Purpose of this blog
Hopefully I’ll find the time to keep some notes about the projects I am involved in, the things I see that I find interesting, and possibly the occasional rambling about e-learning topics that catch my attention. I’m not expecting to create a wonderful e-learning resource, but hopefully some of what follows may be of interest to you. Do feel free to comment, expand, add to what I’ve put here, and if you want to contact me off the blog too.
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http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/
Free help and advice to the UK Further and Higher Education community – just what we need, so timely! Video, audio, still images, cross-media – the site has so much helpful advice, case studies, tutorials, etc, plus a Helpdesk if you can’t find the answer you’re looking for. Cheers JISC, I can already see you’ve saved me a lot of work.
I was clearing a backlog of emails and I just wanted to keep this article fresh in my mind, and somewhere I could find it quickly but thought it might interest others so here it is.
Students ‘let down’ by the academic Luddites – THES 12/08/2010
Thanks Becky for bringing it to my attention 
We all get our students to sign ‘model release forms’ when we capture them on film, tape or digital recording device don’t we? Of course we do, we know our responsibilities to ensure we protect students, the institution and ourselves when capturing events for playback, archiving, repurposing, publishing etc.
Well we think we do. If we’re recording staff, students, guest speakers, presentations, extracts, and a whole range of materials which might be involved in a lecture then how do we cope with the issue of copyright given the number of people and sources involved. Beyond copyright, we also need to consider the likelihood that persons captured by the recording process are legally considered performers and therefore have performer’s rights. Add to this the issue of moral rights and I don’t know about you, but I’m getting into a mess even before looking at the detail.
I guess what we need is some guidance from some folks in the know… and here it is Recording Lectures: Legal Considerations, a document from JISC Legal which offers guidance on the rights issues inherent in recording lectures. The language is accessible, the explanations clear, and the short illustrative examples make it much easier to understand the rights scenarios presented. The document clearly states “This guidance is for information only and is not intended to replace legal advice when faced with a risk decision.” Used as such I’m sure it’ll help many of us adopt better practices and develop more thorough processes to ensure we tread safely through the ‘maze of rights’ whilst the law evolves and clarifies to cope with ‘new media’.
