Rewards System: Intellectual Property & Content Ownership
Intellectual property is:
- property that derives from the work of the mind or the intellect
Who has rights to courses technologically developed by a faculty member?
- The institution, the faculty member, or both
- Who benefits from the work (revenue, etc.)?
- Could stifle amount of courses developed
Hanna and Associates (2000) “Higher Education in an Era of Digital Competition: Choices and Challenges,” AtWood Publishing, Madison, WI.
Carnevale, D., Young, J. (1999) “Who Owns On-Line Courses? Colleges and Professors Start to Sort it Out,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 17, p.A45.