Our friend and colleague, UMass Amherst Copyright and Information Policy Librarian, Laura Quilter, is facilitating a free, open self-study course on Peer 2 Peer University for educators who want to learn about US copyright law in the education context.
The course, Copyright for Educators (US), is taught around practical case studies faced by teachers when using copyright material in their day-to-day teaching. By answering the case scenarios and drafting and discussing the answers in groups, participants will learn:
- What is the public domain?
- What does copyright law protect?
- What is fair use?
- What other exceptions are there in copyright law?
- What are open access educational resources?
About Laura
Laura Quilter is a librarian and lawyer. She has worked with educators, scientists, and scholars for twenty years on technology and policy. In 2012, Laura joined the University of Massachusetts Amherst as their first “Copyright and Information Policy Librarian”. She is excited about teaching in an online environment, and looks forward to hearing from a variety of educators.
You can learn more information about Laura at her website, http://lquilter.net/, or by googling her. She is also findable with the username lquilter at some websites.