Instructional Technology Digital Literacy EDUC 5326

1. ETHICS
COPYRIGHT AND
FAIR USE
GUIDELINES
FOR TEACHERS
Lori Benoit

2. ETHICS DEFINED
Honesty Confidentially Conflict of Interest Responsibility
Ethics is an abstraction about moral values and rules. There are four principles of ethics in education:
Honesty means being
loyal, truthful,
trustworthy, sincere,
and fair.
Confidentiality refers to
your commitment not to
disclose or transmit
information to the
unauthorized people.
Conflict of Interest ethic in
Education is a condition in
which your main
responsibility to a student
is negotiated by engaging
priorities.
The student’s responsibility
is to communicate
respectfully, and careful
manner with the teachers,
and other classmates of
the School.
(Ecole_Admin, 2021)

3. Commercial Shareware software Freeware
Freeware is NOT in the public domain.
What about software?
Software is copyrighted at the time it's created.
• You cannot use the backup copy of the one allowed copy unless the
original package fails or is destroyed.
• Reverse engineering of the program code is not allowed w/o permission.
• Derivative work is not allowed w/o permission.
• Copies of the software can be made for both
archival and distribution purposes but that
distribution cannot be for profit.
• Copies are allowed, but not for profit.
• Reverse engineering of the program code is
allowed without the explicit permission of the
copyright holder
• You cannot modify or extend freeware and
then sell it as commercial or shareware
software.
(Copyright Law and New Technologies)

4. COPYRIGHTED WORK DEFINED
literacy dramatic musical artistic other works
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United
States to the authors of "original works of authorship", including literary,
dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works.
(Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer)

5. FAIR USE GUIDELINES DEFINED
Fair Use allows reproduction and other uses of copyrighted works – without requiring permission from the
copyright owner – under certain conditions. In many cases, you can use copyrighted materials for purposes such as
criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship or
research.
Factors to consider: How this affects use:
The purpose and character of the use,
including whether such use is of a
commercial nature or is for nonprofit
educational purposes
Uses in nonprofit educational institutions
are more likely to be fair use than works
used for commercial purposes, but not all
educational uses are fair use
The nature of the copyrighted work Reproducing a factual work is more likely
to be fair use than a creative, artistic work
such as a musical composition
The amount and significance of the
portion used in relation to the entire work
Reproducing smaller portions of a work is
more likely to be fair use than larger
portions
The effect of the use upon the potential
market for or value of the copyrighted
work
Uses which have no or little market
impact on the copyrighted work are more
likely to be fair than those that interfere
with potential markets
If you answer "YES" to
the following
questions, then fair
use is likely:
1. Are you planning on using the work
in a different way, or for a different
purpose, than the original creator?
In copyright terms, is your use
“transformative”?
2. Are you using an amount of that
work that is narrowly tailored to
your new purpose?
(Fair Use for Teaching and Research

6. FAIR USE GUIDELINES CONTINUED
An important caveat: The use
of content in the service of
satire is okay, so if you’re using
or creating memes as part of
your lesson plan, you’re in the
clear.
(Fair Use for Teaching and Research)

7. AN ETHICAL ISSUE IN
THE CLASSROOM
INVOLVING
TECHNOLOGY
Without seeing faces, people can easily overshare in a digital
world. Students need to learn how future employers look up
candidates' social media accounts to see how they represent
themselves in public.
This ethical issue is also applicable on how students write about
others. A computer should be used in a way that shows
consideration and respect. Isn't this what we have traditionally
been teaching students? To treat others as they want to be
treated, to show respect for the humanity of others no matter
their race, religion, or sexual orientation, and the importance of
doing the right thing.
(Ethics for technology use in the classroom, 2018

8. As we attempt to educate children to become computer literate, we push them into cyberspace without
guidance. How can we expect them to know how to behave ethically on the internet, with their
identity hidden, when we haven't fully taught them to act ethically in real-life situations?
(Ethics for technology use in the classroom, 2018)

9. TIPS ON
TEACHING
ETHICAL
VALUES IN
REAL LIFE
SITUATIONS
Make room for ethics.
Take time to explore. Ethics isn't a fact, but a skill so discuss
often and develop.
Focus on examples. Let them reflect and discuss what they would do and why.
Focus on real-life experiences.
Bring in guest speakers to discuss decisions they've made and
the consequences of their decisions.
Go beyond what is right and wrong and
into the reasons and impacts.
Learn how to understand and interpret your gut feeling, to a
degree. Real-life isn't always clear what is right or wrong.
Challenge students by adding complexity.
We learn how to deal with ethical situations in the workplace,
from our peers, and often copy their behaviors. Help students
understand these different situational pressures.
Give students the courage to ask the right
questions.
Will I be caught? Does anyone really care if I make the wrong
decision? Does anyone really care if I make the right decision?
Ethics isn't just about the student.
Help them understand how that student can create an
environment, as a manager and as a leader, in their future
organization that empowers and enables others to make the
“right” decision—and also to report “wrong” ones.
(How to teach students to be 'ethical', 2016)

10. REFERENCES
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https://copyright.universityofcalifornia.edu/use/fair-use.html
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