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Daniel G. Krutka – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2025
In a highly technological society, teachers need to help students grow as technoskeptical citizens who can think deeply about technologies to consider their collateral, unintended, and disproportionate effects on society. This article presents a technoskeptical Inquiry Design Model (IDM) lesson where upper elementary students critically inquire…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Elementary School Students, Energy, Science History
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Poritz, Jonathan A. – Academe, 2012
It makes sense for college and university faculty to ally with the free and open-source software community. They share common values. A marvelous additional benefit is that free software on campuses would significantly advance pedagogy and scholarship, increase efficiency, and save money. Only unquestioning obedience to market fundamentalism--or…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Information Technology, Computer Software, Higher Education
Schaffhauser, Dian – Campus Technology, 2012
Putting a CIO and a lawyer together in the same room may give one the start of a pretty decent joke, but it could also save an institution millions of dollars in legal fees. While the IT chief understands the systems that fall under the purview of compliance, the attorney is the go-to pessimist for identifying the "gotcha" elements when it comes…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Compliance (Legal), Legal Responsibility, Information Technology
Prabhala, Achal – Commonwealth of Learning, 2010
Copyright vests automatically in most countries around the world, whether or not the creator of an educational work wishes to exert copyright in its entirety. What this means for education, unfortunately, is that all traditionally produced, printed textbooks, are to a large extent "locked." Even digital resources such as those available on the…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Educational Resources, Intellectual Property, Information Technology
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Jaeger, Paul T.; Bertot, John Carlo; Gorham, Ursula – Library Quarterly, 2013
Public libraries are heavily affected by political and policy-making processes that shape the funding, activities, and roles of libraries in society, with the explosion of information policy decisions in the past two decades significantly increasing the responsibilities of libraries while also increasing limitations on their activities. Research…
Descriptors: Information Policy, Public Libraries, Information Science, Information Science Education
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Trappler, Thomas J. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2009
Today's higher education environment is marked by heightened accountability and decreased budgets. In such an environment, no higher education institution can afford to ignore alternative approaches that could result in more effective and less costly solutions. Open-source software (OSS) can serve as a viable alternative to traditional proprietary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Computer Software, Intellectual Property, Public Sector
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Farmer, Lesley – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2011
Intellectual pursuit and the recognition of ideas is a central concept. Copyrights protect the rights of intellectual creators while balancing those rights with the needs for access. As technologies have expanded, and production has become more sophisticated, the legal regulations surrounding their use have become more complex. With the advent of…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Web 2.0 Technologies
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
How should colleges deal with incidents of illegal file sharing on their campuses? At the Technology Forum, aspects of that question were discussed by Cheryl A. Elzy, dean of university libraries at Illinois State University; Jim Gibson, an associate professor of law at the University of Richmond; Stewart McLaurin, executive vice president for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Technology, Industry, Intellectual Property
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Hartnett, Stephen John – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2011
The "twisted cyber spy" affair began in 2010, when Google was attacked by Chinese cyber-warriors charged with stealing Google's intellectual property, planting viruses in its computers, and hacking the accounts of Chinese human rights activists. In the ensuing international embroglio, the US mainstream press, corporate leaders, and White…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Rhetoric, Intellectual Property, Global Approach
Wyne, Mudasser F. – Online Submission, 2010
It is hard to define a single set of ethics that will cover an entire computer users community. In this paper, the issue is addressed in reference to code of ethics implemented by various professionals, institutes and organizations. The paper presents a higher level model using hierarchical approach. The code developed using this approach could be…
Descriptors: Ethics, Models, Program Development, Computer Mediated Communication
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
As new technologies emerge on campuses, how can colleges avoid legal land mines? What are the areas of greatest risk, and how should higher-education leaders deal with them? In this article, three experts offered their advice at the Technology Forum: Beth Cate, associate general counsel at Indiana University, on data privacy and security; Steven…
Descriptors: Intellectual Property, College Faculty, Higher Education, Legal Problems
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2009
To say the American economy is in a precarious mode would be the understatement of the century. Banks have foundered, American industry is looking for federal bailouts, and belts are tightening everywhere. Not surprisingly, higher education officials at private institutions are wondering which students will be able to afford ever-escalating…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Income, Educational Finance, Intellectual Property
Adam, Anna; Mowers, Helen – School Library Journal, 2008
There is no doubt that Google is great for finding images. Simply head to its home page, click the "Images" link, enter criteria in the search box, and--voila! In this article, the authors share some of their other favorite search engines for finding images. To make sure the desired images are available for educational use, consider searching for…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Engines, Internet, Intellectual Property
Skala, Matthew; Bonfield, Brett; Torpey, Mary Fran – Library Journal, 2008
Librarians face a dilemma when it comes to copyright. On the one hand, if content providers disappeared, libraries and their patrons would suffer. By doing their part to eliminate copyright violations, they help keep publishers in business. On the other hand, they understand that "information wants to be free." They resent license agreements that…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Professional Associations, Ethics, Librarians
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Peslak, Alan R. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2010
One of the most important topics for today's information technology professional is the study of legal and regulatory issues as they relate to privacy and security of personal and business data and identification. This manuscript describes the topics and approach taken by the instructors that focuses on independent research of source documents and…
Descriptors: Privacy, Information Security, Computer Security, Electronic Publishing
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