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These awards—to be made each year until 2005--will go to group applications
(2-3 faculty or other primary investigators) for using the Internet for research,
publication of student and faculty material, and exchange of information among
groups on campus or in the wider community. Each group project lasts for two
semesters and includes a final presentation of the project to faculty peers.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CURRENT APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 1, 2004
The group activity should have a clear relationship to a teaching/learning environment
and should enhance student learning. A careful schedule of assessment of student
learning and faculty experiences will accompany the group activity.
The material created for posting on the Internet--and used for delivery of information
or a site of academic discussion--may be creative written, audio, or visual
material or analytical or research production (all with the full intellectual
ownership of the student/faculty posting the material to the Internet).
Project selection will be made by the Faculty Development Committee, with the
project director and coordinator.
The award includes the following opportunities for each Bush-Hewlett Faculty
Fellow:
1. An 8-day August workshop to develop skills appropriate to the proposed project
($1000).
2. A student assistant assigned to each faculty member to support technical
activities.
3. Technical support from Dan Bascelli
4. Editorial/composition support from Anne Warner and the Peer Tutor Staff in
CWP
5. Award of $600 for final project presentation to faculty peers.
6. Release time support available: $2,450 to remunerate a part-time replacement
instructor. The arrangement for release time must be negotiated and cleared
through the chairperson of the department.
Application should include the following:
I. Title of Project _______________________________________________
II. Faculty Participants:
(Please supply all relevant information for any participant from outside the
campus)
1. _______________________________________
2. ________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
III. Description of the Project (two-three pages):
IV. Instructional Goals of the Project:
V. Schedule for Stages of Completion:
VI. Requests for Consultants or Travel:
Please
Click here for a copy of the current Application Form in Adobe Acrobat Format
Please
Click here for a copy of the current Application Form in MS Word Format
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 20 2004
Anne B. Warner
8 August 2003
Building a multimedia website often can include a wide spectrum of materials—many
of them from the web itself. To publish an appropriate and legal website, students
and faculty need to understand the restrictions on using the work produced by
others and to take care to proceed with projects in such a way that success
is ensured. For the students and faculty in the Bush Projects, we hope these
restrictions may inspire greater creativity; original texts and images are often
ideal for student-developed websites; with simple release forms from those involved,
web publication can include interviews, photographs, “home” video
or audio tapes, creative writing, or even original art. Nevertheless, participants
need to know some of the basic “facts” about intellectual property
and the ethical ways to use sources of all kinds—texts, visual art and
images, videos, and audio segments.
Exactly the same values for academic honesty and documentation of researched
essays hold true for website development. Any use of a textual source—quoted,
paraphrased, summarized, or just used for a fact or concept—must be formally
documented according to a recognized set of conventions in MLA, APA, CMS, or
any of the research rubrics. Web developers should be aware that images, streaming
video, and audio segments must also be documented precisely and formally. Academic
honesty involves issues of documentation in the classroom and on the web, but
copyright issues are much more important when work goes beyond the boundaries
of the classroom and onto the web. When publishing on the Internet, website
developers cannot reproduce large segments of texts, videos, images, or audio
products without written permission. Developers are constrained by policies
determined by stakeholders in web publication, policies involving “fair
use,” covered briefly below.
The important additional constraint for web publication includes conformity
to clear guidelines for “fair use.” Since 1996 guidelines have been
developed to describe the limits of fair use for different sorts of media material.
The Conference on Fair Use (CONFU) set standards for many uses, reaching from
limited multi-media projects to web publication. For the latter, permissions
for publication are required. See the discussion in the web source below:
http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/ccmcguid.htm#2
The part of web development that needs the most organized and systematic procedure
for obtaining rights and for documentation involves the student and faculty
use of copyrighted material on the web. As many sources indicate, almost everything
on the web is “owned” and, by definition, is “copyrighted.”
Students must be careful to document every source--of course, every prose source,
but also any use of visual, audio, or video material. All material, even within
the “fair use” limits, must be documented. The very environment
of the web tends to make users less responsible for keeping records and documenting
sources precisely; faculty must emphasize this need from the beginning and reinforce
the procedures along the way. Student work that is inadequately documented cannot
reach the desired web audience.
