Distributed Learning Web Resources
Copyright and other legal issues
The Copyright Site
The University of Alabama suggests that as an educator, there are three
main issues you need to understand. They are: the Public Domain, Fair
Use, and Intellectual Property. We have tried to make them as simple as
possible, and have included more complex definitions and explanations
in more detailed legal-like form if you would like to do more research.
The
© Primer
An introduction to issues concerning copyright ownership and use of information.
The interactive tutorial overviews the underlying principles behind copyright
in the United States, outlines the requirements for copyright protection
as well as discusses the parameters of use and access of copyrighted material.
You will have to register to receive information...but can also joint
their discussion list.
Cause/Effect
Ownership Issues in Online Use of Institutional Materials
CUACounsel Online
Distance education and current legal issues discussed/articles
Copyright
Law and Graduate Research
General information on Copyright and Scholarship
Additional
Copyright Information
Penn State's guide to copyright information
The Cybrary
Copyright and general internet reference
Copyright Clearance Center
Here you can get permission to reproduce copyrighted content such as articles
and book chapters in your journals, photocopies, coursepacks, library
reserves, Web sites, e-mail and more.
iCopyright
Instant clearance service enabling copyright compliance and digital licensing
Disabilities
The
Office for Disability Services
Ohio State University's site for the Office of Disability Services
International
WorldLingo
Simple to use foreign language translator
Export-Import International
Business-to-Business Help Center
The Export-Import International Business-to-Business Help Center. This
B2B resource website will provide you with international business to business
resources that will help you start or expand your level of global business
profits today.
Non-profit
The Nonprofit Resource Center
List of links to websites of interest to nonprofits with many things that
you need to know about how to form, manage and maintain your nonprofit
organization right here.
Quality/Good Practice
Best Practices for Electronically
Offered Degree and Certificate Programs,
Best pracitices from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
(SACS)
QUALITY
ON THE LINE: Benchmarks for Success in Internet-Based Distance Education
NEA and Blackboard Inc. asked The Institute for Higher Education Policy
to attempt to validate those benchmarks that
have been published by various entities, with specific attention to Internet-based
distance education.
Implementing
the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever
The Principles, created by Art Chickering and Zelda Gamson with help
from higher education colleagues, AAHE, and the Education Commission of
the States, with support from the Johnson Foundation, distilled findings
from decades of research on the undergraduate experience.
AAHE Assessment Forum
The AAHE Assessment Forum is the primary national network connecting
and supporting higher education stakeholders involved in assessment.
Software
EduTools
Open resource for higher education by WCET: Independently reviewed analyses
of selected course management software including product comparisons,
reviews, and automated decision-making tools.
Various
- Personalizing
Pedagogy, Steven W. Gilbert, The TLT Group
-
Instructional Theories: Integrating Instructional Design in Distance
Education, Penn State University
- The
Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice,
The Report of the Web-based Education Commission
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