Create 3.1.2 – Fair Use and the TEACH Act Quest

Create 3.1.2 – Fair Use and the TEACH Act Quest

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• How does an understanding of Fair Use affect one’s role as an online instructor?

The Fair Use Act can really an online instructor in their knowledge of what they can use by law in their instruction.

As long as it is directly related to classroom use and is factual or nonfiction in nature, along with not using all of the material but excerpts, an instructor should be able to implement the material in their classroom.

There are four main elements that should be considered when deciding if the material could be used under the Fair Use Act. Instructors should look at the purpose of the material in the classroom first and foremost. It is related to the instruction, factual, newsworthy, etc.. Second educators should consider the nature of the material- is it a published work? Nonfiction? Correlated with the objectives and standards of the class? Thirdly, teachers need to look at the amount of material that will be used. Is it pieces, excerpts or the whole book, etc...? And finally, what effect will using this material have on the market? Will it be significant and miniscule?

• How do Fair Use and the TEACH Act correlate to the delivery of reliable content?

Fair Use and TEACH Act correlate directly in the delivery of reliable, factual, and historical information for instructors. These laws and regulations equip online educators with resources that can be utilized for instruction without "breaking the bank."