Session 3: E-Learning Activity

E-Learning Activity #OCL4Ed

This scenario might be similar to that of the example but it is something that we faced in our institution while developing a course for online delivery.

Scenario:

Lilo and Stitch work as course facilitators/educators and are tasked to develop a course for online mode. The course will be delivered via the institutions Learning Management System; Moodle. The team has been encouraged to use Open Educational Resources as much as possible. However the team is not at all familiar with the licenses and copyright of Open Educational Resources and are facing the following dilemma:

Question 1:

While preparing the reading materials for the course, could the developers incorporate images from a textbook that is not currently the prescribed text for the course?

A.            Yes

[Incorrect/Distractor: All images are copyright to the publisher of the textbook and no materials may be used with their prior approval.]

B.            No

[Correct: The team needs to consult the publishers of the textbook first and get prior approval from the publishers to use the images. Normally, the agreement with the publisher is that if a textbook is prescribed for a course and they themselves are the major suppliers to the bookstore, necessary permission is granted to use materials for teaching purposes. Of course this does not include photocopying and re-distributing.]

Question 2:

The team is also considering to use YouTube videos in the course; however due to bandwidth issues most videos would not be accessible to students and so the team is contemplating to download the videos from YouTube and make those videos available for offline use (i.e. to put videos on a CD and ship to regional students). Could the team do this?

A.                 Yes

[Incorrect/Distractor: Even though the intention of the developers is to provide materials for offline use, they still need to get permission from the creator for necessary permissions to do so]

     B.         No

[Correct: YouTube does not own the copyright to the video and even so the video could be downloaded from their website, necessary permissions from the creator of the video needs to be sought]

Question 3:

Progressing through the development phase, the team has come across OER materials available on the MITOPENCOURSEWARE website which have a CC BY-NC-SA license. The institution they work for is a non-profit organisation. Could the team use the OER materials in their course?  

A.            Yes

[Correct: The information on Privacy and Terms of Use available on the website provides for the use of the materials: http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm#noncomm. It is important to note that the use of the material itself is not a commercialization of the materials or a use that is directly intended to generate sales or profit]

B.            No

[Incorrect/Distractor: The information on Privacy and Terms of Use available on the website provides for the use of the materials: http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm#noncomm.]

Hopefully, i am on the right track. Thanks.