Please joins us on Tuesday, April 30 from 2 to 3:30 pm in BTC 1106 for a webinar and follow up dicussion facilitated by Valerie Waldin, the college’s copyright officer, on How Recent Copyright Court Cases Affect Distance Education.
Your participation will count as 1.5 credits toward either the Teaching and Learning certificate (Classroom Management category) or the Leadership Development certificate (College Policies category).
Distance learning is transforming academia. But have your digital classroom practices outgrown the limits of the law?
It’s understandable if you’re not sure. Copyright law is one of the few higher education issues that’s evolving as quickly as distance learning.
Learn how to bring your copyright policy into compliance with current case law in How Recent Copyright Court Cases Affect Distance Education, a Magna Online Seminar with presenter Linda Enghagen.
You’ll find out what the concept of transformative uses has to do with fair use in the educational setting and see how applying this concept can keep you on the right side of Copyright law.
In this seminar, you’ll learn the answers to real-life questions, such as whether it’s legal to digitize books for students with disabilities and what it means to “repurpose” a copyright-protected work. Fortunately for educators, many common classroom practices are legal fair use under Copyright law. Through review of best practices in fair use, including distribution of course material and assignment design, this seminar will show you how to establish and implement policies to assure copyright compliance.
Even more fortunately for you, Professor Enghagen shares her cutting-edge legal insights in terms you don’t need an attorney to understand. Enghagen, who has published widely on Copyright law, is well known for her ability to explain legal concepts to nonlawyers. You won’t find a more comprehensive or accessible way to get the information you need in order to protect your program and avoid potential penalties.
Hope to see you there!
Susan Gallagher
Director of Distance and Online Learning
Valerie Waldin
Copyright Officer
Published: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:55:08 +0000 by s.gallagher