Crowdsourcing - nifty term or a chance to make a difference

Jul 29

posted by Mark Christie in Google, Learning Objects, Microsoft, Copyright Matters, Web 2.0, Resources, crowdsourcing, clipart, Geography | 0 Comments Bookmark and Share

This post originates from a path and a series of events that has become a life practise over the past number of years. I read the Age and the NT News online and generally from the IT section of the Age find an interesting article and follow links within the article or google a word I don't know. If the interest continues and it is related to eLearning (or flying or family) I might see if the knowledge or idea presented can be applied or reinterpreted into a context for my world. I say "my" because it is a little serendipitous, random and self indulgent.

Which brings me to crowdsourcing.

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This entry was posted on July 29, 2010 at 7:07 AM and has received 389 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Free Music and not so free music and sounds

Jul 28

posted by Mark Christie in music, Educational Sites, Copyright Matters, Audio and Sound | 2 Comments Bookmark and Share

Every so often I get asked about where to get music without breaking copyright. Creative Commons tagged music is a good start for me because it tells me immediately what I can do with the music (or video, picture etc) without having to ask the author.

Anyway here are some links to "free" sites. If you have more, please add a comment to this entry. Update:- because of this blog's inbuilt spam filter, posting a comment can sometimes be rejected. The trick appears to be to leave out the http:// part of the url, so just type in www.somewher.com

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This entry was posted on July 28, 2010 at 9:06 AM and has received 346 views. There are currently 2 comments. Print this entry.

The Copyright Cookbook

Sep 17

posted by Mark Christie in Copyright Matters | 0 Comments Bookmark and Share

The Australian Flexible Learning Framework is a treasure trove of resources, strategies and tools to kickstart you along your e-Learning journey.

One of the resources available is the Copyright Cookbook - worth a look and deals with some of those vexing questions about what you can and can't do with third party content in your presentations or learning sequences. http://copyrightkitchen.flexiblelearning.net.au/main.php

This entry was posted on September 17, 2009 at 10:50 AM and has received 214 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

opsound music for free

Aug 18

posted by Mark Christie in music, Copyright Matters, Resources | 0 Comments Bookmark and Share

While checking out a reference for our copyright guru I checked out an explanatory video at http://CreativeCommons.org which explained about how creative commons works to protect copyright but at the same time allow people to use works without the administrative nightmare that usually accompanies it.

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This entry was posted on August 18, 2009 at 11:40 AM and has received 237 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.