[cc-community] Fwd: CC, Dept of Ed, OSI launch Why Open Ed Matters Video Competition

Timothy Vollmer tvol at creativecommons.org
Mon Mar 5 15:40:25 EST 2012


FYI, see the links below for more information on this Video Competition CC
launched today in conjunction with the Department of Education and Open
Society Institute. Please help spread the word.

thank you,

tvol


http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/31615
http://whyopenedmatters.org/
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*Creative Commons, U.S. Department of Education, Open Society Institute
launch high profile video competition to highlight potential of free
educational materials*

Mountain View, California and Washington, D.C., — March 5, 2012

 Today Creative Commons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Open
Society Institute announce the launch of the Why Open Education Matters
Video Competition <http://whyopenedmatters.org/>. The competition will
award cash prizes for the best short videos that explain the use and
promise of free, high-quality Open Educational Resources—or “OER”—and
describe the benefits and opportunities these materials create for
teachers, students and schools.

Video submissions are accepted until June 5, 2012 and winners will be
announced July 18, 2012. Cash prizes, provided by the Open Society
Institute, include $25,000 (first), $5,000 (second), and $1,000 (Public
Choice Award). Judges include prominent artists and education experts,
including Davis Guggenheim, Nina Paley, James Franco, and many others. The
competition website is whyopenedmatters.org and features an introductory
video by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. All entries must be
shared under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
license<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/>
.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan underlined various benefits of OER.
Duncan, in a video that appears on the Why Open Education Matters contest
website <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SdrhGrcvsk>, said, “Open
Educational Resources can not only accelerate and enrich learning; they can
also substantially reduce costs for schools, families and students.”

Catherine Casserly, CEO of Creative Commons, pointed out the importance of
raising awareness for Open Educational Resources. “Both Creative Commons
and Open Educational Resources are 10 years old this year, and there’s been
an amazing explosion in the amount and quality of free, openly-licensed
educational content being shared online. Now is the time to push awareness
of OER into the mainstream.”

The launch of the Why Open Education Matters Video Competition coincides
with the first annual Open Education Week (openeducationweek.org), which
runs from March 5-10, 2012. Open Education Week is a global event that
seeks to raise awareness about the benefits of free and open sharing in
education.
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