Who's Afraid of the Big Bad [C]?

Fuente: ERIC Institute of Education Sciences
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Doug
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1867181488759373824
author Johnson, Doug
author_facet Johnson, Doug
Johnson, Doug
collection Education Resources Information Center
contents Who's Afraid of the Big Bad [C]? Johnson, Doug Teacher Responsibility Copyrights Media Specialists Media Literacy Compliance (Legal) Legal Responsibility School Libraries Ethics Few subjects spark more disagreement and confusion than copyright. The authors of the 2007 report "The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy" coined the term "hyper-comply" to describe how many information professionals respond to copyright. According to the study by American University's Center for Social Media, educators often "over-comply with copyright law, and even forego using legitimate teaching tools and techniques for fear of violating copyright." Along with hyper-compliance, the researchers also found that "studied ignorance" and "clandestine transgression" lead to schools where "teachers use less effective teaching techniques, teach and transmit erroneous copyright information, fail to share innovative instructional approaches, and do not take advantage of new digital platforms." What can information professionals do to change things? For starters, they need to overhaul the way they teach copyright and other intellectual property issues in their schools. Library media specialists also need to quit being copyright cops. In this article, the author discusses four changes that must be seriously considered if the needs of students and teachers are to be met.
format Recurso educativo Open Access
id eric_EJ819047
institution ERIC Institute of Education Sciences
language en
publishDate 2008
record_format eric
spellingShingle Who's Afraid of the Big Bad [C]?
Johnson, Doug
Teacher Responsibility
Copyrights
Media Specialists
Media Literacy
Compliance (Legal)
Legal Responsibility
School Libraries
Ethics
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad [C]? Johnson, Doug Teacher Responsibility Copyrights Media Specialists Media Literacy Compliance (Legal) Legal Responsibility School Libraries Ethics Few subjects spark more disagreement and confusion than copyright. The authors of the 2007 report "The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy" coined the term "hyper-comply" to describe how many information professionals respond to copyright. According to the study by American University's Center for Social Media, educators often "over-comply with copyright law, and even forego using legitimate teaching tools and techniques for fear of violating copyright." Along with hyper-compliance, the researchers also found that "studied ignorance" and "clandestine transgression" lead to schools where "teachers use less effective teaching techniques, teach and transmit erroneous copyright information, fail to share innovative instructional approaches, and do not take advantage of new digital platforms." What can information professionals do to change things? For starters, they need to overhaul the way they teach copyright and other intellectual property issues in their schools. Library media specialists also need to quit being copyright cops. In this article, the author discusses four changes that must be seriously considered if the needs of students and teachers are to be met.
title Who's Afraid of the Big Bad [C]?
topic Teacher Responsibility
Copyrights
Media Specialists
Media Literacy
Compliance (Legal)
Legal Responsibility
School Libraries
Ethics
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ819047