Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Table of figures
- Foreword
- 1 Recent trends and challenges in teaching intellectual property
- 2 Teaching patents
- 3 Teaching copyright and related rights
- 4 Teaching trademark law
- 5 Teaching industrial design law
- 6 Teaching intellectual property, unfair competition and anti-trust law
- 7 Teaching the economics of intellectual property rights in the global economy
- 8 Teaching intellectual property in a business school
- 9 Teaching IP practical skills for practitioners and attorneys
- 10 Teaching intellectual property to non-law students
- 11 Using the new technologies in teaching intellectual property (distance learning)
- 12 Teaching current trends and future developments in intellectual property
- Index
11 - Using the new technologies in teaching intellectual property (distance learning)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Table of figures
- Foreword
- 1 Recent trends and challenges in teaching intellectual property
- 2 Teaching patents
- 3 Teaching copyright and related rights
- 4 Teaching trademark law
- 5 Teaching industrial design law
- 6 Teaching intellectual property, unfair competition and anti-trust law
- 7 Teaching the economics of intellectual property rights in the global economy
- 8 Teaching intellectual property in a business school
- 9 Teaching IP practical skills for practitioners and attorneys
- 10 Teaching intellectual property to non-law students
- 11 Using the new technologies in teaching intellectual property (distance learning)
- 12 Teaching current trends and future developments in intellectual property
- Index
Summary
Introduction
There are many subjects and topics that can be taught within the broad field of intellectual property. There are many different kinds of organizations wishing to deliver teaching or training in some aspect of the field, and many different audiences for those courses. The courses themselves can be delivered in a great variety of ways. Digital communication technologies have permeated almost all aspects of modern life. These electronic communication technologies, and in particular the Internet, have revolutionized the way people work, play and relax, and the kind of entertainment they access. They now provide a range of tools to use in the delivery of teaching programs.
There is an ongoing discourse about the manifold implications of using electronic technologies in education. This chapter, however, is primarily concerned with providing some basic description of the options available and sharing some practical advice about designing, preparing and delivering courses using available technology. This chapter does not attempt to provide models of particular IP courses, although one example is described.
Just as there can be many different kinds of courses, teachers and student groups, there are many ways to use the technology and differing levels in the way it can be employed. For the sake of discussion, however, it may help to contemplate three broad levels of increasing sophistication.
Basic level
At a fairly simple and straightforward level, some organizations and teachers may wish to use technology to provide access to course documentation (like course outlines and class lists) and teaching materials (like readings, extracts of documents, tutorial topics and so on) as an aspect of a traditional face-to-face course.
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- Teaching of Intellectual PropertyPrinciples and Methods, pp. 268 - 298Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008