JISClegal podcasts about Recording Lectures and Screencasts
June 9, 2011 at 3:45 pm | Posted in lecture recording | 1 CommentTags: accessibility, copyright, IPR, JISC, legal, Panopto
JISClegal have released a series of seven short videos, orginally presented as a live webcast. They cover the legal, technical and accessibility issues, and include an instructional ‘How To’ segment, panel discussion and Q&A with experts from JISC Legal, JISC Digital Media and JISC Techdis.
Part 1 – Introduction (8 mins)
Part 2 -Basic Recording Tips (4 mins)
Part 3 -Preparing to Record (32 mins)
Part 4 – Your Questions Answered (12 mins)
Part 5 -Making a Recording (16 mins)
Part 6 -Making the Recording Available (16 mins)
Part 7 – Final Questions (10 mins)
Self-study module on copyright and IPR
April 14, 2011 at 11:00 am | Posted in useful links | Leave a commentTags: copyright, JISC, learning object, lecture capture, OER
The JISC-led Strategic Content Alliance has just released a new elearning module which covers the thorny topics of copyright and intellectual property rights. This is especially relevant for tutors creating learning resources that will be made available online (through EdShare perhaps) or presentations that will be captured using Panopto.
Naomi Korn, one of the authors of the resource, said: “The module has been developed to directly address those people in institutions who may be new to the issues around intellectual property rights and licensing or for those who want to learn more about specific issues. We anticipate that people will want to customise, reuse and share the information so it is has been developed in an open source platform and the content licensed under Creative Commons licences, making the resource as flexible as possible.”
The module is divided into six learning objects with supporting case studies, video and animation:
- Introduction to IPR and Licensing
- Creative Commons Licences
- Orphan Works and Risk Management
- Digital Economy Act
- Accessing and Using Third Party Content
- Protecting and Managing Rights
Effective Assessment in a Digital Age
March 16, 2011 at 5:02 pm | Posted in educational | Leave a commentTags: assessment, case-studies, JISC
This is the title of a JISC publication (PDF) that brings together the outputs from several JISC-funded projects on assessment. The website includes extended case studies, videos and podcasts.
“The guide draws on recent JISC reports and case studies from different contexts and modes of learning to explore the relationship between technology-enhanced assessment and feedback practices and meaningful, well-supported learning experiences.”
I attended a workshop in Bristol on 3 March which gathered around 60 participants from across HE and FE to debate the topic and find out more about the projects. I was especially impressed by the outputs from the ESCAPE project (Effecting sustainable change in assessment practice & experience) and in particular some helpful diagrams about reducing reliance on high-stakes, end of process assessment, making more of feedback and developing a programme view of assessment.
I also discovered links to a couple more useful projects, REAP and PEER:
- REAP [Re-engineering Assessment Practices] provides examples of assessment and feedback redesign across a range of large first year classes in different disciplines using technology.
- PEER [Peer Evaluation in Education Review] project is a development of REAP and is collating research evidence, literature and examples of good practice in the use of peer processes to enhance learner responsibility and self-regulation.
JISC legal podcasts
December 9, 2010 at 5:22 pm | Posted in lecture recording | Leave a commentTags: copyright, JISC, lecture capture, Panopto
JISC Legal have released a podcast in which Jackie Milne and John X Kelly discuss some of the issues covered in their recent guidance notes. It lasts 12 minutes and covers a good deal of ground; the key point I noted was the need to encourage tutors to make greater use of resources with open-access or permissive Creative Commons licences, therby avoiding all the problems that arise when third-party resources are used in lectures that are being recorded.
The Panopto pages on the iSolutions website have been updated to include the latest advice from our own Legal Services – in particular see our detailed advice on the use of Creative Commons resources.
JISC Legal Lecture Capture Guidelines
July 30, 2010 at 10:31 am | Posted in lecture recording | Leave a commentTags: JISC, lecture capture, Panopto
Making a recording of a lecture so that students can review it later seems like a straight-forward idea. Technology has advanced to the point where it is relatively simple for the tutor – in essence all they need to do is make sure the microphone is switched on, start the software and press the record button.
Unfortunately, the move from ‘giving a lecture’ to ‘recording a lecture’ causes all kinds of awkward legal issues to raise their fanged heads and start hissing. Intellectual property rights, performance rights and moral rights all affect who ‘owns’ the performance and what can be done with it. Copyright legislation comes into play and affects what can be included and shown. The accessibility of the recording is now a factor. And of course, who is liable if the tutor says something derogatory or offers misleading advice?
The JISC legal service have just released a helpful guide which explores all of these issues and gives advice where possible.
We (LATEU, iSolutions and Legal Services) have been developing our own guidelines as part of our lecture capture project, and it is reassuring to see that we have been working along the right lines. We have a draft version of an institutional lecture capture policy, along with guidance resources for tutors, students and guest lecturers – and these should be available in early September once they have been checked and approved.
Film and audio archives for education
October 28, 2009 at 4:41 pm | Posted in useful links | Leave a commentTags: audio, film, JISC, repositories
I recently came across a couple of excellent repositories of audio and video material.
The first is Europa Film Treasures, a collection of mainly pre-WW2 cinema from across Europe
The link that led me to this showed the first film ever shot from an aircraft: Wilbur Wright and his Flying Machine (1909)- how this must have astonished the audiences in early cinemas and bioscope shows.
The second is the British Library’s archive of sound recordings, made available through JISC funding – over 28,000 recordings of everything from birdsong to traditional music from around the world to oral history.
New JISC Guide to Effective Practice in a Digital Age
July 2, 2009 at 3:53 pm | Posted in useful links | Leave a commentTags: case-studies, JISC
JISC has just released an update to their 2004 guide ‘Effective Practice with e-Learning’, this time entitled Effective Practice in a Digital Age: A guide to technology-enhanced learning and teaching – note the shift from e-learning to TEL. This is a great introduction which brings its topics to life through ten case studies.
Also take a look at the online resources in the ‘Effective Practice Resource Exchange’. This currently holds video case studies depicting themes related to technology-enhanced practice, interviews with practitioners, extended versions of the publication’s case studies for use in staff development and other institutional contexts, and podcasts expanding on key messages from the publication.
Continue Reading New JISC Guide to Effective Practice in a Digital Age…
The Kultur project and E-Prints
June 8, 2009 at 11:02 am | Posted in projects | Leave a commentTags: copyright, JISC, repositories
The JISC-funded Kultur project (led by the University of Southampton) has just released its final report. Its aim was to develop a flexible multimedia repository that can showcase a wide range of outputs, from digital versions of painting, photography, film, graphic and textile design, to records of performances, shows and installations.
Our E-Prints institutional repository has traditionally only stored textual research material such as journal articles, but thanks to this project it can now also cope with research outputs from the creative and applied arts. A significant part of the project has been exploring the intellectual property and copyright issues involved, and they have produced a simple copyright flowchart.
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