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[Jane Park <janepark AT creativecommons.org>]

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that in addition to the Berlin evening event on 26 July that I note below, I will be working for CC in Berlin from 4-31 July. Should any of you have interest in meeting re School of Open or CC matters more generally, don't hesitate to shoot me a note! There is plenty of opportunity for collaboration, and we could even hold an additional evening meetup (or one in conjunction with the 26 July one) if there is enough interest.

Cheers,
Jane

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Jane Park <janepark AT creativecommons.org> wrote:

Now posted as part of wider call to community here: https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/33041. Please help spread the word to your and related communities!

Thank you,
Jane

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Jane Park <janepark AT creativecommons.org> wrote:

Hi all,

You may have heard rumblings about a School of Open, some of you more than others. I want to give you more information on that now, since we want affiliates to have the option of getting involved from the very beginning. I understand that 4.0 is taking up most of your time, but no worries as the School of Open will be around for a while - and part of it could even be educational resources about what you need to know for 4.0.

What is School of Open?

• The School of Open is a collaboration between Creative Commons and P2PU (Peer 2 Peer University).
• Its aim is to provide easily digestible educational exercises, resources, and professional development courses that help individuals and institutions learn about and employ open tools, such as the CC licenses.

Why is CC doing this?

Several reasons:

• Many affiliates have expressed a need for more community/communications support from HQ regarding best practices, explanatory materials, help generally in convincing entities (whether GLAMs, IGOs, governments) to use CC tools. The School of Open would be the perfect place for much of this, and more.
• Affiliates have expressed other priorities and issues, eg. regarding advocacy and policy activities that fall outside the scope of HQ. The School of Open could be one venue for affiliates and other open advocates to work together to develop and provide these resources.
• In regards to content that HQ itself will develop: We are specifically tasked with providing education around CC tools, especially as pertains to K-12 education, and we would love affiliate appropriation and adaptation of these resources for their regional uses. We could even work to develop this together from the beginning with those affiliates who are interested.

Working with P2PU

• School of Open leverages P2PU's active peer learning platform for developing courses, challenges, and study groups. The P2PU community has been a part of the open education movement since 2009 and promoted openness to the education sector. P2PU ran a number of  successful courses on licensing for educators, which will become part  of the School of Open. All peer-produced resources on p2pu.org are  defaulted under CC BY-SA, the same license as Wikipedia. 
  
• School of Open is hosted on the P2PU platform, but courses will also link out to other websites and use a variety of social media tools. We want people to use (open) tools they are already comfortable with. The School of Open is the umbrella under which all of these activities are to take place, and a landing spot for people who wanted to get involved and follow different tracks.
  

Different Languages      

• Affiliates should develop materials in the language they want to develop them in—that is the point as we want education around openness to reach all cultures and sectors of society. Depending on interest, the P2PU platform may incorporate additional languages (current user interface already translated into Spanish, Swedish, and Mandarin), or as mentioned above link out to the tools/resources that are being run in that language.
  

What is CC doing on School of Open now?

• Jane Park (that's me) is transitioning to be Project Manager in education at CC. A major component of my new position is to establish School of Open in collaboration with the CC, P2PU, and related open communities. First thing is to lay a road and skills map for School of Open, and seed the School with a few core resources and courses. Imminent events include:

• Berlin, Germany (July 2012): School of Open month-long workshop as part of the P2PU pop-up office. Jane and key P2PU community members will start mapping and developing some key components of the School. An evening hands-on event will be held Thur, 26 July in Berlin that is open to the public. You're invited (RSVP here). CC's European communities especially encouraged to participate, as it's local!
• Helsinki, Finland (September 2012): OKFestival's Open Research and Education track includes an "Open Peer Learning: School of Open and School of Data" workshop to engage the OKFN, CC, and European open communities. Will take place Wed afternoon, 19 September before the CC Europe regional meeting to allow CC affiliates to participate.
• Palo Alto, CA, U.S. (October 2012): School of Open and Open Policy Institute convening to get key funders and representatives from the various "open" sectors on board and involved, eg. open policy, open licenses, open GLAM, open data, open science, open education, etc.
• CC affiliate regional meetings (various): discussion and/or workshop on School of Open at these meetings (led by Jessica Coates)

Get Involved. In addition to participating in one of the above events, feel free to:

• Sign up for announcements.
  
• Check out the very alpha landing page, which also has the sign-up link: https://p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-open/
• Read more about the origins: http://blogs.p2pu.org/blog/2011/11/29/the-school-of-open/
• Add to this pad your ideas for the resource, course, or challenge you want to help create: http://pad.p2pu.org/p/Open_Challenges
• Register for a P2PU account and create a test challenge, or just poke around: https://p2pu.org/en/groups/create/
• Email me and let me know what you did, or tell me how you want to get involved: janepark AT creativecommons.org
  

We are particularly interested in learning:

• How could the School of Open be most valuable for your particular region?
• What are the core "open" skills or competencies your region would want to be addressed by the School of Open? eg. CC license knowledge for educators, Open Access journals
• Which domains is your region most focused on furthering openness in? eg. GLAM, education, science, government
• Any other feedback/questions

Thanks, and looking forward to working with you to further education around open!

Best,

Jane

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