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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
Carnevale, Dan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Many college officials have criticized Blackboard Inc. for its patent on its course-management system, arguing that the patent is overly broad and seems to cover the entire concept of online learning. Critics of Blackboard and other companies that have patents on learning technology are welcoming a recent Supreme Court ruling that they hope may…
Descriptors: Intellectual Property, Court Litigation, Information Technology, Educational Technology
Moreau, Nancy – American Journal of Distance Education, 2008
This article discusses the impact of patents for computer algorithms in course management systems. Referring to historical documents and court cases, the positive and negative aspects of software patents are presented. The key argument is the accessibility to algorithms comprising a course management software program such as Blackboard. The…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Distance Education, Online Courses, Computer Software
Sesemane, M. J. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2007
Policy formulation and implementation is a highly contested domain within the South African Higher Education landscape. This contestation can be attributed to the lack of wide stakeholder involvement and the architecture of the policy-making process. The contestation is also born of an absence of a systemic monitoring and evaluation mechanism to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Information, Quality Control, Foreign Countries
Rawlinson, David R.; Lupton, Robert A. – Journal of Education for Business, 2007
Students' attitudes and perceptions regarding the use of unlicensed software are important to educators and businesses. Students have a proven propensity to pirate software and other intellectual property. By understanding how attitudes and perceptions toward software piracy differ among university students in a cross-national context, educators…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computer Software, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
Kamthan, Pankaj – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2007
Open Source Software (OSS) has introduced a new dimension in software community. As the development and use of OSS becomes prominent, the question of its integration in education arises. In this paper, the following practices fundamental to projects and processes in software engineering are examined from an OSS perspective: project management;…
Descriptors: Engineering, Computer Software, Quality Control, Computer Science
Alexander, Bryan – Theory Into Practice, 2008
Students are, increasingly, digital content producers, and participate extensively in evolving online social networks. The emergence of the former represents subtle changes in students' experience of images, audience, copyright, ownership of learning, and technology. Experiencing the latter places students in an awkward position in terms of…
Descriptors: Intellectual Property, Educational Technology, Visual Environment, Social Networks
Milevski, Sandra N. – 1986
This study enumerates statutes of the 98th Congress treating information-related concerns. Limited to public laws of a substantive nature, the topical overview of areas of congressional concern is divided into nine sections: (1) Federal Information Resources Management; (2) International Communications and Information Policy; (3)…
Descriptors: Archives, Clearinghouses, Confidentiality, Educational Technology
Smith, Marshall S.; Casserly, Catherine M. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2006
Open educational resources (OER) include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to either support access to knowledge, or have an impact on teaching, learning, and research. At the heart of the OER movement is the simple and powerful idea that the…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Educational Technology, Internet, Intellectual Property
Rickard, Wendy – Educom Review, 1999
Discusses these four issues identified by EDUCAUSE's National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII) as being key to its mission to create new collegiate learning environments that harness the power of information technology: (1) intellectual property rights; (2) institutional readiness to enhance academic productivity; (3) faculty support and…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Development, Educational Environment, Educational Technology

Eisner, John – Journal of Dental Education, 1992
Strategies that can be used by the dental education profession to develop instructional and information technologies to support curricular reform are proposed. Focus is on strategies that can be successful in a period of scarce institutional resources. Issues discussed include selecting initiatives, technology standards, intellectual property,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computers, Consortia, Curriculum Development
Blumenstyk, Goldie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
While Microsoft Corporation officials state unequivocally that the company does not want to get into the business of higher education, the company and its chairman have been quietly acquiring rights to intellectual property and creating software rich in academic content. College administrators, nervous about competition for students, are concerned…
Descriptors: Competition, Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Wiant, Sarah K. – Information Outlook, 1997
Discusses the outcomes of the United States Conference on Fair Use (CONFU) intended to bring together copyright owners and users to develop fair use guidelines. Describes efforts of the six CONFU working groups: digital images, distance learning, educational multimedia, library use of computer software, electronic reserve systems, and interlibrary…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Conferences, Distance Education, Document Delivery
Ringle, Martin – Library Hi Tech News, 1996
Presents a checklist of 10 strategic technology issues for liberal arts colleges based on a 1995 Educom workshop. Highlights include evaluating technology investments; use of the World Wide Web; electronic communication; faculty use of technology; consortia; campuswide policies; copyright and licensing issues; ownership issues; and planning and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Check Lists, Colleges, Consortia

Gilbert, Steven W. – Change, 1996
Twelve recommendations for streamlining the transition to new educational technologies in higher education address asking fundamental questions, building a vision, adjusting to permanent change, exercising judgment and trust, rejecting dichotomies, understanding intellectual property and fair use, developing guidelines and policies, preparing for…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Planning, College Students
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