Claire and all,
Have you read the terms and conditions on the enrichuk site?
These Ts&Cs are a nightmare for teachers.
And what happens after Dec 2007? If I was a teacher and gathered together a
range of images from this site that are particularly suitable to help
teaching/learning of a certain topic, and constructed teaching materials
around them, then in 17 months time all that work will have gone to waste
because I will no longer be licenced to use the materials.
If the MLA sector really want to gain a role in education, before schools
find ways of getting what they need, while ignoring the offerings of MLA
organisations, then some serious work needs to happen soon - to understand
educational needs and to develop business models that can service that need,
while still fulfilling the needs of the public-service, cost-recovery and
profit-making business models of MLA sector organisations.
I was involved in a major piece of work looking at all these issues over a
year ago, and despite that piece of work having been circulated to key
people and discussed, I regret to say I see nothing happening in the MLA
sector which is going to have a serious impact in helping schools find what
they need.
Regards
Roger.
Roger Broadie,
Director,
Broadie Associates Ltd.
99 High Street, Chatteris,
Cambs, PE16 6NP, UK.
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tel: +44 1 354 695583
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on 7/27/06 9:33, Claire Hudson at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> The NOF Digitise programme invested £30 million in digitising material from
> museums, libraries and archives, on the understanding that this would be
> available for re-use by anyone, for non-commercial use. All the projects can
> be accessed at www.enrichuk.net
>
> Our own NOF project, www.peopleplayuk.org.uk has had great feedback from
> education users who appreciate not only the images but the stories which
> accompany them. Teachers sometimes make unexpected use of images. For
> example, a special needs teacher used photographs of theatrical performances
> on the site to role play social situations with autistic children.
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