Element 6: Copyright

What is this element about?

It is essential that all learning resources are copyright compliant and appropriately attributed. This includes, text, image and multimedia as appropriate.

Why is it important?

This element is about encouraging and engaging with respectful practices. It aligns with the academic integrity of staff and leaners. There are strict copyright standards and regulations in place to keep students, staff and the institution legally safe. It is important to understand what is expected of you and your students across the different domains and formats that make up the learning environment.

This element relates to the following research and practice informed guidelines/ frameworks:

TELAS Guidelines

• 7.2. Learning resources are copyright compliant and appropriately attributed.

UNE Copy Right Policy

Copyright Act

What can I do?

Some things you can do include:

• Include attribution to images in all learning materials including within the online webpages, PowerPoint or lecture slides and other locations such as within Padlet, PebblePad for example.
• Encourage students to reference and attribute sources using desired referencing conventions.
• Acknowledge and abide by creative commons licencing requirements – this includes staff and students.
• Direct students to academic integrity information and academic skills support on your unit online site.
• Be clear about expectations within assessment guidelines and on marking rubrics as appropriate.
• Become familiar with copyright expectations and update knowledge as required.
• Become familiar with developments in technology and implications for instance with developments in AI – such as ChatGPT.

Help and Support

UNE Copyright information can be found at Copyright at UNE and there is also the Copyright for Teaching site which contains additional contact details.

A range of information from copyright, academic skills and referencing can be found on the UNE Librarywebsite.

You could also contact your school / discipline area librarian from the UNE Library Get Support site.

Supporting resources

Norris, M. E., Swartz, M., & Kuhlmeier, V. A. (2023). The importance of copyright and shared norms for credit in Open Educational Resources. Frontiers in Education, 7, 1069388. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.1069388

TELAS Framework https://www.telas.edu.au/framework/

UNE Online Learning Standards: https://myune.sharepoint.com/sites/academic-transformation/SitePages/Principals-for-Designing-Learning-Experiences-Online.aspx