Copyright: A Crash Course for University Personnel
January 10 – January 31, 2011
University administrators, faculty, staff, and students create and use copyrighted works every day. The internet has made nearly everyone a publisher to some degree; yet there is a great deal of misunderstanding about copyright basics including rights to reproduce and remix educational materials.
In today’s technologically advanced world, we need to know more about copyright law so that our institutions neither enable infringements, nor step away from the important copyright exceptions that empower educational and fair uses that are critical to the academy.
This course is designed to provide information to university counsel, administrators and staff to guide their activities involving the creation of copyrighted materials, to minimize misunderstanding regarding the use of copyrightable works and to protect higher education’s interest in a copyright culture that supports the sharing of ideas and information.
Join our instructors, NACUA members Jack Bernard and Madelyn Wessel, as they explain copyright basics as well as discuss some of the current challenges posed by new technologies. Topics covered include:
- • An introduction to copyright constructs: What is copyrightable expression and who holds the rights to it? What are the rights of the copyright holder?
- • Overview of the copyright statute: Limitations on a copyright holder’s rights including those most important to higher education
- • An understanding of fair use and teaching exceptions: The opportunities and limits of provisions authorizing “face-to-face” teaching; the evolution and judicial understanding of fair use; transformative uses
- • Current challenges in copyright law: Multi-media in the classroom and beyond
This four-week course is a blend of self-study and instructor facilitated learning. Participants can access materials 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Each weekly module features a narrated PowerPoint presentation (like a pre-recorded virtual seminar), self-assessments (participants can test their learning through games and quizzes), and extensive resources. Students can interact with each other and their instructor on the class discussion board and on two instructor-led conference calls. The course is informative, interactive and convenient. REGISTER TODAY!
The course costs $299 per registrant and is limited to 50 participants.
Questions? Contact Camille Heenan at cbh@nacua.org