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This episode of NPR's Planet Money presents a good case study in applying the 4-factor fair use test. The topic is web sites which present song lyrics. In specific, they look at a site called RapGenius, which makes a "transformative use" case by providing a site where users can annotate and explicate lyrics. (Despite the name, the site includes any genre of music as well as poetry, prose, and news.) RapGenius also has an education program for faculty who want to use it as a classroom tool for close reading exercises.

Rick Detweiler, president of the GLCA, presented data on the outcomes of a liberal arts education at the recent meeting of AAC&U.

There are many benefits to having students present work in public. How do you engage students with the issues of privacy and public representation around that work?

Some potentially interesting implications here for the way we use example objects, visualizations and illustrations when presenting information.

Slides from a NITLE webinar presented by Kelly McBride on encouraging a culture of originality and intellectual honesty in student writing. Recording of the event also available.

A terrific set of models from Plymouth State's CoLab present a set of ways of thinking about how we can make the best use of our precious face-to-face class time in the fall.

"The study presented here explores the responses and perceptions of a group of first year students at an Irish university after their first contact with anti-plagiarism software in the context of peer-reviewed assignments. The results indicate that the use of anti-plagiarism software led to a decrease in Internet plagiarism and to lower grades being awarded in peer reviews. Additionally, students were found to have a positive attitude towards the anti-plagiarism software in the context of peer reviewed assignments." - from the abstract.

"based on the collective experience, over many years, of CUR members who have engaged undergraduate students in research, .... Roger Rowlett, Linda Blockus, and Susan Larson have drawn on this extensive knowledge base to design an instrument to assist institutions to self- assess the maturity of their undergraduate research programs. The instrument aspires to present the best practices in undergraduate research."

This article presents some ideas for improving the social media experience of academics.

This infographic presents a brief selection of questions to stimulate critical thinking in students. It can provide a starting point for discussions of applying the skills of academic inquiry to real world situations or a reference for explaining the value of higher education to non-academics.

The specific rules presented here are most applicable to K-12 institutions. Still, it's an interesting example of the kind of thinking involved for anyone's social media presence.

A fascinating walk through interesting syllabi (and isn't that still the preferred plural?) From conventional documents with interesting tweaks, to Prezi presentations, to a "fold-your-own quarto", lots of experimenting going on.

UC Davis has created a system to issue "digital badges" to certify student growth in a set of seven core intellectual competencies. This system exists along side the degree, major, and course grade, and is designed to act as something similar to an electronic portfolio to presents students' particular accomplishments.

With Kenyon's ArcGIS Online organizational account, story maps are one tool available to you for presenting spatial pedagogical lessons to your students. I suggest exploring the Gallery and Storytelling Apps links

This article presents one view on classroom rules. The comments open up the floodgates of counter opinions. Comments in this case break down into snarkiness and vitriol; I'm sure that a face-to-face conversation with colleagues about such policies would be much more productive.

Infographic creation tools let students explore data in different ways, think about different ways to present that data to make an argument, and become more critical consumers of the glossy charts and graphs which are increasing in our media.

A good introduction to Weiman's approach to improving science education. In spite of the title, the lack of scientific rigor in his presentation might bother some of you (especially initially). However, stick it out until the fourth page, and your patience will be rewarded.

An overview of fair use presented by the Stanford (University) Copyright and Fair Use Center. This link is to the first page of a four page "spread" on fair use that covers: definitions; how to apply the four factors; summaries of significant cases; and a discussion of disagreements over what constitutes fair use and whether one is likely to get sued or not.

This book looks at the teaching of historical thinking, specifically in the context of the abundance of digitized primary sources and the various ways students can make sense of those sources and present their work with computers. The bibliography has received compliments for its attention to learning theory.