Re: Disabled Students Recording of Lectures

> > Can anyone assist me with specific policies or procedures on
> >
> > 1. Taping of lectures and the rights of the lecturer to
> > intellectual property?
> >
> > I am having a battle with some of the lecturers at the University who are
> > concerned with how students with a disability will use lecture material
> > that has been taped. Are students required to provide written assurance
> > that material taped will only be used for study purposes?

I'd worry about the impact of this sort of thinking on the world of learning. If a student who learns by recording the words is in some way put at a handicap by being required to sign waivers, how about the student with a photographic memory who transcribes his/her notes at at later date?

Gary Newhouse
<garyn[_at_]oakton.edu> Received on Sun Mar 31 1996 - 02:50:37 GMT