Topic: Intellectual property

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Intellectual property, Teaching and learning, Technology

Beyond the hype: How AI could change the game for social science research

By Igor Grossmann, University of Waterloo

Intellectual property, Open learning, open access, and open source, Technology

ChatGPT: Student insights are necessary to help universities plan for the future

By Alpha Abebe, McMaster University and Fenella Amarasinghe, York University, Canada

A close up of a hand painting on a canvas

Arts and culture, Intellectual property, Open learning, open access, and open source, Research and innovation, Students, Teaching and learning, Technology

ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and the collapse of the creative process

By Nir Eisikovits, UMass Boston and Alec Stubbs, UMass Boston

A person wearing protective clothing and a mask doing work in a science lab.

Academic freedom, Academic mentorship, Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Intellectual property

Why we need open-source science innovation — not patents and paywalls

By Joshua M. Pearce, Western University

Equity and social justice, Intellectual property, Students, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission

Fair access to university depends on much more than making students ‘job-ready’

By Sally Patfield, University of Newcastle

Shutterstock Today is World Access to Higher Education Day, but Australia is still a long way off fair access for students from […]

Intellectual property, Online education, Teaching and learning, Technology

What is fair dealing in copyright? Here’s why it matters when moving classes online due to coronavirus

By Samuel E. Trosow, Western University and Lisa Macklem, Western University

Educational institutions have long been concerned about the risk of being sued for copyright infringement, and a mass movement online introduces new […]

Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Intellectual property, Journals and publishing, Open learning, open access, and open source, Students

Textbooks could be free if universities rewarded professors for writing them

By James M. Skidmore, University of Waterloo

Universities have a responsibility to reduce barriers in student learning, and one way to do this is through creating textbooks that […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Governance, Intellectual property, Research and innovation, Tuition and student fees

As public postsecondary funding stagnates, the University of Toronto explores “alternative funding sources”

By Mariana Valverde

Universities increasingly rely on student fees and other alternative funding sources to make up for falling levels of government support, but perhaps […]

Arts and culture, Intellectual property, Public policy

A parent’s view of educational copying and #CopyrightReview

By Meera Nair

Dear Mr. Boissonnault: I write in connection to remarks you made on November 22, during a meeting of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (beginning […]

Corporatization and commercialization, Intellectual property, Libraries, Public policy, Teaching and learning, Technology

Copyright discourse in the academy: Values, policies, and technology

By Tony Horava

The university needs to appreciate better the intertwined relationship between values, policies, and technologies with respect to copyright issues.