Creative Commons
For A Webinar To Raise Awareness About OER
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Amount$20,000
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Program
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Date Awarded12/8/2011
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Term6.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
Creative Commons, an anchor grantee in the Open Educational Resources (OER) field, has a longstanding reputation as a leader in the OER space and has extensive experience in communicating various facets of OER and open licensing to a wide variety of audiences. Funding for this project will support Creative Commons' efforts to develop and deliver a webinar on OER and Open Licensing specifically tailored to the USAID Education program to assist USAID Education Program Officers in understanding important aspects of OER and Open Licensing. This webinar will be recorded so that it can be re-used for additional OER awareness-raising efforts.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.creativecommons.org
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people and communities by equipping them with the legal, technical, and policy solutions that they require to address real challenges on the ground. Creative Commons promotes better sharing of knowledge and culture in ways that serve the public interest. This includes reshaping the open ecosystem to support equitable and pro-social sharing, enhancing open infrastructure to foster sustainable and ethical sharing, and transforming institutions to make knowledge and cultural heritage assets as openly accessible as possible. (Substrategy: Field Building)
for general operating support
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization and global community dedicated to supporting an open and accessible Internet that is enriched with free knowledge and creative resources for people around the world to use, share, and cultivate. This grant will provide general operating support for Creative Commons as it works toward its bold vision over the next several years. The work of Creative Commons furthers the transparency goals of the Foundation in general and provides a core infrastructure for the OER movement.
