jennryn
Recognized as a Catalyst in Open Education, Jennryn is Creative Commons’ Director of Learning and Training. Jennryn enjoys forming collaborative partnerships focused on opening access to knowledge and culture in the public interest. She oversees and runs open licensing training for over 70 countries, and engages with partners such as WMF. Jennryn has some experience editing and having articles edited, but more experience collaborating with WMF colleagues on educational webinars and projects.
Jennryn has a Masters in Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs from American University. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger, a Boren Fellow in Thailand, and a Critical Language Scholar in Egypt. Jennryn was most impacted by her work with rehabilitation and education efforts for homeless children in Thailand, as well as under-resourced farming communities in Niger. Seeing the extreme obstacles learners faced while trying to access knowledge impelled some of Jennryn’s current work today.
Session
In this workshop, Creative Commons will (1) share an overview, as well as key takeaways and considerations from the CC Certificate for Open Culture, a professional development training that builds expertise in open licensing and open practices for cultural heritage professionals; (2) Put the teaching into practice, as we lead participants through a fun exercise of collectively creating and curating music. Through syncing drum beats to public domain music, this workshop should inspire discussion around the challenges, opportunities and ethical considerations of copyright and stewardship of digitized cultural works. While the workshop will focus on collectively creating and openly licensing a music collection, participants will have a chance to explore broader considerations around collection stewardship for any cultural heritage collection.
Participants will leave this workshop with a better understanding of the public domain, open licensing and copyright considerations with digitized collections. They’ll also leave with some new beats!