While the World Wide Web and the use of ICT makes teaching and learning fun, there is a dark side - it also makes copying, plagiarism and academic dishonesty easier to commit and sometimes hide.
We as educators are charged with teaching our learners how to be responsible in an online world, we must not forget that we too must be responsible in our actions.
The fair use policy, coupled with Creative Commons licensing gives us educators the opportunity to reproduce the work of others for the benefit of knowledge. In our haste to prepare and portray our content, we should never lose sight of giving due recognition to the work of others. All work is copyright of their producer(s) and wherever and whenever possible we should always be grateful to those who have willingly shared their knowledge so that we too may be illuminated.
We as educators are charged with teaching our learners how to be responsible in an online world, we must not forget that we too must be responsible in our actions.
The fair use policy, coupled with Creative Commons licensing gives us educators the opportunity to reproduce the work of others for the benefit of knowledge. In our haste to prepare and portray our content, we should never lose sight of giving due recognition to the work of others. All work is copyright of their producer(s) and wherever and whenever possible we should always be grateful to those who have willingly shared their knowledge so that we too may be illuminated.
