Google has
made a lot of improvements to their online apps over the last year. One of
those for eLearning fans is the
inclusion of creative commons licenses in YouTube. You can licence your own videos very quickly
in the “edit information” menu, without the comparatively lengthy procedure on
the creative commons website.
Of course,
these licensees are not only useful when you want to license your own videos, but
particularly when you need video footage in your own projects. If you look for,
say, clouds filmed from a plane all you need to do is type in your search query
and filter (menu button) for creative commons licensees.
You can do
the same thing for your photos on Picasa. However, at present it is only
possible to license all photos or only single photos, which is not very user-friendly.
It would best to be able to license albums, then the users could easily organize their cc photos, just by copying or moving the required photos
to a cc licensed album.
Last but
not least, Picasa allows you to search for cc-licensed user photos, which is
very useful for eLearning or student projects.
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