In a study of how the online population understands ”noncommercial use”, the Creative Commons Corporation commissioned a study to explore understandings of the terms “commercial use” and “noncommercial use”.
Based on a empirical and informal study the report explores how Internet users understand terms.
The 255 pages suggest some reasons for the ongoing success of Creative Commons licenses, rules of thumb for licensors and licensees, and wants to serve as a reminder to would-be users of licenses.
The main findings are:
Creators and users are more alike than different in their understanding of noncommercial use.
Both generally consider “commercial use” primarily as a use that makes money.
Uses that are more difficult to classify as either commercial or noncommercial show greater differences between creators and users.
The vast majority of creators and users do not know the basics of copyright law.
With Educations Labs, Microsoft is working on the classroom of the future. At moment there’s not much to see. The only prototype existing so far is the Math Worksheet Generator. But their future vision is targeting interactive software and hardware technologies to improve Collaborative Learning.
Everybody can share ideas, test prototypes, or just join the discussion on how technology can transform teaching and learning.
Dan Pink gives a talk on the surprising science of motivation. By reviewing some scientific experiments in the field human motivations Pink brings up several facts:
Rewards often narrow and restrict our focus.
Extrinsic Incentive blocks creativity
Financial incentives can result in a negative impact on overall performance.
But I suggest to watch the video:
Basically the talk is about the mismatch between what science knows and what business does.
Pink suggests not to do more of the wrong things, i.e. focus on intrinsic motivation: autonomy, mastery & purpose. As most radical example he states that employees may work when they want, where they want, how they want.
Extrinsic motivation is sooo 20th century
The “If…then”-rewards often destroy creativity
The secret to high performance isn’t rewards & punishments
Sounds nice but isn’t it utopia?
The talk is originally published on ted.com, where you also find some comments worth reading.
