Students are responsible for the originality of their work and must cite the original authors when they reference the work of others that they are quoting or paraphrasing. Faculty use their knowledge and experience in their fields to identify and … Continue reading Checking for Plagiarism
American University’s Center for Social Media has issued a new guide to using copyrighted materials in the classroom. The authoring of the guide involved over 150 educators and a review by experts in copyright law. Overall, the publication stresses the flexibility of the “fair use” provisions of copyright law which may allow for more legal use of copyrighted materials in teaching than many educators believe. Read the Chronicle of Higher Education’s brief coverage. Read the guide: The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education Continue reading New Guide to Using Copyrighted Material in the Classroom
To Swarthmore College Faculty, Staff, and Students: The new Higher Education Opportunity Act imposes a variety of federal regulatory and reporting requirements on colleges and universities. Two provisions are designed to reduce illegal sharing of copyrighted works using file sharing on college networks. While the law will be clarified through the regulatory process, we are required to make a good faith effort to comply with these provisions as the Act is in effect. In short, there are three requirements that we need to follow: We must make an annual disclosure to the College community about the risk of legal action … Continue reading Revised Procedures on Copyright Violations Related to File Sharing
