Week 4 was a discussion of copyrights and the legal and ethical issues surrounding it. We began with a presentation on "Copyright & Issues in Education Technology". The presentation included copyright basics, what constitutes fair use, and educational technology issues.
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We also learned about the 4 key guidelines to designing instructional media: contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. This presentation was particularly useful for designing engaging and informative websites and articles. Additionally we also discussed what separates multimedia from hypermedia. The curriculum concluded with 2 quizzes, one on fair use and the other on design principles.
In Telecommunications, copyright law and fair use play a large role. The college of Journalism offers several courses devoted to these issues. Being able to discern what constitutes fair use and what pieces of media are legal to use is an important skill to learn and can make or break a career in the telecom field. I found this week to be particularly useful for my career.
I chose the above resource because it breaks down fair use law within the context of internet video. Internet video is quite possibly the fastest growing form of media and accounts for a large percentage of all online bandwidth. As the media form continues to gain in popularity learning the ins and outs of online video fair use is going to become increasingly more relevant.
