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=Legal & Ethical Issues in Distributed Learning=

General Information Copyright and Related Issues Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act

GENERAL INFORMATION
Laws and Regulations that Affect Distance Learners http://www.elearners.com/resources/education-laws.asp

Promoting High-Quality Distance Education http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/PPI/Reauthor/dis1016.html This is part of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (1998) Ethics and Distance Education: Strategies for Minimizing Academic Dishonesty in Online Assessment by Melissa R. Olt [|http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/fall53/olt53.html] “This paper discusses ethics and student assessment, as applicable to the growing field of distance education. In particular, this paper discusses strategies for minimizing academic dishonesty in online student assessment. Among the strategies discussed are acknowledging the disadvantages of online assessment and overcoming them, designing an effective, cheat-proof online assessment, keeping online courses current, and providing students with an academic dishonesty policy.”

Copyright Information [from Distance Education and Instructional Support] http://www.sc.edu/deis/faculty_support/distance_teaching/instructional_development/copyright_info.html
 * COPYRIGHT AND RELATED ISSUES **

Faculty Copyright Training for Distance Education Courses [Eastern Washington University] http://www.ewu.edu/x38114.xml US Copyright Office - Copyright and Digital Distance Education http://www.copyright.gov/disted/

Distance Education Clearinghouse: Intellectual Property and Copyright http://www.uwex.edu/disted/intprop.html

Resources for Copyright Issues [Distance Learning Section] [|http://caspian.switchinc.org/~distlearn/resources/copyright.html] Copyright Law in Cyberspace http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/distance.htm

Distance education: law attempts to catch up with technology (battle between copyright owners and academics) http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=330908.331881
 * TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND COPYRIGHT HARMONIZATION (TEACH) ACT **

USC (University of South Carolina) Copyright Policy [] Scroll down to ‘Copyright in Distance Education’ where you will find some links to information about the TEACH Act.

The TEACH Act Finally Becomes Law [] This is part of the Copyright Crash Course, which is a great resource from the University of Texas. The main site can be found at []

The TEACH Act (Stanford University) []

Copyright for Distance Education (Purdue University) []

Copyright and Distance Education (IUPUI) []

Checklist for Compliance with the TEACH Act (IUPUI) []

New Copyright Law for Distance Education: The Meaning and Importance of the TEACH Act []

Guide to the TEACH Act (University System of Georgia) [] Distance Education and the TEACH Act [] This is by the American Library Association (ALA).

TEACH Act Best Practices Using Blackboard []

The TEACH Act and some Frequently Asked Questions []

TEACH and Fair Use [] This is a quick summary with a few excellent links from North Carolina State University Libraries

Complying with the T.E.A.C.H. Act & Copyright Issues in Distance Education [] This is from an audioconference conducted by Fritz Dolak, who is at Ball State University. In addition to the TEACH Act, he has links to information about CONFU Multimedia Guidelines, intellectual property, and other related topics.

TEACH Act toolkit--North Carolina State University []

TEACH Act--American Library Association []