Creative Commons Licenses 101

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Presentation

Start Date

6-4-2026 3:30 PM

End Date

6-4-2026 4:00 PM

Description

This session will provide a rigorous but beginner-friendly introduction to the Creative Commons licenses. The session will include a deep dive into the license conditions that make up the Creative Commons licenses: one condition dealing with attribution, one dealing with derivative works, and one dealing with commercial use. Once these license conditions are understood, we will look at the ways they can be combined to form the six Creative Commons licenses. The session will include a discussion of the practical considerations involved in choosing a CC license for your work. “Open educational resources” (OER) will provide the motivating context for the discussion of the Creative Commons licenses.

Author Bios

Dr. David Wiley created the world's first open license for content in 1998, was the Project Lead for Educational Licenses at Creative Commons in the early 2000s, and from 2013-2016 was Education Fellow at Creative Commons, teaching people around the world how CC licenses work and how to use them in educational contexts. He is one of the founders of the open educational resources movement. Dr. Wiley is currently an Associate Professor at Marshall University.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Apr 6th, 3:30 PM Apr 6th, 4:00 PM

Creative Commons Licenses 101

This session will provide a rigorous but beginner-friendly introduction to the Creative Commons licenses. The session will include a deep dive into the license conditions that make up the Creative Commons licenses: one condition dealing with attribution, one dealing with derivative works, and one dealing with commercial use. Once these license conditions are understood, we will look at the ways they can be combined to form the six Creative Commons licenses. The session will include a discussion of the practical considerations involved in choosing a CC license for your work. “Open educational resources” (OER) will provide the motivating context for the discussion of the Creative Commons licenses.