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Creative Commons certificate promoted to Midwestern Higher Education Compact members; instructor spotlights OER work
Summary
Midwestern Higher Education Compact hosted a webinar with Creative Commons outlining its 10‑week CC Certificate (10‑week online course with optional in‑person bootcamp), a MEC member discount (code MEC15), support services and an instructor case study on creating OER textbooks and a 'z degree' to eliminate student text costs.
The Midwestern Higher Education Compact hosted a virtual webinar where Creative Commons staff described its CC Certificate program and how faculty can use CC licensing to develop open educational resources (OER).
"And this slide deck is obviously open licensed," said Jenarin Wetzel, director of learning and training at Creative Commons, as she outlined the organization’s mission and the structure of the certificate program. Wetzel said the certificate is a 10‑week online course (with optional one‑week in‑person boot camps) that covers copyright, CC licenses, public‑domain issues and recommended open‑education practices.
Wetzel emphasized the time commitment: "please do know 10 weeks online plus about 6 to 10 hours a week on…
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