ANN ARBOR—Intellectual property rights regarding online courses will be the focus of an interactive panel discussion, titled, “Control, Conflict, and Courseware: Intellectual Property in Online Education.” The live broadcast will be downlinked via satellite on Feb. 8 in the Ehrlicher Room, 411 West Hall at the University of Michigan.

[Map of Central Campus, West Hall lower center]

A variety of topics associated with intellectual property and online education will be explored. Examples include:

• “How do issues of copyright and ‘work for hire’ apply to the creation and distribution of online courses?”

• “How much control will faculty have over content of both the courses they create and those they are assigned to teach?”

• “Is there a middle ground on which faculty rights, pedagogy, and the need to cut costs and increase efficiency can all be honored?”

Using videotaped scenarios of “real-world” situations, a panel of experts will discuss the principles of intellectual property in this changing environment. During the discussion, audience participants may call or fax questions or comments to the panel for live interaction.

Panelists include:

• Dan L. Burk, professor of law and Vance K. Opperman Research Scholar at the University of Minnesota Law School.

• Georgia K. Harper, manager of the Intellectual Property Section of the Office of the General Counsel, University of Texas.

• Kenneth Salomon, member of Dow, Lohnes and Albertson, PLLC, specializing in government relations involving distributed learning.

Administrators, information technology staff, attorneys, faculty, and others interested in intellectual property and online course development are invited to attend the discussion that will be held from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The last hour will be reserved for discussion of attendees’ experiences and opinions of intellectual property issues. Aline Soules, scholarly communication librarian, U-M Business School will moderate the campus discussion.

The broadcast is the fourth event in a series of the “Copyright Dilemmas in the Information Age Symposium.” The events are sponsored by U-M Business School, Division of Student Affairs, Hillel Major Events, the Law School, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of the General Council, Office of the Provost, the President’s Information Revolution Commission, School of Information, Technology Management Office, and the University Library. For more information, call (734) 936-3814 or visit the Web at: http://www.cio.umich.edu/copyright

Control, Conflict, and Courseware: Intellectual Property in Online EducationMap of Central CampusDan L. BurkGeorgia K. HarperKenneth SalomonAline SoulesDivision of Student Affairs