Comments for Senate Academic Planning

Comment on The Report by Ralph Whitney

Ralph Whitney — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:36:53 +0000

To follow up on my previous comment, the intellectual property issue is briefly discussed on p. 89 but the consequences for this are not. What happens if the course developer uses the course outside of Queen’s and CDS? What happens if a new instructor offers an on-line course developed by a previous instructor? Can he/she alter the course material?

Comment on The Report by Ralph Whitney

Ralph Whitney — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:19:11 +0000

While this report from the Task Force seems to cover most of the issues associated with virtualization and on-line learning, there seems to be one area where there is no information. This is the area that deals with “intellectual property” and ownership/copyright for on-line courses. If a faculty member develops and implements an on-line course then, as I understand it, he/she owns this course material as “intellectual property” which puts a limitation on the use by other “instructors”. I believe some clarification of this use is warranted.

Comment on Comments on the March Draft by Mark Jones

Mark Jones — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:10:08 +0000

I have posted comments at http://senatefacultycaucus.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/mark-jones-comments-on-the-saptf-draft-report-of-march-2013-8-april-2013/

Comment on Comments on the March Draft by Donald Forsdyke

Donald Forsdyke — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:26:56 +0000

Regarding Recommendation 17: “The SAPTF recommends that Queen’s does not become involved in MOOCs until and unless there is greater support for online learning,” please note that my informal “Forsdyke Evolution Academy” MOOC, which is modelled on Salman Khan’s famous “Khan Academy,” has been up and running since 2011. There are now 4 basic course, each consisting of between 12 and 18 YouTube videos. These are supplemented by a growing series of PowerPoint Lectures and accompanying web-pages that emphasize both historical and modern aspects (see: http://post.queensu.ca/~forsdyke/videolectures.htm ).