarians
🖼️ CC Certification for Open Culture/GLAM
Currently, we still have scholarship openings for the Open Culture Certificate alongside registration for all programs. Use code Y4GLAMSCHOLAR60 by May 31, 2025 to get 60% off your ticket, while available. https://loom.ly/Wdaoliw
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