Hi Everyone, A quick note -- the WikiEducator community does NOT subscribe to unauthorised use of materials. Randy, thanks for the speedy deletion.
As an education community, WE assume good faith and I suspect and (assume) that Payal's "plagiarism" was done unintentionally. I'm travelling at the moment and will communicate personally with Payal and offer support and help in achieving her teaching objectives once I return to New Zealand. Big thanks to Declan and Allision for your suggestions and support. Clearly there is a need for tutorial support in helping educators grapple with the complexities of copyright and fair dealing / fair use in educational contexts. I have a little funding we can invest in the development of tutorial support materials to help address the challenges and opportunities associated with unauthorised use of copyrighted materials. Yes opportunities -- as illustrated by Declan's offer to "photograph-to-order" as a contribution to building the inventory of free images :-). If anyone is interested in helping out with this tutorial development -- please reply to this thread and I'll set up an international team in the wiki to move this forward. Cheers Wayne On 8 April 2010 14:13, Randy Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Agreed - there are a number of folks who have deletion privileges in the > wiki (I am one of them). > > Based on your feedback above - I will delete the page. Of course, there > will be a record of the deletion - but I agree with Declan's comment below > for the need to act sooner rather than later. > > Notwithstanding that, it is is important to give new users (and older ones > too), education as to what is appropriate or not, on WikiEd. > > Wayne is travelling now, and I've cc'd him to make sure he's apprised of > this situation. > > - Randy > > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Declan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I also have done a quick side-by-side comparison. The overlap is >> extensive; the original author has requested it's removal. Out of >> respect for the author's wishes, I think it should be removed. I >> think we need to act quickly and in good faith so that authors are >> more likely to warm to our cause. Suggestions for collaboration can >> perhaps follow from there. >> >> When the time comes to start rebuilding entomological content, I am >> very confident that a structure very similar to this will emerge. At >> that point I'll happily contribute photographs and information. My >> students and I have been sharing aquatic insect content here: >> http://academics.smcvt.edu/Vermont_rivers/. We are well set up to >> capture web-ready insect images and can photograph-to-order if a happy >> entomologist would like to write content and tell us what to point our >> microscopes at. We do not have an extensive terrestrial specimen >> collection, but the college's teaching collection would be more than >> adequate to get many of the images needed to populate a general >> entomological resource. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Declan >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >> To visit the discussion forum: >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. >> > > > > -- > ________________ > Randy Fisher, MA, OMD > Senior Consultant, Organization Development, E-Learning, Collaboration & > Performance > Intersol Group, Canada > > Senior Consultant, Organization & Capacity Development > International Centre for Open Education / OER Foundation, New Zealand > > Elected Member, WikiEducator Community Council, www.wikieducator.org > +1 613.722.5577 (EST) > Skype: wikirandy > Blog: http://www.collaborativeengagement.com > > > * Stakeholder Engagement & Project Implementation > * Change & Transition Management > * E-Learning, Online Collaboration & Learning Communities > * Coaching & Facilitation > * My Bio: http://www.communitybuildingexpert.com > > -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
