Re: Use of Pre-Recorded Videos in Interactive Television Courses

On Wed, Oct. 29, 1997, Ronald Loneker <loneker[_at_]liza.st-elizabeth.edu> wrote:
>
> Has anyone tackled the issue of using pre-recorded video tapes in
> interactive television classes. In traditional classes I know that the
> faculty member can legally show video tapes as part of the face-to-face
> teaching exemption. Is a distance learning environment, where the home
> site connects over a private telephone company educational network to
> another college or institution with class members, an extension of this
> exemption?
>
> I have heard people say yes and people say no - any thoughts on this (or
> do you have alternative listserv suggestions for this topic)...

At Pueblo Community College we asked this question last fiscal year. We had a class being broadcast and it relied on video programs on safety.

We chose to contact the company for permission to broadcast for two reasons: The act of transmitting the video could be construed as changing the format (from vhs to RF frequency), and because the broadcast could be picked up and recorded by anyone who happened to tune in.

The company had very strong feelings about their programs being broadcast, in this case, state-wide. The only way they would give us permission to broadcast the programs was by paying a per student fee. This had not been built into the course fees (or costs) so the instructor elected to black out the screen for distance learners during those times the videos were being shown.

I would be interested to know what others are doing with distance learning and commercially purchased programs.

Jeanne Gardner
<jeanne.gardner[_at_]pcc.cccoes.edu> Received on Fri Oct 31 1997 - 01:14:09 GMT