Copyright case study

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My head was swimming with new information when I got to the case study and I got lots of questions wrong the first time through.  The process of learning i.ee being able to open all the options as I went and think through the responses given was a positive one.   

Some of the questions posed, that resulted in a ‘depends’ style a  frustrated me. They were framed as correct or incorrect questions, but aside from that it was a good formative assessment process.  I found that when I went back to the case study questions a few hours later, having done some reflection and discussion with others, I got most of them right. (this may, of course be because I simply remembered the correct answers ??)

The case study question covered lots of relevant access/use issues educators face on a daily basis.

 I have discovered how little I know about copyright and licensing and was able to identify and confront lots of the myths I held regarding both. It appears complicated because it’s new ( jargon and terminology) however once the concepts are understood I think I can identify some of the underlying questions and issues, especially the ethical ones of ownership, access, rights etc which emerged in a healthy debate in the office today.

One of the new learnings was regarding the use of images, photos etc.  I hadn’t thought about who owns the rights and at what point, and I still find it intriguing.   The ethical issues of justice vs law emerged in our office debate.

So the case study was great, well thought out with lots of complexity. Loved the fact that I could redo the questions to confirm my improved understanding.