Lecturerecording:inves0ga0ngcopyrightandIPRissuesinHE

JaneSecker,ChrisMorrison,JulianaRios-Amaya

What?Why?How?When?

Surveydevisedby:JaneSecker,ChrisMorrison,PhilippaHatch,AlexFenlon,CharloHeBooth,CarolSummerside,HelenCargill,

PhilAnsellandScoHMcGowan

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Figure5.Ins0tu0onapproachtolecturerecordingandaskingforindividualconsentforbeingrecorded(n=35)

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Figure5.Ins0tu0onapproachtolecturerecordingandaskingforindividualconsentforbeingrecorded(n=35)

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Figure8.Whotakesresponsibilityforrightsissueswithcontentincludedinlectures?(N=33)

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Figure10.Whatadvicedoyougivetolecturersusingthirdpartycontent?(n=30)

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Figure9.Howarestaffmadeawareofcopyrightissuesthatmightariseinrecordinglectures?(n=33)

CopyrightadviceWehaveawidgetthatisusedtolaunchPanopto,anditrequiresusersto0ckacheckboxsaying"Ihaveread,understoodandagreewiththeguidancecontainedintheQAHandbookregardingLectureCapture'beforetheycanstarttheprogram.ThereisabuHonlinktotheQAguidancesoitiseasyforthemtoreadthis...butIsuspectthatveryfewdo.

ThepolicyhasbeenformulatedwiththehelpofourAcademicLibrarianinchargeofIPandourComplianceOfficerbutiss0llunderreview.Inrealitythelecturer/presenterisresponsibleforrightsissuesbuthasbeengivenappropriateadvice.Wearelookingintochangingcontractstomakethisexplicit.

Copyrightconcerns….

Manyintheacademiccommunity,par0cularlythoseworkingintheArts&Humani0es,haveconcernsaboutcapturingtheirlecturesonvideo.Thisispartlytodowithcopyrightconcerns-apoten0allyseriousissueforacademicsteachingsubjectssuchasfilmstudiesorarthistory,andpartlytodowithpedagogicalconcernsabouttheimpactrecordinglectureswillhaveonhowtheylecture,theexpecta0onsofstudents,theirrela0onshipswithstudents,andhowstudentslearn.

Copyrightconcerns….

Someacademicsareenthusias0cwhileothersareverycau0ous.Whenaskingacademicsaboutthirdpartymaterialitisdifficulttoeducateabouta"reasonableamount"-theyfeeltheyhavetherighttoshowanyamountforeduca0onalpurposes.

Copyrightconcerns….

Someusersdidexpressconcernsovercopyright-thatrecordingwouldlimitwhattheywereabletoshowinclass-butmyadvicewasthatprovidedaccesswassecuredtothatcohortofstudentsthiswouldnotbeaproblem.Aoerall,theyhavebeenuploadingtheirPowerPointstoourVLEformorethanadecadewithoutonecopyrightcomplaint!

Widerconsentissues…Weareatanearlystagewithlecturecapture-s0llinpilotwithonlyalimitednumberofacademicsengaging.It’snotcausedanyissueswithexternalagenciestodate.However,weareconsciousthatourIPRandcopyrightpoliciesrelyonreferencetostafftermsandcondi0onsandthesedonotexplicitlyreferencelecturecapture,sowearefacedwithcrea0ngeitheraseparatelecturecapturepolicyorrewri0ngstaffT&Cs

TheacademiccommunityhasexpressedtheirconcernsaboutthewaythatLectureCapturewasintroducedattheuniversity,whichwasrela0velyquicklywithnotagreatdealofconsulta0oncomparedtootherHEI's,andabouttheconsequencesofbeingrequiredtodosounlessyouoptout.ThishasresultedinleHersbeingwriHentotheuniversitybytheunion,andbyothergroupsrepresen0ngtheacademiccommunityexpressingtheirconcerns

Emergingfindings

• Varietyofapproaches• Greyareas• Policyvsprac0ce•  Ins0tu0onalculture

References•  Jisc(2015)Recordinglectures:legalconsidera0ons.

hHps://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/recording-lectures-legal-considera0ons

•  Owston,R.,Lupshenyuk,D.&Wideman,H.2011.Lecturecaptureinlargeundergraduateclasses:Studentpercep0onsandacademicperformance.InternetandHigherEduca0on14,262-268.

•  Secker,J.,Bond,S.,&Grussendorf,S.2010.LectureCapture:richandstrange,oradarkart?LSEResearchOnline.Available:hHp://eprints.lse.ac.uk/29184

•  Toppin,I.2011.Videolecturecapture(VLC)system:Acomparisonofstudentandfacultypercep0ons.Educa0onandInforma0onTechnologies16,383-393.

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