E-Activity - Copyright MCQs

e-Learning activity summary
Title:	Developing multiple choice questions (MCQs) based on your own mini copyright scenario or situation
	1 - 2 hours
	This activity contributes to the completion of the course assignment for assessment or optional activity for certificate of participation.

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Stimulus resources Revisit the case study for ideas on writing up a mini copyright context. Consider the following multiple choice examples for ideas on what to avoid when compiling your MCQ questions (with the understanding that you are not expected to know the answers to these examples): MCQ questions on copyright published by Pearson MCQ questions on intellectual property rights published by McGraw-Hill. Note: Context is important, for example country and intended audience for the questions. Optional support resources Writing good multiple choice questions 10 Rules For Writing Multiple Choice Questions Writing Multiple Choice Questions 7 Mistakes to avoid writing MCQs, published in Faculty Focus.

Purpose

The purpose of this E-Activity is to demonstrate the application of your knowledge of copyright by developing two MCQ questions based on an educational context you describe in your own country. The activity is inspired by the quotation attributed to Yogi Bhajan:"“If you want to learn something, read about it. If you want to understand something, write about it. If you want to master something, teach it."

Tasks

1. Review the stimulus resource links above and search for the web for additional resources which can assist you in achieving the learning outcome actions for this Activity.
2. Think about a practical educational situation, for example, a teacher preparing an online course or learner completing an assignment which focuses on two or more aspects of copyright in a digital world.
3. Does your proposed copyright situation relate to two or more of: scope, ownership, rights, exceptions or transfer of rights?
4. Consider the implications of your own national copyright act.
5. Consider possible questions relating to this copyright situation which would demonstrate the application of your knowledge of copyright.
   
   

Learning outcome actions

Prepare and publish a blog post containing two multiple choice questions based on a copyright situation (i.e. a mini scenario). You may use the same copyright situation sketch for both MCQs. In your blog post you should: State the context including the country and intended audience for the MCQs. Describe the copyright situation (no more than 200 words) where possible including links to web sites illustrating the real artefacts referenced in your copyright example without breach of your own copyright act. Develop two MCQs based on the mini copyright situation you describe. Your MCQs must: Specify the correct answer for example: ANSWER: <text for correct answer alternative> Specify the distractors, for example: DISTRACTOR: <text for incorrect alternative> Provide formative feedback for all alternatives, that is feedback for correct and incorrect answers. You must specify the reasons why and option is correct or incorrect. Visit and read the blog posts from fellow students for this Activity and provide feedback by commenting two student posts. Pay your learning forward. Where possible, please consider using a Creative Commons Attribution or Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike license for your blog posts. This would enable us to reuse the questions you develop to provide more case study examples for future OCL4Ed students. (In the absence of clearly licensing your post with these licenses, we will not be able to legally use your contibutions for future courses.) Important: Log in to the course site and register your blog post which is required for tracking minimum participation metrics and peer evaluation.

Assessment rubric

Competency statements

1. Knowledge of copyright: Learner demonstrates knowledge of the basics of copyright by developing two multiple choice questions covering two or more dimensions of scope, ownership, rights, exceptions or transfer of rights evidenced by identifying the correct answer and feedback justifications to the correct and incorrect answers.
2. Utility of the teaching / learning resource: Learner demonstrates knowledge and skill in developing MCQs of acceptable quality by adhering to the majority of best practice recommendations for developing MCQs.
3. Peer support: Learner provides peer-learning support by objectively evaluating a minimum of three of the same e-Learning activities of fellow students as assigned by the peer evaluation system.

Evaluation criteria

Peer evaluators should:

1. Confirm that the content of the post is related to the activity. For example, confirming that the learner registered the correct url for the submission.
2. Evaluate the answer using the rubric below according to the criteria of: completeness, knowledge of copyright and learning utility of the questions by applying the guidelines for good MCQ questions.
3. Award an overall rating for the post, that is: unsatisfactory, acceptable, excellent.

Completeness (Weight 0.5)
Not achieved	Learner has not completed the two required questions or provided feedback on correct and incorrect options.
Achieved	Learner has completed the two required questions as well as answers and feedback to correct and incorrect options.
Merit	In addition to completing all the questions and feedback, the learner has also provided: Links to appropriate websites illustrating the real artefacts referenced in the MQCs Has applied a copyright license to the post. Has acknowledged resources and references where appropriate.

Knowledge of copyright (Weight 0.3)
Not achieved	Many errors suggesting that the learner does not understand the basics of how copyright functions.
Achieved	A few errors interpreting the application of copyright in the context of the MQC questions, or learner failed to cover a minimum of two dimensions of copyright i.e scope, ownership, rights, exceptions or transfer of rights. (Note that it is not necessary to cover the two items in a single question - each question can focus on a different dimension.)
Merit	Exemplary answer. No errors in the application of copyright as demonstrated by identifying the correct answer and quality of the feedback on correct and incorrect answers. Learner has provided sufficient information relating to context to facilitate answering the question and/or avoiding ambiguity.

Learning value of the questions (Weight 0.2)
Not achieved	Questions were confusing and many contraventions of suggested good practice for MCQ items, for example: Ambiguity created by using double negatives Instructions are unclear - respondent does not know what is required It appears that the author is trying to "trick" the respondent Distractors for wrong answers are not plausible
Achieved	Learner provides adequate context for the MCQ questions and has done a satisfactory job of implementing the requirements for good MCQ items. Only a few errors or suggested improvements to achieve an exemplary question.
Merit	Exemplary answer. No errors in the application of copyright as demonstrated by identifying the correct answer and quality of the feedback on correct and incorrect answers. Learner has provided sufficient information relating to context to facilitate answering the question and/or avoiding ambiguity.