development of an education license or license option for Creative Commons

[Zachary Chandler <zechandl AT colby.edu>]

Quoting Laura Lynch <llynch AT stanford.edu>:

> I'm wondering if this 
> newly licensed material could  become even more useful to educators. 
> What if the licensor was given the option to include a lesson plan or 
> project idea with their work?

ZC: I think here we are treading near learning object territory, but perhaps 
we 
should. I find the possibilities of CC/learning object linkage very exciting, 
and I think it's an idea that will catch on quickly. My only concern is that 
learning object praxis is still an emerging and contested field, with vying 
metadata schemae, terminology, etc. Should CC do one thing very well, or 
attempt to incorporate new functionality? I am inclined toward the former 
position, but perhaps that is short-sighted.

> So far the team has expressed curiosity about the implementation of 
> this option/license. Would works licensed as education friendly be 
> highlighted by a new logo?  If so, what would it look like?  

ZC: The idea of a regular CC button with a different color seemed well-liked. 
(Wouter started the thread: https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/cc-education/
2003-August/000009.html). I didn't comment on it before, but I like the idea. 
I 
think the candidates were orange, crimson, or navy? 

</two cents>

Zach

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Zachary Chandler
Language Technology Consultant
Director, Language Resource Center
Colby College
Waterville, Maine 04901  
http://www.colby.edu/lrc/
zechandl AT colby.edu
207.872.3898