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"Copyright law does include exemptions for professors who wish to use audiovisual media "in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction" - so long as the professor is not showing media that he or she knows has been made illegally. The university said streaming the video on a password-protected Web site, where only students who are registered members of the class can access it, satisfies these criteria. But the trade group is arguing that a password-protected space on the Web is not a classroom. "The face-to-face teaching exemption allows a video to be played in class, not streamed to the classroom from a remote location," Dohra said in an e-mail."

An interesting study on cultural diversity in online classes--though the study took place in Australia, the outcomes are pertinent to all online classes.

From the song: "Prepare us for our future, and not your past." I want to show this video to the folks at my institution who resist using technology in their teaching. Preparing students for their future includes preparing them to be able to pick up and learn new technologies quickly. It's not the technology itself that students need to learn - what's current today will be obsolete in a few years; it's the willingness and ability to learn a new one as needed.

You are right, Carol. This is becoming a vital issue--teachers have never been noted for eagerness ti change, but without use of technology, we are not only not reaching more students, but we are, in too many cases, negating possible education. The students, too, must step up to current technological changes and feel comfortable with where they are headed.

Great resource blog.