Presented at Open Ed 2010 in Barcelona, Spain

1. Testing New Models for Participatory Learning
in the Digital Age
Tom Caswell
Open Education Program Manager
Washington Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Alex Kozak
Program Assistant
Creative Commons
Student Journalism 2.0Student Journalism 2.0

2. What the?What the?
SJ 2.0 was a Creative Commons project
Conducted at 2 Silicon Valley High Schools
Funded by the 2009 Digital Media and
Learning Competition (DML)
◦ DML is administered through HASTAC
(Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology
Advanced Collaboratory) and funded by The
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

3. QuestionsQuestions
1. What new models of story development
and reporting are the students and
teachers excited about?
2. What were the barriers (if any) to
putting these new ideas into practice?
3. How could one reduce those barriers in a
scaled-up implementation of Creative
Commons licenses in a classroom?

4. The GoalThe Goal
To encourage journalism students,
teachers, and advisers to understand and
apply legal and technical means to
participate in 21st century journalism.

5. Recommendations for similarRecommendations for similar
implementationsimplementations
1. Identify potential programs and schools
2. Clear legal and institutional challenges
3. Integrate Creative Commons licenses into classroom
practices
4. Teach Creative Commons licenses
5. Discuss domain-specific implications of Creative
Commons licensing
6. Encourage students to use and remix CC licensed work
7. Encourage students to license their own work under CC
8. Seek new ways to utilize project infrastructure

6. Thank youThank you
Tom Caswell
caswell.tom@gmail.com
Alex Kozak
akozak@creativecommons.org
http://sj.creativecommons.org

7. Thank youThank you
Tom Caswell
caswell.tom@gmail.com
Alex Kozak
akozak@creativecommons.org
http://sj.creativecommons.org