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South Africa
Joined March 2009
Creative Commons SA retweeted
Join CC’s legal team for office hours on 10/18. Meet with Copyright and Licensing Counsel Kat Walsh to discuss issues related to CC licenses and more. This is a casual conversation, so questions and shares are welcome. RSVP here: loom.ly/EllhTlY
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PCF11: Call for abstracts and proposals The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) #COL4D and the Ministry of Education and Skills Development, Botswana @BWGovernment, represented by Botswana Open University (BOU) @BotswanaOpenUni, will co-host the Eleventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF11) in Gaborone, Botswana, from 10 to 12 September 2025 at the Gaborone International Convention Centre. Academics, researchers, technology innovators, development practitioners, administrators, stakeholders and partner institutions are invited to submit abstracts and proposals. Deadlines: - Last date for submission of Abstracts and Proposals: 30 January 2025 - Notification of proposal approval: 1 March 2025 About the Pan-Commonwealth Forum The Forum takes place every three years and is considered one of the world’s leading international conferences on open and distance learning. The theme of PCF11 is Innovative Open Education: Fostering Resilient Societies for Sustainable Economic Development. The event will continue to provide the rich in-person experience that delegates have come to expect while also allowing virtual attendees to access a mix of live, on-demand, and interactive content. To ensure the Forum is accessible to as many delegates as possible, this will be a hybrid event. The submission and review process will be managed through the Easy Chair platform. Please create your account here easychair.org/account2/signi… and then submit your proposal. Only authors of accepted abstracts/proposals will receive the link for submission of full papers. For more information, please visit: pcf11.org/call-for-proposals… #CHOGM2024 #Resilience #PCF11
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Creative Commons SA retweeted
Replying to @PresidencyZA
The Bill empowers thousands of artists, creators, musicians, educators, students, academics, librarians, etc, with visual or other impairments to access information for creativity, innovation, teaching, learning, research, work, leisure & hundreds of other reasons. #SignTheBill
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Africa, known for late adoption of new technologies . . . is leapfrogging stages in enviable ways. Shared under @CreativeCommons license. #OER #Commonwealth #Africa #COL4D #UNESCO #WBG_Education #HigherEduGovZA #ADEAnet #AUCEducation #SADC_News #OERAfrica tinyurl.com/yh9xfcnk
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Creative Commons SA retweeted
Become open license certified. The next Creative Commons Certificate online courses will start on 31 January! Join the course and "know" rather than guess at open licensing. certificates.creativecommons… #OER #OpenLearning #OpenEducation #Creative Commons #CCSA
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Creative Commons SA retweeted
📢 THE POLICY PAPERS ARE OUT! This year, four CC Copyright Platform Working Groups addressed four policy themes: 1⃣Artificial intelligence & open content 2⃣Platform liability 3⃣Copyright exceptions & limitations 4⃣The ethics of open sharing #FutureOfOpen Links to papers ⬇️
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Creative Commons SA retweeted
EIFL and IFLA are co-organizing a session on key challenges for libraries concerning copyright and licensing during the 2021 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest (GCIP): 25th to 29th October 2021. @CCSA eifl.net/events/copyright-li…
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Creative Commons SA retweeted
The Creative Commons Global Summit takes place from 20 to 24 September 2021 via the internet. Participate from almost anywhere. #CreativeCommons #CCSA #OpenLearning #OpenEducation summit.creativecommons.org/
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Creative Commons SA retweeted
Replying to @ParliamentofRSA
@ParliamentofRSA @CyrilRamaphosa @dtic @NathiMthethwaSA @ANCParliament @PresidencyZA @SaRecreate @ccsa @DIRCO_ZA Parliament will be discussing the Copyright Amendment Bill tomorrow.I trust they will consider the needs of South Africans over the profit margins of multinationals.
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Creative Commons SA retweeted
🚨JOB ALERT! We are looking for a Technical Researcher to investigate+evaluate open source projects and develop reports highlighting digital public goods of high interest to priority areas. Read more and apply here: jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job… @DPGAlliance #jobopening
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If you’re looking to beat the heat today, check out one of the @BPLBoston Outdoor Wi-Fi zone pop-ups! The Library is providing seating, shade, cooling areas, and easy access to Wi-Fi at six branches this summer. Learn more ➡️ ow.ly/RBzJ50FEttb
Creative Commons SA retweeted
The South African Chapter of Creative Commons has submitted a response to the country’s Parliament on the Copyright Amendment Bill. See background by Denise Nicholson and download a copy of the submission to Parliament. tinyurl.com/yujw5ea8 tinyurl.com/4zhb62w
Creative Commons SA retweeted
What have we learned since David Wiley (@opencontent) first raised the Paradox? Do you have examples to support or refute? An asynchronous discussion will range over 3-days from today at @OpenEdGlobal Connect. Swot up on the Paradox in this moment link. xitter.cf/i/events/1409789047560…
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