Copyright and Intellectual Property: Teaching Creatively

Mason Yang Assistant Professor, Librarian Gail Flatness Associate Professor, Librarian Copyright and Intellectual Property: Teaching Creatively Copyright Education at Marymount All Marymount students will demonstrate that they can: •Determine the extent of information needed •Access the needed information effectively and efficiently •Evaluate information and its sources critically •Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base •Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose •Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally ? What Outcomes and Experience 99% of the students say the information we presented was very useful or useful for completing their assignment 95% rate the sessions as excellent to very good as a learning experience Instruction session on copyright added to IT110 curriculum Librarian were invited to all IT110 classes to conduct instructions on copyright and intellectual properties. Future plans Recommend teaching faculty to add knowledge of copyright and intellectual properties as a learning objective of the IT110 course Recommend teaching faculty to revise the rubric for grading the final project to include assessing the student’s ability to demonstrate their understanding of the legal use of images and multi-media material Reinforcing the information at upper classes of IT program Expanding the instruction to other majors and programs Developing online tutorials and/or games as supplementary materials. School of Arts and Sciences School of Business Administration School of Education and Human Services Malek School of Health Professions Library and Learning Services Private, Catholic, co-ed University How Library and Learning Services Copyright Team Two librarians and one library staff Review and update policies and procedures Promote copyright awareness and education across campus Interior Design Fashion Design Literature 2009 Revision of the University’s Liberal Arts Core Teaching Faculty Focused on issues of attribution, plagiarism and correct citing More recently on illegal downloading Educating the faculty about Copyright LibGuides for Faculty with guidelines on fair use of all types of copyrighted material in the classroom Faculty Workshops focusing on various issues that surround copyright and fair use in the classroom. Faculty Students Student Handbook Academic Integrity Tutorial Copyright Education Materials Copyright Education to Students Whom •know the difference between attribution and copyright •be aware of the basics of copyright law •be able to name some of the four factors that govern fair use •know some avenues for finding “legal” images/music Freshman IT110 Students Interactive Learning Less lecture time More discussions Pre_Instruction Quiz using Clickers Review of intellectual property and copyright basics using Prezi Introductions to exceptions and fair use Discussing examples of questionable practices from YouTube and websites Review of a LibGuide with material presented in class as well as links to various “Legal” sites Exercise on finding a "legal" image online to be used in the final project After_Instruction review quiz using Clickers Conduct session evaluation that allows students to give us immediate feedback and suggestions for improvement. 75 Minutes http://www.slideshare.net/MasonYang/it-110-ice-breaker-and-final-review-clickers http://prezi.com/cfnrmzzbsght/copyright-and-intellectual-property/ http://www.slideshare.net/MasonYang/it-110-ice-breaker-and-final-review-clickers Final Questions? http://www.marymount.edu/Media/Website%20Resources/documents/studentLife/studentDev/StudentHandbook.pdf http://marymount.edu/Media/Website%20Resources/catalog/undergraduate/university-requirements-and-the-liberal-arts-core.htm http://marymount.libguides.com/content.php?pid=115719&sid=1642531