Re: faculty coursework online

On Fri, Feb 25, 2000, Lyda Peters <lydap[_at_]aol.com> wrote:
>
> I am co-chairing a faculty committee on intellectual property rights.
> The committee has been established in our institution because, for
> the first time, we are offering a small number of courses on-line to
> students. Faculty are concerned that if they agree to teach courses
> on-line, much of the innovation, research, and curriculum developed
> will become the property of the College. The college, on the other
> hand, asked for advice from their lawyers and were told that this
> work does belong to the college under "work-for-hire" copyright law.
>
> Needless to say this does not provide any incentive for faculty to
> teach on-line. Because of the college's newness in this arena, I
> would like to pose the following questions:
>
> How should I frame the discussion between faculty and the college so
> that we can move towards some type of consensus which supports the
> rights of faculty?
>
> Do professors have any rights by law to "intellectual property" once
> they start to teach online? If yes, what rights?
>
> Which websites would be of most help in developing a policy on
> intellectual property?

If college managers want teachers to "perform for the camera," they would be wise to provide incentives. I believe it is far too easy for any instructor to do his/her job in the classroom while intefering with video presentation quality.

Albert Henderson
Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY
<70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Mon Feb 28 2000 - 23:17:38 GMT