Educators care/Permission to teach/Fair and reasonable practice survey

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(Comment.gif: This is a page for drafting the survey questions. Once consensus is achieved on the items, they will be moved to an online survey engine, eg Survey Monkey. All data collected will be dedicated to the public domain. Note we are assuming that respondents are not necessarily familiar with different licenses, so we will not gauge opinion on license choices -- but focus on permissions educators deem reasonable --Wayne Mackintosh 01:09, 25 December 2010 (UTC))

Contents

Demographic information

How old are you?

  • <15
  • 15-24
  • 25-34
  • 35-44
  • 45-54
  • 55-64
  • >65

(Note this will facilitate comparisons with the generic WE Newbie survey)

Are you male or female?

  • Male
  • Female

(Note this will facilitate comparisons with the generic WE Newbie survey)

Is English your home language / mother tongue?

  • Yes
  • No

(Note this will facilitate comparisons with the generic WE Newbie survey)


On a regular basis, where are you located?

  • Caribbean
  • East Asia and Pacific
  • Europe and Central Asia
  • North Africa and Middle East
  • North America
  • South America
  • South Asia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa and Indian Ocean Islands
  • Oceania and South Pacific

(Comment.gif: From Steve --enable users to click more than one option. --Wayne Mackintosh 04:31, 30 December 2010 (UTC))

Which best describes your current roles(s)? Select relevant options(s).

  • Educator (teacher, lecturer or trainer)
  • Professional staff developer
  • Manager or administrator
  • Technologist (e.g. web developer, software developer)
  • Researcher
  • Learner (student, scholar, school pupil)
  • Government official / public servant
  • Entrepreneur or business person
  • Concerned citizen
  • International agency official
  • Media representative
  • Independent consultant
  • Other (Please specify)

(Note this will facilitate comparisons with the generic WE Newbie survey)

If your work is specifically education-related, what is your main focus?

  • Pre-primary school
  • Primary school
  • Secondary school
  • Tertiary (higher education)
  • Vocational training
  • Not involved in education

Open education resources and Creative Commons licensing

Prior to joining this course did you know about the concept of "open education resources"?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure

Prior to joining this course did you know of Creative Commons licenses or "open content licensing"?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure

Have you used / reused Creative Commons licensed content before? (e.g. images, audio, video, text)?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure

Have you applied a Creative Commons license to your own work before?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not sure

How would you rate your knowledge of the different Creative Commons licenses?

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced

Opinions on openness and fair and reasonable practices

For each of the following statements, indicate your level of agreement.

Learning materials should be free for all learners of the world.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

Lecturers, teachers and trainers should share their teaching materials freely.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

Content generated from taxpayer revenue should be released freely for use by everyone.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

It is fair and reasonable for educators to have unrestricted permissions to copy materials for teaching and learning contexts.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

It is fair and reasonable for educators to have unrestricted permissions to redistribute materials for teaching and learning contexts.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

It is fair and reasonable for educators to have unrestricted permissions to modify and adapt materials for teaching and learning contexts.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

I am happy to share my creative works and the content I generate

...without any restrictions.
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree
...only if I am attributed (or cited) as the original creator.
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree
...only if others are restricted from changing or modifying my work without my written permission.
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree
...only if others are not allowed to make money from my creations.
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

I am happy to reuse learning materials and/or creative works generated by others

...only if I'm allowed to adapt them for my purposes and context.
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree
...without the rights to modify and adapt the materials.
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

I will only share my teaching materials if other educators are prepared to do the same.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

I am reluctant to share my teaching materials or creative works because

...others may question the quality of my work.
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree
...I don't have time to do so.
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree
...there are no incentives for me to do so.
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

I am reluctant to use teaching materials and creative works generated by other authors because there is no guarantee of the quality of the materials.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

Education institutions which give away teaching materials freely will lose their competitive advantage (e.g., reduced student registrations).

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

In a modern democracy, everyone should have the right to earn a living including the right to make money from free content distributed on the Internet.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

In poor countries, where teachers and learners do not have access to or cannot afford to pay for closed content, it is okay to disregard copyright restrictions.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

In my opinion, the risks associated with breach of copyright in education are low because it is unlikely that large companies will sue publicly funded education institutions.

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

In the past, I have used the following digital content sourced from the web without attributing the source.

(Comment.gif: Suggest scrapping this question. There are ethical concerns combined with difficulties in phrasing the variety of contexts associated with breach of copyright. --Wayne Mackintosh 01:36, 7 February 2011 (UTC))

Images, e.g. sourced from a Google or Yahoo! search
  • Often
  • Sometimes
  • Seldom
  • Never
Text, e.g. a block quote from a website
  • Often
  • Sometimes
  • Seldom
  • Never