Research Reviews

The DERN post this week is different from the usual review of an open access high quality research publication into the use of digital technologies in education. Recently, I was doing some work on copyright in the digital age and was very pleasantly surprised at how far education and training in Australia had advanced in supporting digital copyright. Take for instance the very useful website Smart Copying which has some practical information and advice about using digital materials for education and training purposes. Smart Copying provides sound advice for teachers and learners about copying text, audio, film and video, graphics and animation, performances, computer programs, format shifting and more. There are also links to other copyright open access licences such Creative Commons Australia which is now operating on the Creative Commons International Australia 3.0 licence.