Hello Douglas Thanks for this information. Can I thoroughly recommend the CC course to fellow Wikipedians, librarians and educators? I've got some examples that I used for my assignments. If anyone wants to see what I did, I'm happy to share at this Weekend's Meetup in Joburg. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Meetup_SA .
I have also started the practice of separating my text and making my presentations mainly visual (see the file on my sandpit https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Derek_J_Moore/curate ) The separation of presentation and audio means that you can use the presentation and use your own language to narrate. And while we are speaking about Academic matters, I have been categorising Academic libraries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Academic_libraries_in_South_Africa . The Eastern Cape leads with three academic libraries. Western Cape is a bit thin on the ground. Tukkies outshine UJ and Wits. Thus far non of the Universities that I did a SWiP workshop's with, have applied their learning to their libraries. Kind Regards Derek PS Want to also put the meetup banner on the top of your page See https://youtu.be/KthX-EzaK6M <https://youtu.be/KthX-EzaK6M> On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 at 21:59, Douglas Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > It's that time of year again when our friends at Creative Commons open up > scholarship applications to learn more about copyright law, specifically > for educators and librarians. Please checkout the forwarded email below for > more information. Applications are open until 30 June 2025. > > Regards, > > Douglas. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Creative Commons <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 at 08:47 > Subject: Scholarships for Creative Commons Certificate starting September > 2025 > To: Paul West <[email protected]> > > > Dear CC SA Community, > > Please see the below message from Shanna Hollich regarding the availability > of scholarships for the CC certificate course. There are two courses - one > for educators and one for librarians - but the curriculum is the same for > both for the majority of the course, only the last few weeks do the courses > diverge, as the foundation is critical to both. It is highly recommended > for anyone who wants to enhance their expertise relating to how the CC > License Suite works, how it relates to Copyright, how to use - and re-use - > the licenses, and so on. Those of us in South Africa who have done the > course, Paul West, Derek Moore, myself, inter alia - have found it > incredibly valuable. The course is over a three-month period, with many > assignments which are highly creative, a curriculum that cycles through the > most important facets of the CC License Suite, and a huge and necessary > focus on application - it is very much geared towards praxis - that by the > end you will be comfortable with both finding (in itself a very useful part > of the course), using, and re-using the CC licenses. Also, that not all of > the licenses satisfy the criteria to be an Open Educational Resource, and > so on and so forth. > > We really do recommend that you get these credentials under your belt, and > with scholarships available, now is as good a time as any to apply. Since > part of the application is about how you would give back to the community, > we can certainly help you if you are interested in applying, with this - if > you do not have a ready-made academic community for instance to hand. > > So please, we do urge that you consider applying for one of the > scholarships and will help you if needed. > > Thank you, > Kathryn & Paul > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Shanna Hollich <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 at 20:42 > Subject: [cc-openedu] Creative Commons Certificate: Scholarships for > September 2025 courses available > To: <[email protected]> > > > Dear CC community, > > As mentioned earlier this year, we are again opening applications for CC > Certificate course scholarships. > > > Creative Commons intends to make the CC Certificate courses available to as > many people as possible. We currently have funds to cover 15 partial > scholarships for the 2025 CC Certificate courses for (1) Educators and (2) > Academic Librarians, starting on 29 September. The scholarships will cover > 80% of our course registration, and scholarship recipients will be > responsible for paying USD $100. Learn more about our CC Certificate > courses > <https://creativecommons.org/about/cc-certificate-program/>. > > How this works: > > > 1. > > We invite you all to apply for a scholarship for either the (1) CC > Certificate for Educators or the (2) CC Certificate for Academic > Librarians. Applications are due by 30 June. > 1. > > Apply today using this Google form > <https://forms.gle/vH5p2D7NPN6snPLt5>. > 2. > > CC community members’ scholarship applications that demonstrate a > thoughtful plan to share learning with the members’ communities will be > prioritized. We will also prioritize applications from countries and > territories that are typically underrepresented, outside of North > America > and Western Europe (more details on the form). > 3. > > We invite CC community members to help us determine which applications > to accept. Please stay tuned after the scholarship applications close: > we > will share an anonymized voting sheet, directions for voting, and an > invitation for community members to review applications in the middle of > July. > 4. > > All applicants will be notified of their status no later than 31 July. > Applicants will have until 15 September to complete their registration > for > the course. > > > We are excited to continue expanding access to the Certificate in this way, > and we hope to continue to do so in the future, through scholarships and > collaborative partnerships to help further open education. > > Thank you, > > -Shanna > > --- > Shanna Hollich (they/them or she/her) | Learning and Training Manager | > Creative Commons > [email protected] > schedule a meeting with me <https://calendly.com/shannacc> > learn more about CC's Training & Consulting opportunities > <https://creativecommons.org/about/training-and-consulting/> > > > Support CC with a donation <https://e-donate.creativecommons.org/> > Get CC news & updates <https://mail.creativecommons.org/subscribe> > > -- > This is the list for the Creative Commons Open Education Platform. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Open Education Platform" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cc-openedu/CA%2BmN4cBT3sr_0uR1NimJJ-eh97ij744AN_ZzoEp3sdzb62q5-A%40mail.gmail.com > < > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cc-openedu/CA%2BmN4cBT3sr_0uR1NimJJ-eh97ij744AN_ZzoEp3sdzb62q5-A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > > > . > > > -- > Douglas Ian Scott > Mobile number: +44 7471 608592 > 2nd mobile number: +27 79 515 8727 > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@%(host_name)s _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@%(host_name)s
