Fair Use OverviewFair Use Explained (a deeper dive)

  • Webinars from the American University, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, March through June 2020. Some webinars were split between K12 and higher ed; we have highlighted the higher ed webinars for those pairs.
    • Reading Aloud: Fair Use Enables Translating Classroom Practices to Online Learning. March 31, 2020.
    • Essential copyright knowledge: a toolkit for teachers and librarians. April 14, 2020
    • Educational fair use in the COVID-19 emergency: yes you can scan (and more) for K-12 education. April 17, 2020
    • Educational fair use in the COVID-19 emergency: yes you can scan (and more) for colleges and universities. April 17, 2020
    • Finding teaching materials for Fall 2020 and beyond: evaluating resilient digital teaching and learning materials from open and commercial sources for K-12 teaching. April 24, 2020
    • Finding teaching materials for Fall 2020 and beyond: evaluating resilient digital teaching and learning materials from open and commercial sources for college and university teaching (including finding materials and evaluating licensing). April 24, 2020
    • Creating teaching materials for Fall 2020 and beyond: authoring and adapting Open Educational Resources for K-12. May 1, 2020
    • Creating teaching materials for Fall 2020 and beyond: authoring and adapting Open Educational Resources for colleges and universities (strategies, systems, and sources for creating OER). May 1, 2020
    • Universal Design  – ensuring equitable access to education in the transition to online teaching and learning for students with disabilities and vulnerable students. May 8, 2020
    • Copyright in the U.S. and Canada compared – why taking advance of fair use for education doesn’t cause cross-border incompatibility. May 15, 2020
    • Working towards Antiracism and Culturally Responsive Teaching in Open Education. May 22, 2020
    • Music to Our Ears: A fair use deep dive into using music in OER . May 29, 2020
    • Using Open Licensing to Support LGBTQ-Inclusive Learning. June 12, 2020.
  • Congressional Research Service, April 3, 2020, Webcasting in the Time of COVID-19: Copyright Implications of Remote Worship & Distance Learning
  • Congressional Research Service, April 28, 2020, COVID-19 and Libraries: E-Books and Intellectual Property Issues

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