Digital Content

This week we are looking at how we as teachers and educators can develop an understanding of our responsibilities when using online content. This involves both moral rights and well as cost considerations.

• How much of a resource can we use as “fair use”?
• Is “viewing” different from “using”?

To simplify things a traffic light system has been proposed:

GREEN
All users may engage in Educational Use.
DEECD will not incur liability to pay remuneration to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) for Educational Use
YELLOW
Authenticated users may engage in Educational Use provided all restrictions are observed
DEECD will not incur liability to pay remuneration to CAL
RED
Authenticated Users may engage in Educational Use.
DEECD may incur liability which may include remuneration to CAL

This weeks task is to use the attached tool to assess and identify the intellectual property and copyright implications when using a particular resource.

What resources do you use in your classroom and where do they fit within this traffic light system?