This semester, I had students in my physiological ecology course create websites as a class project. They chose an animal and an environmental stressor, and discussed the physiological mechanisms the species has to handle the stressor. They presented information on natural history, and also results from two primary research articles. They were expected to fully cite the research articles, and provide sources for the natural history information as well, which sometimes included range maps and photos.
This discussion has me thinking about their use of photos. Students typically found photos of their animal online, and used those photos with attribution but not prior permission. The website URLs were distributed only to the class for other students to view and comment on. I would be interested in the list's opinion of this type of project, and how best to allow students to create interesting and educational websites without violating fair use of images. Obviously, they are not going to be able to obtain their own pictures of red kangaroos and arctic springtails. Thanks in advance, Mary Beth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary Beth Voltura, Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences SUNY Cortland Cortland NY 13045 607-753-2713 [email protected]
