Copyright and E-learning

Name: Copyright and E-learning
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SKU: 9781783300600
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A guide for practitioners

By Jane Secker

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Jane Secker and Chris Morrison present a thoroughly revised guide addressing copyright challenges in e-learning, reflecting recent legal developments in the UK and globally. This book offers a practical overview of current and emerging copyright issues for professionals working within virtual learning environments. It covers digitising published content, the use of digital media, managing 'born' digital resources, social media copyright concerns, copyright training, collaborative work rights, and dealing with unidentified rights holders. This essential resource supports educators, librarians, learning technologists, and other education sector workers in navigating copyright confidently and legally.
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Ideal for education professionals including learning support staff, teachers using e-learning platforms, learning technologists, librarians, instructional designers, and IT trainers. Also relevant to those developing educational resources across schools, higher education, museums, archives, libraries, commercial organisations, and government bodies.

A practically based overview of current and emerging copyright issues facing those working in e-learning that will allow professionals to work confidently, effectively and legally in the virtual learning environment.

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Jane Secker and Chris Morrison have completely revised and updated this highly successful text to take into account recent developments in the field and changes to the law in the UK and elsewhere in the world. Through its practically based overview of current and emerging copyright issues facing those working in e-learning, this book will help equip professionals with the tools, skills, and understanding they need to work confidently and effectively in the virtual learning environment with the knowledge that they are doing so legally.

New and developing services, software, and other technologies are being adapted for online learning environments to engage students and academic staff. These technologies present increasing challenges to IPR and legal issues, and this book will help librarians and educators to meet them.

Key topics addressed include:

Digitizing published content for delivery in the VLE
Using digital media in e-learning
Copyright issues and ‘born’ digital resources
The copyright issues associated with using social media
Copyright training for staff
Who owns the rights in works that are the product of collaboration?
What do you do if you can’t find the rights holders?

Copyright and E-learning is essential reading for anyone working in education including learning support staff and teachers using e-learning, learning technologists, librarians, educational developers, instructional designers, IT staff, and trainers. It is also relevant for anyone working in the education sector from school level to higher education, and those developing learning resources in commercial organizations and the public sector including libraries, museums and archives, and government departments.

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Praised for providing an excellent overview of copyright in electronic content, this book appeals to librarians and e-learning managers. Reviewers commend the authors for presenting a clear, authoritative guide suitable for readers with varying levels of knowledge and for fostering a balanced dialogue on respecting content while ensuring its usefulness. The advice is described as sensible, well-articulated, and enriched with helpful resources. The positive tone and strong focus on risk management further highlight its value.

Book Details

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ISBN: 9781783300600

Publisher: Facet Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 June 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Facet Publishing

Edition: 2nd edition

Contributors:

With Chris Morrison

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 157.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 207g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Jane Secker (B.A., Ph.D., PGCertHE, FHEA) is Copyright and Digital and Literacy Advisor at LSE, where she has responsibility for the digital literacy programme for staff and PhD students. She also advises staff about copyright issues particularly related to their use of digital resources and e-learning. She has published widely and led several externally funded projects, most recently being project manager for the DELILA (Developing Educators Learning and Information Literacies for Accreditation) funded by JISC and the Higher Education Academy to release digital and information literacy materials and open educational resources. She is the editor of Rethinking Information Literacy: A practical framework for supporting learning. Chris Morrison (B.A. Hons., MAUA, PGDip) is the Copyright and Licensing Compliance Officer at the University of Kent, responsible for copyright policy, licences, training and advice. He was previously the Copyright Assurance Manager at the British Library and before that worked for music collecting society PRS for Music. He is a member of the Universities UK / Guild HE Copyright Working Group on whose behalf he also attends the Education Licensing Working Group (ELWG). He is currently collaborating with Jane Secker on a number of copyright literacy projects and is the creator of Copyright the Card Game.