In long term publication on the web, for students to use a copyrighted image,
video, or audio segment--or extended passage from a text source, they must be
able to identify and document the material and must obtain permission from the
owner for educational web publication. The University of Texas website below
gives an example of how to compose a permission letter:
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/permmm.htm
Several examples of permission letters are available in this workbook.
The next University of Texas website below describes some of the different ways
to locate copyright owners for a spectrum of materials. The list offers contacts
for organizations that index music performances, image archives, play rights,
movie copyrights, etc.
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/permissn.htm
Below are more sources for information on copyright law and guidelines:
1. Crash Course in Copyright is a key overview located with the University of
Texas web sources.
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm#top
2. “Copyright Resources on the Internet” by Groton Public Schools,
Mystic, Connecticut contains a list of government and academic sources, laws,
and guidelines.
http://www.groton.k12.ct.us/mts/pt2a.htm
3. “A Webliography of Articles about Copyright Guidelines” from
St. Francis School includes useful information about many modes of publication.
. A key article summary about “Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia,”
listed in this webliography, was authored by Georgia Harper, who administers
the University of Texas System copyright guidelines.
http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/bibweb.htm#fairuse
4. The University of St. Francis site, A Visit to Copyright Bay, furnishes a
user friendly approach to problems of copyright, especially in its “Fair
Use Harbor.”
http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/
5. This site has short answers to basic questions about “Digital Copyright,”
as well as a list of other sites and articles. It is a helpful place to start.
http://www.sasinschool.com/presentations/pages/pdf/DigitalCopyrightHandout.pdf
Releases
For creative projects, student writing, sound, art, and video, adequate lead
time is essential, but the procedures are far easier to follow. For any such
creative material to be posted on the web, those who create the material and
people who appear or perform within it must provide releases for the use of
those words, sounds, or images. Below is a University of Texas website providing
a sample request for release:
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/contract/release.htm
This form can easily be adapted for a Word file.
For creative projects, student writing, sound, art, and
video, adequate lead time is essential, but the procedures are far easier to
follow. For any such creative material to be posted on the web, those who create
the material and people who appear or perform within it must provide releases
for the use of those words, sounds, or images. Below is a University of Texas
website providing a sample request for release:
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/contract/release.htm
This form can easily be adapted for a Word file.
Georgia K. Harper, “Fair Use Guidelines
for Educational Media,” The Copyright Crash Course. University of Texas
System. August 6, 2001. Accessed August 5, 2003. http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/ccmcguid.htm#2
Georgia K. Harper. “Sample Letter Requesting Permission.” University
of Texas System. August 10, 2001. Accessed August 8, 2003. http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/permmm.htm.
Georgia K. Harper, “Getting Permission.” University of Texas System.
August 10, 2001. Accessed August 8, 2003. http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/permissn.htm.
Georgia K. Harper, Crash Course in Copyright. 2001. Accessed August 8, 2003.
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/contract/release.htm
“Copyright Resources on the Internet.” Groton Public Schools. February
26, 2002. Accessed August 8, 2003.
http://www.groton.k12.ct.us/mts/pt2a.htm
Glen Gummess, “Bibliography/Webliography for ‘A Visit to Copyright
Bay.’” October 20, 1999 and January 31, 2003. Accessed August 8,
2003. http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/bibweb.htm#fairuse
Glen Glummess, A Visit to Copyright Bay. University of St. Francis. June 17,
2003. Accessed August 8, 2003. http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/
Caroline McCullen and Paula Sours, “Digital Copyright . . . From the Teachers
Desk.” SAS Institute. October, 2002. Accessed August 8, 2003. http://www.sasinschool.com/presentations/pages/pdf/DigitalCopyrightHandout.pdf
Georgia K. Harper, “The University of Texas Talent Release Form.”
University of Texas System Office of General Counsel. November 28, 2001. Accessed
August 8, 2003. http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/contract/release.htm