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4 reasons to use Creative Commons

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This raises a number of tensions around creativity, intellectual property and copyright. Creative Commons (CC) is a copyright management system that goes a long way to addressing these issues. Creative Commons licences can enable teachers everywhere to access content and share their ideas freely.

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Integrity, credibility and plagiarism

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Image by TilerX on Flickr I was in the audience at a recent conference when a keynote speaker (who will remain nameless) presented several of my images and ideas in his slideshow. The slide that annoyed me the most was a diagram that I had devised based on the ideas of another researcher. I'll see if he does. Unported License.

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New ideas in a digital age

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How are new ideas spread through society? But these media were used to spread ideas, news, and views that were often sanctioned by the broadcasting channel or publisher. This kind of transmission of ideas was less filtered and more closely aligned to the culture it was aimed at. Moore in his 1991 book 'Crossing the Chasm'.

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Categorisation cults

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The Cult of Categorisation is very strong because it adopts ideas that are convenient. There are many versions of this, depending on what kind of drugs people have been taking. Learning styles theories are not the only myth some teachers are fooled into adopting. It extends to generational distinctions. Unported License.

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The Commons touch

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In the last few years, the introduction of Creative Commons licensing has ensured that a lot of web based content is now open for reuse, repurposing and even commercial use. Now you have a collection of images you can use under the agreements of Creative Commons. Don't forget the attribute the source! Unported License.

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#TwistedTropes 24: Maslow's awkward hierarchy

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Sadly, Maslow's Hierarchy became famous for the wrong reasons when learning professionals began to use the pyramid version in their PowerPoint presentations. When asked why they were using this version, many said that they liked to 'have colourful triangles on the slides, to break up the endless bullet points and columns of text.'

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Digital habitus

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When we observe our digital representations, our lives portrayed on screen, and our ideas played out in a virtual simulacrum of reality, what do we see? This is representative of the manner in which we habituate into digital media, believing that we are laying down versions of our thoughts and behaviour from real life.

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