WiKi 4Video 2010 Scholten Sunderland 27jan10

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Opinion on Learning & Teaching, 27 Opinion on Learning & Teaching, 27 January 2010January 2010 Visiting Lecturer B.A. Scholten Visiting Lecturer B.A. Scholten bruce.scholten@sunderland.ac.ukbruce.scholten@sunderland.ac.uk

Opinion on Learning & Teaching, 27Opinion on Learning & Teaching, 27thth January 2010 January 2010Visiting Lecturer B.A. Scholten, Visiting Lecturer B.A. Scholten, bruce.scholten@sunderland.ac.uk

Something Wiki this Way Comes

Apologies & respect to Eric Hobsbawm, RIP 2012.

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Teachers’ obligations re Teachers’ obligations re Intellectual PropertyIntellectual Property

1. Gatt/WTO 1995 constrains use1. Gatt/WTO 1995 constrains use2. Status quo on Wikipedia2. Status quo on Wikipedia3. Legal vulnerability3. Legal vulnerability4. Toward rigorous use of weblinks4. Toward rigorous use of weblinks

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1. Gatt/WTO 1995 constrains use 1. Gatt/WTO 1995 constrains use of text/pixof text/pix Trade related intellectual property (TRIPs) Trade related intellectual property (TRIPs)

constraints driven by US software makersconstraints driven by US software makers

Gates funded TRIPs Gates funded TRIPs law building, law building, University of Washington,University of Washington,SeattleSeattle

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2a. Status quo on Wikipedia2a. Status quo on Wikipedia

Sunderland guidance: Sunderland guidance: Internet for Dummies Internet for Dummies (for academic purposes at least) (for academic purposes at least) Peter Rushton copyright, September 2007:Peter Rushton copyright, September 2007:

Fundamental Rule:Fundamental Rule:Wikipedia is anonymous - never refer to it or Wikipedia is anonymous - never refer to it or

admit to using it.admit to using it. Adopt the Watergate principle of the Adopt the Watergate principle of the Washington Washington

PostPost editor - never accept anything from editor - never accept anything from Wikipedia that has not been confirmed by Wikipedia that has not been confirmed by at at leastleast two other independent and named two other independent and named sources. Then sources. Then refer only to themrefer only to them..

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2b. Status quo on Wikipedia: 2b. Status quo on Wikipedia: Washington PostWashington Post principle principle

Adopt the Watergate principle of the Adopt the Watergate principle of the Washington PostWashington Post editor editor - never accept anything from Wikipedia that has not been - never accept anything from Wikipedia that has not been confirmed by confirmed by at leastat least two other independent and named two other independent and named sources. Then sources. Then refer only to themrefer only to them..

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3. Legal vulnerability3. Legal vulnerability

1.1. Our digital age studentsOur digital age studentsexpect visual content!expect visual content!

2.2. Meanwhile, teachers’ Meanwhile, teachers’ visual library cut. visual library cut.

3.3. Uploading copyrightedUploading copyrightedinfo = info = JAIL!JAIL!

4.4. Solution?Solution?

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4. Toward rigorous use of 4. Toward rigorous use of weblinksweblinks Education needs rigorous improvement of Education needs rigorous improvement of

the web links that students want to use: the web links that students want to use: Authors, Dates, Titles, etc.Authors, Dates, Titles, etc.

Nuanced use of Wiki needed.Nuanced use of Wiki needed. Appreciate the global commons of Wiki Appreciate the global commons of Wiki

images now!images now!

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WiKi comes home…?WiKi comes home…?

Beatrice, Dante & Virgil – linked to this illustration by Beatrice, Dante & Virgil – linked to this illustration by William Blake - even more wonderful because it’s William Blake - even more wonderful because it’s COPYRIGHT FREE: COPYRIGHT FREE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beatrice_Addressing_Dante_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beatrice_Addressing_Dante_%28by_William_Blake%29.jpg#filelinks%28by_William_Blake%29.jpg#filelinks

9WiKi comes WiKi comes home…?home…?