--- Forwarded Message from Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]> --- >DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Co ntent-Transfer-Encoding; b=bifnCXtADKtBhgRgn1hDpmi9IVXXHUQRExdtHZlRSbLIwjKfJmVdZY/60tdsMJxqS3bEB7lIoEtKGe SJOpg3nB5tIKsz0DD0Ydg1Aq6PKXBl1wV7CoRgYwaXgYbmMD+MVBrAomZzL5HzmHprgQl0pfpst5pdI/ LruUCZheIeEBM= ; >Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:41:57 -0800 (PST) >From: Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Fwd: Re: Media distribution and copyright >To: [log in to unmask] Otmar, Just curious what happened to this reply - I haven't seen it yet on LLTI. Thanks, Samantha --- Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 15:41:06 -0800 (PST) > From: Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Media distribution and copyright > To: > Language Learning and Technology International > Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> > CC: [log in to unmask] > > Dear Charlie, > > Apple is actually already exploring the use of > iTunes > in the educational context. I'd like to refer you to > an article in the 11/4/05 edition of the Chronicle > of > Higher Education ("Stanford makes podcasts of > lectures > available through Apple's iTunes") that spotlights > Stanford's use of this tool. Duke, Michigan and > others in the Apple Digital Campus group are also > working on this effort. > > The on-line version of the article is at > http://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i11/11a04402.htm for > those who have a subscription (and therefore a > login). > You can view Stanford's use of iTunes for this > purpose > at http://itunes.stanford.edu. > > Best, > Samantha Earp > Head, Foreign Language Technology Support > Duke University > 919.660.5945 - [log in to unmask] > > > --- Charlie Long <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > --------------------------------- > body{margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}Dear > Colleagues, > > We spend a lot of time implementing ways to deliver > and organize copyrighted audio and video materials > to > and for our students. We make password protected web > pages, we post files to course management systems. > Students have to get on to our networks and behind > firewalls in order to access them. We have to write > for permissions, worry about what we are doing is > legal, etc. All of this takes time and energy away > from teaching and learning. > > I would like to offer an open suggestion to > Publishers. > > iTunes is a wonderful media management system, it > organizes, it is searchable, it is cross platform, > and > it is FREE! Publishers should make their audio and > video available through an iTunes Educational Media > Store. A keycode, along the lines of the Quia, Inc. > or > Pepsi bottle cap model, could be included with the > textbook to allow for the downloading of the > material. > Alternately, a reasonable fee could be charged for > used text books. > > If IALLT, AATSP, AATF, CALICO, etc. all approached > the > publishers and Apple, this could happen. The > advantage > to the publishers is great. They would not have to > publish and package CD's or DVD's, saving them lots > of > money, hopefully passing along the savings to the > students. > > Students and teachers alike would have their own > copies of the materials to play when and where > needed. > The built-in copyright protection of the iTunes > store > limits the unauthorized distribution of the > materials. > Students are familiar with the interface. If EMINEM > and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES can be distributed so > easily > to so many people, why can't the Lesson 5 listening > comprehension or the fourth video episode be done as > well? > > I hoping that there are publishers who read this > list > and that they will consider this option. I imagine > that there are individuals in IALLT who will know > how > to best approach the people who make such decisions. > > Imagine all students having easy access to all the > audio and video that a textbook has to offer without > the institution having to do anything and without > the > publisher having to do any shrink wrapping. > > ceL > > ***************************************************************** > Charles E. Long, Head > International Learning Center > -International Study Programs > -The Language lab > Choate Rosemary Hall 333 Christian Street > Wallingford, CT 06492 > > "Ask not what you can do for technology, but what > technology can do for you." > "Most people in the world are foreigners." > ***************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com