This week we addressed the application of copyright law in educational settings. I have refreshed my memory regarding the definition of "fair use" and begun thinking more actively about how this applies to my online class in terms of posting links versus embedding material directly in the course.
I explored three websites to look for material that can be used in courses with specific instructions regarding use and sharing of materials. The Creative Commons Education Page was incredible! I found the free multimedia content specific to psychology to contain video materials on almost every topic that I have been searching for. I found videos of classic studies, major theories, and old film clips with original footage of famous psychologists. This is a website I will definitely be revisiting and linking to my online course in the future. I am not sure that I completely understood the Open Textbook website. There was a complete introductory textbook for review online, and it stated that you could buy and adopt the book for your class. It wasn't clear to me why this is posted online, but you can still purchase the material. The text itself covered key issues and included interesting multimedia material, but seemed a little disjointed at times. The Community College Consortium site also included a number of psychology textbooks with varying instructions regarding fair use.
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