Creative works for educational purposes

Creative Common Licences

Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons licenses free of charge to the public.

The licenses provide a standard way for content creators to grant someone else permission to use their work. It aims to make creative material more useable by providing free license that creators can use to give certain permissions in advance.

CC defines the spectrum from full copyright, all rights reserved, for public domain, and no rights reserved. It allows others to share, collaborate, remix, and reuse.

For example, if you've marked your sharing item with a CC BY license, you retain your copyright and other users get to reuse your work subject to the terms of the license

You can search for CC images through CC Search.

Toolkit Compilation

1. Edtech @ NIE

A curation of free educational tech tools used in the classroom to improve the administration of academic processes, encourage collaboration, and facilitate communication between teachers and learners. Check out these tools to help you with teaching and learning in your classroom!

2. NIE Google Workspace Apps

A curation of NIE Google Workspace Apps to meet any facilitation needs. Access bite-sized video tutorials using Google Workspace Apps.

3. Online Learning Tools

The team has pulled together a suite of learning tools that NIE has adopted or subscribed to, varying from assessment tools, course content tools, communication and collaborative tools, audio/video tools.

4. Video Design Tools

A curation of video design tools that enables video creation across any platforms and requirements.

Newsletters

1. Edtech Newsletter

A monthly newsletter that aims to create awareness of latest and popular educational tech tools used in the classroom for improving the administration of academic processes, encouraging collaboration, and facilitating communication between teachers and learners.

2. VideoBites Newsletter

A bi-weekly newsletter that shares simple video production tools and techniques.

3. Friday Vid-chat

A light-hearted animated chit-chat video series on video tips and tricks.

Teaching and Learning Publications

1. Learning & Teaching @ NIE: Principles for Educating Teachers for the 21st Century

“Learning and Teaching @ NIE highlights key characteristics of an effective teacher, principles of learning and elements of engaging learning environments. It serves as a guide for faculty to develop different instructional methods that are supported by authentic learning and learner-centred environments. It is the outcome of the collective expertise and practical wisdom of NIE faculty who contributed to its formulation through many hours of debates and consultations. We will continually update this document as we engage with the rapid advancements in education research in Singapore and internationally as well as teaching and learning affordances.” - Professor Christine Goh , Director, NIE

2. Learning @ NIE

An annual publication that curates and share best practices, teaching experience and innovations with NIE faculty staff, local school community, potential Student Teachers and key stakeholders with an aim to enhance quality teaching in NIE.