Communicate 1.1.2 Laws of Communication

FERPA

The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act provides parents with certain rights related to their student’s education records. Parents have the right to review their student’s education records, and they can request that any inaccurate or misleading records be corrected. Once a student turns 18, the student also has those rights related to their education records. Upon a student’s graduation from high school and move to a post-secondary institution, only the student has those rights related to their education records. FERPA also governs that education records, or information therein, are not released without consent, except when requested by school officials with legitimate educational interest; appropriate parties for the purpose of financial aid; education accrediting agencies; appropriate officials in the case of health or safety concerns; relevant State Law officials.

Implications for School Law

            With FERPA in mind, all education records must be handled with extreme confidentiality. This requires that all school employees are well-versed with the guidelines of FERPA and adhere to them with fidelity to ensure that education records, or information within, are not released to unauthorized individuals, without consent from the student’s parents.  All teachers must be particularly mindful of discussing their students' performance, grades, or test scores with others. In this digital age, virtual school employees must be especially careful with the way student information is disseminated electronically, to ensure that confidential information is not distributed to unauthorized individuals. To avoid violating FERPA, any specifics related to a student's performance in a course should be discussed directly with the parents over the phone.

 

 Educational Fair Use

Thankfully Copyright Fair Use does not require that all materials used in an online platform must be original. It does, however, require that all sources be sited appropriately and used for not-for-profit purposes. Here are some general guidelines that I encountered through my Master's degree in Instructional Technology:

Fair use guidelines allow educators to use copyrighted works to create educational multimedia projects for
* face-to-face student instruction
* directed student self-study
* real-time remote instruction, review, or directed self-study
* presentation at peer workshops and conferences
* such personal uses as tenure review or job interviews.
- See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280d.shtml#sthash.M2jblck1.dpuf

Fair use guidelines allow educators to use copyrighted works to create educational multimedia projects for
* face-to-face student instruction
* directed student self-study
* real-time remote instruction, review, or directed self-study
* presentation at peer workshops and conferences
* such personal uses as tenure review or job interviews.
- See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280d.shtml#sthash.M2jblck1.dpuf

Fair use guidelines allow educators to use copyrighted works to create educational multimedia projects for
* face-to-face student instruction
* directed student self-study
* real-time remote instruction, review, or directed self-study
* presentation at peer workshops and conferences
* such personal uses as tenure review or job interviews.
- See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280d.shtml#sthash.M2jblck1.dpuf

 

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