Taking “Use Case” Inventory of Available Open Shared Visuals for Teaching and Learning From Searches in the Federated Creative Commons Search (Old)

2022 ◽  
pp. 298-314
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Text Search ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Public ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Small Set

In instructional design, there are a number of common “use cases” for acquiring open-source shared visuals and images: breaking up gray text, driving attention, sparking the imagination, illustrating concepts, providing examples, explaining phenomena, representing reality, depicting models, and others. The instating of licensure and open-source releases has meant that there are literally hundreds of millions of such visuals available online, with varying levels of releases (with variations on the following dimensions: editability, [non]crediting, [non]commercial usages, [non]required sharing, all the way up to full release into the public domain with no restrictions). The federated Creative Commons Search (old) enables exploration and acquisition across a range of web-based platforms for digital images based on text search. When pursuing actual images for particular usage, the abundance of shared imagery suddenly becomes small-set and limited. This work explores this phenomenon and provides some ideas for mitigation.

The politics of the libre commons

First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Berry ◽  
Giles Moss
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Radical Democracy ◽  
Free Software ◽  
Peer Production ◽  
Cultural Space ◽  
The Public ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation

The project of ‘free culture’ is committed to the creation of a cultural space, rather like the ‘public domain’, seeking to complement/replace that of proprietary cultural commodities and privatized meaning. This has been given a new impetus with the birth of the Creative Commons. This organization has sought to introduce cultural producers across the world to the possibilities of sharing, co–operation and commons–based peer–production by creating a set of interwoven licenses for creators to append to their artwork, music and text. In this paper, we chart the connections between this movement and the early Free Software and Open Source movements and question whether underlying assumptions that are ignored or de–politicized are a threat to the very free culture that the project purports to save. We then move to suggest a new discursive project linked to notions of radical democracy.

Creative Choices: Changes to Australian Copyright Law and the Future of the Public Domain

2005 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Moore
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Extended Duration

Changes to Australian copyright law introduced under the Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement will diminish the public domain, criminalise common copyright infringing practices and locally introduce significant portions of the controversial 1998 American Digital Millennium Copyright Act. This paper examines these imminent changes to Australian copyright law, with specific attention to the potential effects of the extended duration of copyright protection and the introduction of technological anti-circumvention measures. It argues that public domain-enhancing activities are crucial for sustaining cultural creativity and technological innovation, and discusses the potential role of the Creative Commons movement in establishing economically viable and legal alternatives to the current model of trade-oriented copyright reform.

scholarly journals A prototype of web-based PPGIS for municipal planning using open source software

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong (Serena) Ma
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Municipal Planning ◽  
The Public ◽  
Spatial Decision Making ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Gis Software ◽  
Common Barriers

Web-based Public Participation Geographic Information System (WebPPGIS) is inherently about empowering GIS and Web technology and enabling the public users to use the technology to capture their local knowledge and immerse them into the spatial decision making process. However, there have [sic] some common barriers to WebPPGIS implementation such as lack of communication mechanism for the public; lack of friendly use interface for the non-expert public users; and the cost of the GIS software packages etc. This thesis presents the results of a research project, aiming at overcoming the above barriers and implementing a practical WebPPGIS. General requirements of WebPPGIS are summarized based on the analysis of current researches and a prototype is implemented to demonstrate the feasibility of the approach. Also this thesis illustrates that Open Source Software (OSS) is a competetive solution for developing cost-effective WebPPGIS. Further, the evaluation of the prototype has been performed against the requirements

A prototype of web-based PPGIS for municipal planning using open source software

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong (Serena) Ma
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Municipal Planning ◽  
The Public ◽  
Spatial Decision Making ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Gis Software ◽  
Common Barriers

Web-based Public Participation Geographic Information System (WebPPGIS) is inherently about empowering GIS and Web technology and enabling the public users to use the technology to capture their local knowledge and immerse them into the spatial decision making process. However, there have [sic] some common barriers to WebPPGIS implementation such as lack of communication mechanism for the public; lack of friendly use interface for the non-expert public users; and the cost of the GIS software packages etc. This thesis presents the results of a research project, aiming at overcoming the above barriers and implementing a practical WebPPGIS. General requirements of WebPPGIS are summarized based on the analysis of current researches and a prototype is implemented to demonstrate the feasibility of the approach. Also this thesis illustrates that Open Source Software (OSS) is a competetive solution for developing cost-effective WebPPGIS. Further, the evaluation of the prototype has been performed against the requirements

DistrictBuilder

2018 ◽  
pp. 50-74
Author(s):  
Michael P. McDonald ◽  
Micah Altman
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Made In

This chapter focuses on the DistrictBuilder software. The DistrictBuilder application is a cornerstone of the Public Mapping Project, intended to foster greater public participation and transparency in redistricting. It is among the new generation of redistricting applications that are web-based, so people can immediately begin mapping without having to worry about software installation and data management. What distinguishes DistrictBuilder from other redistricting applications is that it is open-source software, which means anyone can obtain the software at no cost. Ultimately, DistrictBuilder empowers humans instead of relying on machines. It does this for two reasons. First, humans often perform better than computers in processing visual information like geographic units awaiting assignment to districts. Second, redistricting plans are proposals for political representation—although made in a technical form. Since there is no universally agreed-upon measure of representation, it is important for the public to be able to express proposals that reflect their conception of what representation means.

Digital Library and Repositories

2010 ◽  
pp. 184-205
Author(s):  
Bharat Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
The State ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
The Public ◽  
Internet Searching ◽  
Custom Made

This chapter discusses digital libraries and repositories. The purpose of this research is to identify digital libraries and repositories in India available in the public domain. It highlights the state of digital libraries and repositories in India. The digital libraries and repositories were identified through a study of the literature, as well as internet searching and browsing. The resulting digital libraries and repositories were explored to study their collections. Use of open source software especially for the creation of institutional repositories is found to be common. However, major digital library initiatives such as the Digital Library of India use custom-made software.

Delivering Online Expertise, Online

2011 ◽  
pp. 193-214
Author(s):  
Stephen Quinton
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Instructional Design ◽  
Staff Development ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Educational Design ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Design Expertise ◽  
Online Staff Development

This chapter describes two strategies for delivering educational design expertise and online professional development via the Internet. The issues and difficulties pertaining to the design and application of online staff development are examined in terms of the factors and needs that were observed during the implementation phases. The professional development initiative focuses on staff development Web sites which aim to inspire instructional design staff to understand the implicit teaching and learning goals used by lecturers and to assist lecturing staff to increase their awareness of instructional design methodologies. This approach allows participants engaged in online developments to share a common pool of understanding and expertise. The chapter concludes by identifying the potential advantages of the Web-based professional development strategies.

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