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Using the internet as a resource for teaching and learning is becoming an imperative in Higher Education. However lack of awareness about online copyright laws frequently leads to unintentional breaching of these laws especially in terms of images. This workshop for Year 1 students in the Health Sciences Faculty aims to educate students about OER, to develop their capacity to source appropriate material (especially images) on the World Wide Web, to raise an awareness of online copyright issues and to assist the students in understanding and respecting copyright laws. The link between health and human rights is used as the main topic for guiding students’ searches.
The enabling environment of the internet brings far-reaching changes to Intellectual Property issues. Copyright rules are now variable – a shift from binary limitations in which material was either restricted by copyright or open in the public domain. Creative Commons licencing has enabled the free use of resources with different levels of openness related to attribution, sharing, commercial use and whether or not derivative usage is allowed. Respect and awareness of the terms and conditions that are attached to the resources has emerged as an important issue for both students and educators as they use and share Open Educational Resources (OER).
- Faculty: Health Sciences, Public Health and Family Medicine
- Media Types: Downloadable Documents
- Material Type: Lecture Notes
- Language: English
- Level: Post-secondary
