(a) "Institutions shall
have limited ownership or control rights for mediated courseware"
http://www.kansasregents.org/academic/policy/intel.html
Two types of mediated courseware are defined in this policy:
1) self-initiated mediated courseware
2) institutional-directed mediated courseware
Faculty
wishing to protect their lecture notes posted to their websites might
include on the website the following:
"Copyright [year] [professor's name]"
In addition, the following notice of copyright may be used for course
syllabi and lectures:
"Copyright [year] [professor's name] as to this syllabus and all
lectures. During this course students are prohibited from selling notes
to or being paid for taking notes by any person or commercial firm without
the express written permission of the professor teaching this course."
Of course, any copyright statement should accurately reflect who owns
the copyright. For example, for some course materials, the appropriate
copyright statement would be:
"Copyright Kansas State University 2008" or "Copyright
Kansas State University and [professors' name] 2008"
This site has a sample agreement for online courses.
http://www.copyright.iupui.edu
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/course.htm
This excellent section discusses courseware contracts and presents examples.
http://www.autm.net
This association maintains an active list of copyright policies, legislation,
licensing, and topics of interest to those seeking guidance with technology
transfer.
Harper, G. OGC, University of Texas
http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/distance.htm#specific
This distance learning section presents policy and theories on ownership
of distance learning courses.
"Copyright protection: Horse and buggies on the information superhighway”.
The power of the Internet for learning: Moving from Promise to Practice
http://www.webcommission.org
This section of the commissions report discusses K-12 and higher education
practices and issues. It also provides recommendations.
Harper, G. University of Texas Office of General
Counsel
http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/whowns.htm
This excellent
essay discusses university and faculty rights in the ownership of course
materials.
This quarterly peer-reviewed electronic journal focuses on managing and
promoting distance learning. It has occasional articles on copyright.
http://www.westga.edu/~distance/jmission.html