Bongani’s use of content with a Creative Commons non-commercial (NC) clause is not the problem here, even if there are Google Ads on her blog. The NC clause of the CC license is generally interpreted as restricting the direct sale of the licensed content, but ad-supported sites such as blogs are not prevented from using content in this interpretation (see this article for Lawrence Lessig’s reading of NC with regard to ad-supported sites). Bongani can charge her students for copies of NC works since the fee simply pays for the paper copies and no additional revenue is generated by the content.

The more problematic issue Bongani faces is license incompatibility. She will have no problem using the content licensed CC BY-NC, but the CC BY-NC-SA contains a “share-alike” clause, which means that in order to create a derivative work or adaptation of this content she must license her resulting work with the same CC BY-NC-SA license. She may have license compatibility problems, a situation with two distinct licenses requiring that any derivative content be licensed in two different ways (see the CC license compatibility matrix). This is the unfortunate limitation of stipulating the “share-alike” clause in a CC license. It is not clear from the case study whether Bongani wishes merely to reproduce the NC-SA-licensed works on her blog, or to adapt them in some way. If she simply wants to post the material on her blog she can do so because she won’t be creating a derivative work, she is just copying the work. However, if she does wish to modify or remix the NC-SA licensed work, she will either have to release those remixes under the NC-SA license, or find different source material.It is also the case that a CC license does not preclude the option to contact the content creator to request permission under different terms, nor does it affect fair use rights. Bongani could resolve this issue by requesting explicit permission to use the CC BY-NC-SA content on her CC BY-SA blog and on Siyavula. The other, easier option would be to simply link to the CC BY-NC-SA content, thus respecting the creator’s original license.

All the groups have thinned out a little, with some participants unable to continue participating.
That places a much greater workload on remaining group members, so its been decided to reduce the workload. From now on the required questions for assignments consist only of the questions relating to the scenario. Groups are no longer required to answer the general questions, which are generally identified as “questions for your understanding” .

To give feedback to the other groups you need only give a single quantitative score for all their answers, as an overall indication.
In other words you need only rate all of another groups answers with a single score out of 10 each week. Of course what is at least as useful is an qualitative feedback, on what you believe the other group have done successfully and what they could improve.

The due dates for the group assignments have been changed:

The due dates are now as follows:

Week 1

Assignment due Monday 14 September,
Feedback due Wednesday 16 September

Week 2

Assignment due Monday 21 September,
Feedback due Wednesday 23 September

Week 3

Assignment due Monday 28 September ,
Feedback due Wednesday 30 September

Week 4

Assignment due Monday 5 October ,
Feedback due Wednesday 7 October

Week 5

Assignment due Monday 12 October,
Feedback due Wednesday 14 October

Week 6

Assignment due Monday 19 October,
Feedback due Wednesday 21 October

Why have we changed the dates? Following a discussion with core leaders of p2pu it was decided that a due date on a weekend makes co-ordination difficult for groups, since some members may be away on a particular weekend, or have a religions objection to working on a Saturday or Sunday. As a result we’ve moved all the due dates one day forward, so that all assignments are due on Mondays and all feedback to other groups due on Wednesdays. These kinds of adjustments are inevitable in a pilot such as this. Please bear with us.

1. We have placed you into working groups. Allocations have been made according to location, time zone and comparable legal jurisdictions. There are three groups in total; Orange, Yellow and Pink.

2. Each week your group has to complete two task

(a) agree an answer to the set questions for that week and

(b) as a group give feedback to both the other groups.

3. Groups are expected to use the group page to generate that week’s answers but post the final answers on the blog by 24h00 UST on Sundays of the week in question. The final answers for each week should not exceed 2000 words but can be much shorter.

4. Groups will also use the blog to give feedback to the other two groups. Feedback of other groups will be evaluated by the course leaders. Feedbacks for other groups must be posted by 24h00 UST on Tuesday in the week in question.

5.Total Feedback for each group is based on both the weekly answers as assessed by the other groups, and also the evaluation of Feedbacks.

6. Give feedback on the answers by the others groups by looking at the – accuracy, clarity, utility of their answers. Use a simple scale of 0 to 10 to give Feedback, with 0 being awarded for a failure to provide answers, 1-4 for weak or flawed answers, 5 for adequate, 6 -7 for good, and 8-10 for excellent.

7. Provide an explanation of your feedback rating.

8. The due dates are as follows:
Week 1

Assignment due Sunday 13 September,
Feedback due Tuesday 15 September

Week 2

Assignment due Sunday 20 September,
Feedback due Tuesday 22 September

Week 3

Assignment due Sunday 27 September ,
Feedback due Tuesday 29 September

Week 4

Assignment due Sunday 4 October ,
Feedback due Tuesday 6 October

Week 5

Assignment due Sunday 11 October,
Feedback due Tuesday 13 October

Week 6

Assignment due Sunday 18 October,
Feedback due Tuesday 20 October

Last day of the course: 21 October

The calculation of the final evaluation will take into account the reduced time that you have been given in week 1.

9. There is a considerable amount of work so groups are encouraged to share the various tasks amongst yourselves but ensure that you pass your individual learning on to one another.

10. Your group can use the chat room to organise your work. Use the chat room schedule wikipage to arrange the sessions.

11. A course leader will usually be available in chat once a week. These times will be announced in the chat room schedule. Please check the chat schedule wiki page as these details may change from time to time.

Welcome to 1st Peer to Peer University Copyright for Educators.

This is where each group will be posting the final answers to eachweek’s questions. It is also where each group will comment on the answers by other groups. You will use the group wiki page to work out your answers, and discuss the issues.