One of the more surprising recurring themes for me in the last year or so has been the number of times I’ve asked to speak in a public forum about the “innovation” of putting the course into an open on-line format. Attached is an online discussion I participated in on February 24, 2014 as part of a monthly series of online discussions on the state and progress of open education in British Columbia. In it I am hopefully pretty clear about why the course and the web format are a good fit.
Was priviledged last week to give a short talk to the students at the Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University. The presentation represented an attept to synthesize some highlights from the entire Video Game Law course into a semi-coherent one hour introduction. Slides attached below for anyone interested.
A significant part of the course deals with End User License Agreements, Terms of Service and how embedded contracts that are rarely read may be eclipsing IP law as we understand it. On Wednesday March 12, 2014 at SFU Burnaby we will watch the film “Terms and Conditions May Apply” and have a panel discussion on the subject. The event starts begins at 3:30 PM in AQ 3150.
Was very privileged to speak at Open UBC Week with my very talented colleagues Brian Lamb of Thompson Rivers University and Will Engle of UBC’s Centre for Teaching, Learning & Technology. My bit was about the history of how Video Game Law’s open aspects evolved and grew. The talk happened October 23, 2013 but has only recently been posted. Here it is for anyone interested in the evolution of this website.
Prof. Fisher’s course is back along with the wonderful special events he puts together. The first special event is about how creativity works. As always, a very worthwhile watch.
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