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May 2007
Content:
- ©opyright – the right mouseclick could become expensive:
copyright in the internet
- Qualification workshop “Visual Learning” within partnership
- Focus group discussions with students/learners
1. ©opyright – the right mouseclick could
become expensive: copyright in the internet
Photos, pictures, pictograms, symbols and
icons are quite easy to find with the help of picture search functions of the
big search engines. With a few mouseclicks, they can be easily integrated into a
project-website or private homepage. But attention: Disregarding the copyright
could become expensive quickly.
Nowhere else offenses against the copyright
regulations are more prosecuted than in Germany. Despite the existence of
similar laws in other EU-Countries, admonitions are not an issue because there
is no money involved.
In connection with the EU-project
“visuaLearning” we receive questions regarding how to deal with copyright-issues
time and again. Before publishing contents like pictures, graphic works, texts,
buttons, logos etc. you should consider some important aspects:
- General validity:
Nearly everything published in the internet is protected by copyright-law and
must not be used without permission of copyright holder. This also applies if,
for instance, a photo lacks the corresponding copy right indication ©.
- Private or public:
You are allowed to make copies of the work of third parties for “private use”,
as long as the contents are not copyright protected. To load down a photo from
the web onto your PC is legally not a problem. As soon as you put the photo
online on a website, it means the website will be published – and this
publishing is not considered private use.
- Is it legal to modify original pictures?
This is the case if you use the original picture only as an inspiration and
create a new picture, which in its essence is not recognizable as the original.
It is not legitimate to modify a protected picture, for instance, with a
modifying programme (Photoshop etc.). The danger of being caught is substantial.
Many picture databases are protected through digital watermarks or other
identification tools.
- Seaching the “free pricture”
In the internet you can find many databases which provide free of cost photos
and pictures. Please take note of the licensing conditions thoroughly. In spite
of advertising “royalty-free” usage, they often only apply for private use and
not for publishing in the internet.
- Trademark protected logos are to be used
carefully, too! Because of many controversies, trademark-owners are reacting
very sensitive. In case of doubts it is recommendable to ask for publishing
rights in writing.
- Valid for Germany: Pictures of photographers
who are dead for more than 70 years can be published without permission. The
copyright in these cases is expired, meaning they are “common-free”.
- An alternative – Creativ Common Licenses
Creativ commons exists since 2001 and provides licenses which give
copyright-holders the possibility to decide how their works can be used, it id
est: copied, passed on and modified.
- As a user of cc-contents, you have security
about the legal forms of usage and can use photos free of costs while being
legally protected. Since last summer the cc-licenses for german copyright –
which differs drastically from US-copyright – have been adjusted.
More information on the topic:
Copyright in the digital world:
http://www.irights.info
Creativ Commons Germany:
http://de.creativecommons.org/
Creativ Commons International:
http://creativecommons.org/
Federal Ministry of Justice: Laws about
copyright and related protection rights
http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/urhg/index.html
2. Qualification workshop “Visual Learning” within
partnership
Within the project we will develop a workshop concept for the qualification
of trainers and teachers. First step was a workshop for the project team and for
representatives from the local network hosted by the coordinator on the 1st of
February 2007.
Now we will start with providing workshops within the local networks of
participating countries.
Main topics are
- Relevance and importance of visual thinking (fragments of theory)
- Methods of visual learning
- The power of images
- Learner types (blended model)
- Project learning with new media.
The workshop for instructors are designed for practical applicability. Next
to short theoretical introductions they are focused on methods and applicability
in visual learning.
The workshops will take place in May and June 2007.
Selected visual products and examples of the workshops will published on our
poject-website
3. Focus group discussions with students/learners
As part of the EU Project “visuaLearning” we are holding focus group meetings
with students/learners.
The purpose of these sessions is to gather, from a sample of current students
in a variety of settings,
- their experience of dealing with visual learning in everyday life;
- their perception of how useful classroom learning is to this experience;
and their ideas for what would be helpful to their learning.
The first group discussions have already been held with learners of literacy
and foreign language in current classes. Especially students of literacy and
basic education were highly engaged in the group discussion. It quickly showed
that those learners compensate their writing and reading deficiencies through
“visual alternatives”. The orientation through pictures, symbols and prictograms
plays a significant role and is clearly recognized by the students.
The results of the group discussions will be published soon on our homepage.
Contacts:
Project-coordinator:
Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung (DIE)
German Institute for Adult Education (DIE)
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 38 53113 Bonn
Germany
T (+) 49 228 3294-306
F (+) 49 228 3294-399
Contact person: Monika Tröster
Website: www.die-bonn.de/visual
Partner:
FiaTest Bucharest
FiaTest Group
Str. Transilvaniei 24
Sector 1 Bucharest
Romania
T (+) 40 21 312-1347
F (+) 40 21 312-2106
Contact person: Simona Gitu
Website: www.fiatest.ro
Instytut Technologii Eksploatacji
Państwowy Instytut Badawczy (ITeE-PIB)
Institute for Sustainable Technologies
National Research Institute
ul. Pulaskiego 6/10
26-600 Radom
Poland
T (+) 48 48 3644-241 ext: -205
F (+) 48 48 3644-760, 36447-65
Contact person: Malgorzata Kacprzak
Website: www.itee.radom.pl
National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA)
76 Lower Gardiner Street
Dublin 1
Ireland
T (+) 353 1 8099-191
F (+) 353 1 8555-475
Contact person: Fergus Dolan
Website: www.nala.ie
www.literacytools.ie (adult literacy
learning and tuition website)
Atrium
Research & Innovation Ltd
The Reflexion Foundation
Hofdwarsweg 12
6161 DD Geleen
The Netherlands
T (+) 31 46 4106-374
F (+) 31 46 4106-375
Contact person: Joost Thissen
Website: http://www.atriumbv.nl
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