{"id":7941,"date":"2021-10-10T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikiinafrica.org\/?p=7941"},"modified":"2026-02-10T19:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:04:53","slug":"wikiafrica-oers-teaching-copyright-and-its-licenses-to-learners-in-the-real-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikiinafrica.org\/fr\/2021\/10\/10\/wikiafrica-oers-teaching-copyright-and-its-licenses-to-learners-in-the-real-world\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiAfrica OERs: Teaching Copyright and its licenses to learners in the \u2018real\u2019 world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(first published on Medium, 8th September)<\/p>\n

The digital world consumes those of us that have access. It is so easy to forget that reality exists outside of this space. Many \u2014 millions \u2014 don\u2019t have access to the digital world. Copyright (and its alternative licensing options) are just as relevant in the real world, as it is in the digital world. It is just as relevant offline as it is online. With the real world in mind, how is copyright taught at schools, and how is that done when there is little to no access to the internet? Wiki In Africa with the help of the Creative Commons Open Education Platform Activities Fund decided to tackle this problem for teachers in French-speaking school systems<\/em><\/p>\n

Wiki In Africa<\/a>\u00a0decided to tackle these questions by creating a collection of French-language resources for teachers to teach in the classroom the concept of Copyright and how to use it. One of Wiki In Africa\u2019s flagship projects is the annual primary school writing contest\u00a0<\/em>WikiChallenge Ecoles d\u2019Afrique<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>The work done to ensure\u00a0WikiChallenge<\/em>\u00a0happens showed that there are no materials, either supplied or easily accessible, that help teachers to effectively teach the complex concepts that surround and apply to copyright \u2014 let alone articulate the available alternatives.<\/p>\n

Luckily, the Creative Commons Open Education Platform agreed that something should be done when the project was selected as one of six projects supported by the CC\u2019s\u00a0Open Education Platform Activities Fund<\/a>. The Wikibook and its resources were conceptualized and created by\u00a0Florence Devouard (User:Anthere)<\/a>\u00a0with illustration, design, and communications assistance by\u00a0Isla Haddow-Flood (User:Islahaddow)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Ressources p\u00e9dagogiques relatives au droit d\u2019auteur<\/a>\u00a0was published in French on Wikibooks.\u00a0Browse it here.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Wiki in Africa team created and published the\u00a0Ressources p\u00e9dagogiques relatives au droit d\u2019auteur<\/a>\u00a0in French on Wikibooks at the end of 2020. The Wikibook contains modules, teaching guidelines, materials, and assignment models to support teachers as they introduce the concepts of authors\u2019 rights, Creative Commons licenses, and licensing attribution to their classes. Essentially, how it impacts their lives, and what to do when they come across it, including how to correctly apply attribution. The target audience is aimed at students (10\u201315-years-old) in French-speaking Africa.<\/p>\n

What is included in the Wikibook?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Wikibook offers a curated set of resources to support teachers in their lessons on and introductions to the concepts of intellectual and artistic works, copyright, Creative Commons licenses, and the best attribution practices to use when reusing works produced by others. The resources and lesson plans are presented in the form of 3 modules, of increasing difficulty. The first module is intended for 9\u201313-year old children, while the subsequent modules are intended for classes of 11-to-14-year-old children.<\/p>\n

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