eCornell Research Blog

Posted by in Uncategorized May 18th, 2004

ECornell Research Blog has some great stories for those looking for more online learning resources. It looks like the compilation of author post pieces more geared toward teachers or providers than students, but it does have a quality selection of articles and links.

I found this piece about "Fair Use in Online Courses – Where are We Now?" there, from Explana.com.

The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act passed in November 2002 presents challenges and opportunities to all institutions involved in the production and dissemination of educational multimedia, digital resources, and research tools. At heart is the issue of intellectual property and complex issues of ownership and rights, which have been complicated not only by the widely publicized development of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, but by the way educational materials are presented in the digital classroom. Ironically, SCORM compliancy sets up a new area of contradiction and confusion, particularly in the way that the shared content objects (the SCOs) are managed and deployed.

Here is one link more student oriented they had about the Student As Customer – A New Tension? from bath University in the UK.

Students consider the more problem-based approach to their education as being difficult. With formal lectures now largely eliminated they feel short-changed because the 'value' of their courses is reduced due to the lack of weight of the lecture notes. So this is a double whammy – difficult and short on value. As a customer a student is likely to choose traditional lecture based courses, although the lecture material may reside in some electronic repository, rather than courses that are more pedagogically sound.

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