The team behind the University of Alberta’s Opening Up Copyright instructional modules is pleased to share another update on the series.
This past Winter several new instructional modules have been created. The new are:
· Asking Permission and Transactional Licences
· s. 41 Technological Protection Measures
· Technological Protection Measures (Digital Locks)
We now have several modules covering fair dealing including Applying Fair Dealing, which examines how to conduct a fair dealing analysis, s. 29: Fair Dealing that covers the statutory foundations of fair dealing, and modules for each of the three major Supreme Court cases on fair dealing: CCH v. LSUC, SOCAN v. Bell, and Alberta (Education) v. Access Copyright.
As well, we now have three modules on technological protection measures (TPM): Technological Protection Measures (Digital Locks) that provides an overview of TPM, s. 41 Technological Protection Measures, which examines the statutory elements of anticircumvention protection, and Nintendo v. Go Cyber a module focused on the major Canadian case on TPM.
This summer, through a University of Alberta Centre for Teaching and Learning OER Grant, the project will be developing four modules with a focus on post-secondary copyright issues: Access Copyright v. York, Collective Licensing and the Copyright Board, Educational Institutions Policies and Practices, and s. 29.4 to 30.04 Educational Exceptions.
The Scholarly Contributions section of the website has been updated and it has links to all the slides from the presentations about OUC as well as the two journal articles on the series.
We’d also like to emphasize that these modules are published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence so that they can be adopted and adapted by anyone. On the page for each module you will find a link to the associated script and slides, to allow for adaptation. The scripts and slides are also made available under a CC-BY licence.
In addition, we would like to highlight the Opening Up Copyright Community Pages (https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Ul4YeOovdLOEaczPK7RipG_OgOd7etOcJI8ppT_Irg/edit?usp=sharing). The Community Pages provide an overview of the entire suite of modules to be developed as part of the series, and also indicates which modules are currently under development. Furthermore, we encourage you to contribute to the individual module pages, where we hope to collect your ideas, feedback or suggestions. Please consider sharing suggestions for Learning Objectives, ideas for Narratives or Contextual Stories, Test Questions, Links to Useful Resources, or Other Suggestions for modules that interest you. You also have the option of including your name on these pages, so that we can provide attribution for your contributions at the end of the module. Feedback can also be sent directly to copyright@ualberta.ca with the subject line “OER Copyright Module.”
We’re also happy to hear how the OUC modules are being used. If you are linking to, adopting or adapting the modules we would love to hear about it at on our OUC Module Use Community Page (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JrSd5PWShvyExN8NEZOgFpuTaF8DhKrkkgkmWSCanJw/edit?usp=sharing)
The Opening Up Copyright instructional modules series receives funding through the Centre for Teaching and Learning’s Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund at the University of Alberta with new modules currently under production that are funded through a University of Alberta’s Centre for Teaching and Learning OER Grant.
Michael, on behalf of the OUC team - Julia Guy, Luc Fagnan, Michael B. McNally, Adrian Sheppard and Amanda Wakaruk