This JISC Legal series of workshops dealt directly with the issues of copyright and related rights which arise in the development and delivery of e-learning materials and other online content. This one day workshop comprised a mix of presentations and case studies and looked at the issues surrounding copyright focusing on e-learning materials.
Copyright and e-Learning - JISC Legal/RSC workshops Autumn-Winter 2005
The Workshop
e-Learning materials can be expensive to create and maintain. Colleges and universities need to make sure that materials made available online are copyright compliant to avoid the costs, effort and disruption involved with taking them down (not mentioning the potential costs of settling a copyright action nor the related bad publicity). Perhaps even greater in cost is the failure to make good use of other people's copyright materials through ignorance of the law, and the expense of reinventing the wheel.
The workshop assumed a very basic awareness of copyright.
Further reading
Copyright Law for e-Learning Authors and Copyright Licensing for e-Learning Authors available from the JISC Legal e-learning series at http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/publications/elearningseries.htm.
Objectives and Outcomes of the Workshop
* Appreciation of the legal position when handling copyright issues of e-learning
* Avoidance of breach of copyright in on-line materials
* Confident use of third party materials on-line
* Knowledge of steps required before your e-learning materials go live
Target Audience
This workshop was of interest to those in the colleges and HEI's supported by the RSC, who are involved in the management or development of online learning delivery. This includes e-learning advisers, and coordinators, including learning and teaching technology staff, teaching/lecturing staff and library and IT staff with online learning responsibilities. Although the material was devised with FE in mind, the programme was equally suitable for those involved in e-learning in HE, ACL and specialist colleges.
Programme
* Introducing Copyright and e-Learning An overview of the issues
* Are you Cool with Copyright? A quiz designed to reach or revise the parts of copyright you need to know in order to deal with e-learning issues
* Using Other People's Stuff Online
* Reinforcing the Copyright Message Short scenario session
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