by Cameron Nichol | Sep 13, 2021 | Copyright
If you’re doing any teaching online you need be aware of the copyright rules. If you work in education in Australia the best place to go is the SmartCopying site. It’s been set up by the National Copyright Unit which provides the guidelines for Australian...
by Cameron Nichol | May 1, 2015 | Best Bang for the Buck, Copyright, Ed Tech use
I often recommend Flkr as a location for free Creative Commons images. Unfortunately, just because the person uploading the image has listed it as Creative Commons always doesn’t mean that it is. Sometimes they are re-posting an image they have found elsewhere....
by Cameron Nichol | Apr 17, 2015 | Copyright
Pop quiz: Which of these artists needs a copyright lawyer? “The history of pop music is littered with accusations of artists ripping each other off, with the recent copyright ruling against Robin Thicke and Pharell Williams over their track Blurred Lines just...
by Cameron Nichol | Dec 5, 2014 | Copyright, Ed Tech use, Open Ed Resources
“Microsoft has just announced that it’s killing off the last trace of clip art in its Office products, instead pointing users in need of imagery toward Bing Image Search. Why? Because most people are just getting their images online anyway.” “The...
by Cameron Nichol | Oct 17, 2013 | Copyright
This is an interesting article dealing with a range of copyright and ownership issues. The recent drive towards commercial MOOCs, the re-examination of Open Educational Resources (OER) and the progressive leaking of class based resources into the online environment...
by Cameron Nichol | Jun 15, 2009 | Copyright, Teaching and Learning
Forget your Disneys and Time Warners and their lockdown mentality – what if like minded people across the globe could share their resources freely (but still get some recogition for it), wouldn’t that be fantastic. Well that’s what Creative Commons...
