Wednesday, September 18, 2013

E-Activity - Copyright MCQ

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University of Visual & performing arts is going to establish a Learning Management System for undergraduates as well as postgraduate students. Kumari a university professor also assigned to a teacher role and asked to create an online lesson on “There are three main styles of Sri Lankan classical dance”.  Since it is online she designed to teach following three Sri Lankan styles with images, related links as well as Video clips by uploading them in to the LMS.


·         The Kandyan dances of the Hill Country, known as Uda Rata Natum;
·         The low country dances of the southern plains, known as Pahatha Rata Natum;
·         Sabaragamuwa dances, or Sabaragamuwa Natum
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Kumari wants the students to look at them and get an idea about what are the style of the dance, costumes, jewelries, of each dance styles and discuss them in a forum. These videos will be deleted at the end of the semester.

Question 1
Will she able to upload videos created by someone else?
  • Yes

Correct: This would fall under fair use, especially since the viewing has a direct educational purpose.
  • No

Incorrect: In some circumstances, it is possible to use a copyright-protected work without infringing the owner’s copyright.
Question 2
Can students download and the videos and keep it with them?
  • Yes

It Depends: The viewing has a direct educational purpose. So students have rights to use them.
  • No


It Depends: The viewing has a direct educational purpose. So students have rights to use them.

#mOOCs, #OCL4Ed, #OER, #Copyright

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