Browsing Teaching and Learning by Author "Shaikh, Shihaam"

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Academics and Copyright Issues: An Opinion

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Oct 2011 Through open licenses the box is opened and your materials are disseminated – for both the copyright holder and copyright user this system is a benefit. Many have written about the benefits of openness and has provided evidence of these ... Read more c b a
The CRC Report 2011: DALRO licensing agreements

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Sep 2012 After the release of the Copyright Review Commission Report a few days ago various articles have spoken of the recommendations made by the commission particularly the call to amend the Copyright Act to include provisions that take into account ... Read more c b a
Intellectual Property Rights Database for Journals

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Jul 2013 In November 2012 as part of foundational work for the OpenUCT initiative's pilot with the African Climate & Development Initiative (ACDI), one of my tasks was to assess the legal status of content that was to be shared. A large component of ... Read more c b a
Internet Videos & Copyright Implications for Educators

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Aug 2011 In many instances academics use particular videos that have been downloaded from the internet in their teaching and learning materials without considering the copyright implications. While one may argue a fair dealing defense when these videos ... Read more c b a
Open Education - A Local Issue

Author: Chetty, Rulisha ; Cox, Glenda ; Czerniewicz, Laura ; Goodier, Sarah ; Shaikh, Shihaam ; Stent, Stacey Date: Jun 2012 This video shows how open education matters by providing a local perspective on a global issue through three authentic disciplinary examples of multilingual resources at the University of Cape Town. (Please note: Music (used with permission) ... Read more c b
OpenUCT Reflections on 2012

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Dec 2012 The year 2012 marks the first full year of activity for the OpenUCT Initiative and it's been an amazing but challenging year for all of us, and I thought it would be fitting to review the year in terms of our areas of activity and touch upon ... Read more c b a
Principle of Fair Dealing in Education

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Jun 2011 Educators are allowed to use copyrighted materials in the classroom for illustrative purposes but are limited in that they cannot share these materials in an online space. Fair dealing only governs use in the classroom and sharing copyrighted ... Read more c b a
Reprographic Reproduction Rights Licensing

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Jun 2011 The right to reproduce materials fall within the set of exclusive rights held by a copyright holder. In order for an educational institution to make copies of copyrighted materials they need permission from the copyright holder to reproduce ... Read more c b a
SOPA and its effects in SA and on open education

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Feb 2012 The seeds for this post came almost 3 weeks ago when a friend of mine commented that SOPA is not a big deal in South Africa because its outside of US jurisdiction so we had nothing to be bothered about – I disagreed (and started making notes ... Read more c b a
Why SA should care about the Research Works Act

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Feb 2012 What is the Research Works Act? In just 3 pages the Research Works bill seeks to prohibit open access mandates for federally funded research in the USA thus reverting the open access policy of the National Institute of Health (NIH) in the ... Read more c b a