5. MOOC Landscape
3.17 million students
196 countries (Outsell, 2013)
edX self-sustaining
Coursera & Udacity commercial
Spinoffs – MITx, Berkeleyx, etc.
6. MOOC Landscape
Bill Gates (2013):
“Decoupling” of degree from knowledge
acquisition
Use of alternate evidence (badges,
certificates, etc.)
“Global phenomenon”
http://tinyurl.com/musst8v
7. MOOC Landscape
EU Mooc Production Fellowship (2013)
Uses iversity
Fellows - 25,000 Euros and assistance
Fellows retain all rights to content
https://moocfellowship.org/info
Coursera in Canada and Australia
Udacity has 606 communities worldwide
8. MOOC Landscape
Online courses time-consuming
Merit, tenure/promotion variable
Online use more university resources
Multi-national/multi-campus universities
Territory?
9. Ownership Issues
Growth of course “production values”
Result is increased use of institutional
resources
Shutterstock - art and photographs
online
27 million images
Jon Oringer is billionaire
Forbes, June 2013
http://tinyurl.com/p9m7v7b
10. MOOC Landscape
Decreased tenured faculty
Increased adjunct faculty
Increased costs/tuition
Decreased federal/state support
Rise of online for-profits (Capella,
Walden, U of Phoenix, etc.)
18. Copyright Basics
Make a copy
Make a derivative work
Distribute copies
Perform work in public on website
(videos)
Display work (still image, each
copyrighted)
Section 101, Title 17 U.S.C.
20. Copyright Basics
Faculty must know:
Federal law, state, institutional policies
Contract law supersedes copyright law
Definitions:
Substantial use
Work for hire
Definitions vary by institution/state
21. Contract Law
K-State – “written statement…from…
unit leader concerning level of use of …
support/facilities…”
Extra compensation
IP protection
22. Substantial Use
K-State – “creator received staff, salary
or material support beyond that normally
provided to the creator”
Instructor-initiated or otherwise
Institution-provided support
(technical/monetary/other)
24. Work for Hire
K-State owns:
Rights associated with works produced
as ‘works made for hire’ or
Works that make "substantial use of
institutional resources”
26. Bill/Lawsuits
California SB 520:
Grants for high demand courses to be
offered online
Arizona State professors’ lawsuit
Violated the ABOR Intellectual Property
Policy
Appropriated course
Used former prof’s syllabus, assignments,
name and image
28. Faculty Guidelines
Know Applicable IP policies
State Board of Regents or other
Institution
Pertinent sections (work for hire, etc.)
Claim rights to original materials
Claim rights to class lectures and course
materials
Negotiate a reasonable approach
30. Faculty Guidelines
Rutgers Advisory Council
Credit bearing guidelines
Non-credit bearing guidelines
MOOC offered through Rutgers approved
through Rutgers curricular review
regardless of format
Time is now to voice concerns
Finding a balance helps everyone
31. Summation
Carly Nelson (former AAUP President)
"If we lose the battle over intellectual property,
it's over”
"Being a professor will no longer be a
professional career or a professional identity”
Faculty will find themselves in "a service
industry”
http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139743/
32. Summation
Do faculty want compensation based on
intellectual property rights or collective
bargaining?
Will tenured faculty IP rights be
reduced?
Will institutions become courseware
Walmarts?
Will research universities will be
separated?
34. Fair Use Resources
Visual Resources Association:
http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/codefairuse/index.shtml
Visual Resources Association Statement on Images
http://www.vraweb.org/organization/pdf/VRAFairUseGuidelines
Fair Use Evaluator
http://librarycopyright.net/resources/fairuse
37. References
Bart, M. (2010). Intellectual Property, Copyright, and
Harassment: Navigating the Murky Legal Waters of
Online Teaching. Faculty Focus. Retrieved from
http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/intellec
Chronicle of Higher Education. (2012). The U. of
Michigan's Contract With Coursera. Retrieved from
http://chronicle.com/article/Document-Examine-the-U-of/1330
38. References
Rivard, R. (2013). Who owns a MOOC?
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/19/u-c
E-Literate. (2013). California’s Online
Education Bill SB 520 Passes Senate.
http://mfeldstein.com/californias-online-education-bi
39. References
Porter, J. (2013). MOOCs, outsourcing and
restrictive ip licensing
http://aims.muohio.edu/2013/02/26/moocs-
outsourcing-and-restrictive-ip-licensing/
Berkeley Resource Center for Online
Education. UC Berkeley. Berkeleyx.
http://online.berkeley.edu/moocs/berkeleyx
40. References
Voss, B. (2013). Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOCs): A Primer for University and College Board
Members. Association of Governing Boards of
Universities and Colleges.
http://agb.org/sites/agb.org/files/report_2013_MOOCs.pdf
Kolowich, S. (2013). Harvard professors call for
greater oversight of MOOCs. Wired Campus.
http://tinyurl.com/ojbgr7o
Schmidt, P. (2013). AAUP sees moocs as spawning
new threats to professors' intellectual property.
Chronicle of Higher Education.
http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139743/
41. References
Talab, R. (2008). Using digital materials in
online courses: A cautionary tale of Georgia
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Talab, R. (2007). Distance education, public
domain, free and “fair use” resources: A
webliography. TechTrends, 4(51), pp. 9+.
Talab, R. (2003). An initial look at the TEACH
Act. TechTrends 2(47), pp. 2+.
42. References
Talab, R. (2007). Faculty distance courseware
ownership and the “Wal-Mart” approach to
higher education. 5(51), TechTrends, pp. 9+.
Talab, R., & Butler, R. (2007). Shared
electronic spaces in the classroom: Copyright,
privacy, and guidelines. TechTrends 1(51), pp.
12+.
Talab, R. (2003). An initial look at the TEACH
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