IP in Academia Workshop Series, Fall 2001

[Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>]

The Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland
University College is interested in advertising this non-profit workshop
series among interested educators and administrators.  Could you please
post the message below to your newsletter or listserv?

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ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION

Intellectual Property in Academia Workshop Series: Faculty Ownership and
Plagiarism Online Workshops
http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/workshop_ipacademia/

The Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland
University College is hosting an asynchronous online workshop series this
fall that is of interest to faculty, university counsel, librarians,
curricular design and information professionals.  The first online
workshop in the series will be on Faculty Ownership, August 6, 2001 to
August 22, 2001.  The second workshop will be Preventing and Detecting
Plagiarism, from October 1, 2001 to October 19, 2001. Each workshop will
last approximately three weeks, providing the participants with an
in-depth understanding of two core intellectual property issues facing
higher education in today's rapidly changing digital environment.

Faculty Ownership of Course Material in the Online Classroom 
August 6, 2001 to August 22, 2001 
Moderated by Georgia Harper, Esq.

One of the most controversial and timely topics facing colleges and
universities today is the ownership and control of the scholarly materials
created by faculty - particularly those created in connection with
Web-based courses. Many campuses across the country have either recently
revised their policies or are in the process of studying this issue. When
does a professor's creative work belong to the professor and when does it
belong to the institution? How are the factors enunciated in CCNV v. Reid
to be used in determining ownership? Are some factors more important than
others? Can contract provisions alter the ownership question?

Georgia Harper, Esq. manages the Intellectual Property Section of The
University of Texas System Office of General Counsel. She conducts local,
state, regional and national workshops and seminars on copyright issues
and has been an advisor to the Association of American Universities, the
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges and the
American Council on Education, as well as the National Initiative for a
Networked Cultural Heritage in connection with its Copyright and Fair Use
Town Meetings. Ms. Harper is the author of the frequently referenced
online publications, The Copyright Crash Course
(http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm#top) and
the Crash Course Tutorial. (http://www.lib.utsystem.edu/copyright/)

Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism in the Digital Environment
October 1, 2001 to October 19, 2001
Moderated by Rebecca Moore Howard, Ph.D.

Is the writer/reader relationship to text profoundly changed online? Can
assignments be redesigned to avoid plagiarism in the online and face to
face classroom? Are academic policies properly addressing campus
plagiarism issues? This dynamic workshop series will provide participants
with an in-depth understanding of the plagiarism issues facing higher
education today.

Rebecca Moore Howard, Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric and
Director and Chair of The Writing Program at Syracuse University, will
moderate this workshop series. Rebecca Moore Howard
(http://wrt-howard.syr.edu/) chairs and directs the Writing Program at
Syracuse University and has written extensively on issues concerning
plagiarism including, Standing in the Shadow of Giants: Plagiarists,
Authors, Collaborators (1999); co-author of The Bedford Guide to Teaching
Writing in the Disciplines (1995); coeditor of Coming of Age: The Advanced
Writing Curriculum (2000); and author of a variety of chapters and
articles about plagiarism, pedagogy, and composition theory.

Participants will receive daily response and feedback from the workshop
moderators.

Please register early since space is limited.  Early registration is
$125.00. Regular is $150.00.  Early registration for both workshops is
only $200.00! A significant discount is given for full time graduate
students until places are filled; please consult the website for
details. You may register online or you may register by phone by calling
301-985-7777. 

For additional information call 301-985-7777 or visit our web site at
http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/workshop_ipacademia/