[ccccip] Action Tables for 2009 Caucus -- proposals ASAP please

Clancy Ratliff culturecat at gmail.com
Sun Apr 27 21:45:31 EDT 2008


That's wonderful; I look forward to receiving it.

Also, for those of you who have contacted me regarding an action table
-- I've noted your contact information, but I do need a brief topic
and proposal (75-100 words) from you for the caucus proposal.




On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 8:19 PM, CAROL P. HAVILAND <cph at csusb.edu> wrote:
> Hi Clancy:
>  We are working on the pedagogy table chunk and will have it to you in a day or two
>  Carol
>
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Clancy Ratliff <culturecat at gmail.com>
>  Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:12 pm
>  Subject: [ccccip] Action Tables for 2009 Caucus -- proposals ASAP please
>  To: CCCC IP Caucus <discuss at ccccip.org>
>
>  > Hi everyone,
>  >
>  > Proposals for 4Cs next year are due May 9. I need to put together the
>  > proposal, as I'm the senior co-chair this year, and I'll need your
>  > brief descriptions of action tables. I will also need your contact
>  > information when you propose your action table. Usually the online
>  > proposal system asks for pretty much everything: email address,
>  > mailing address, phone number, office phone, institutional
>  > affiliation. Go ahead and send me all of that. I've pasted below last
>  > year's proposal in case you want to revisit these last action table
>  > proposals to build upon.
>  >
>  > I may be off email for a week or so; as you know, I have some
>  > family/medical issues coming up starting this coming Tuesday, so you
>  > may not get an acknowledgment of receipt of your proposal right away.
>  >
>  > Clancy
>  >
>  >
>  > Intellectual Property in Composition Studies
>  >
>  > Session: IP.1 on Apr 2, 2008 from 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM  Cluster: n/a)
>  > Not Applicable
>  > Type: Wednesday Event         Interest Emphasis: not applicable
>  > Level Emphasis: all   Focus: not applicable
>  >
>  > Description
>  >
>  > Since its first appearance at CCCC in 1994, the Caucus on Intellectual
>  > Property and Composition/ Communication Studies (CCCC-IP) has
>  > organized pre-conference meetings where members discuss the
>  > intersections of intellectual property policy and composition studies.
>  > CCCC-IP members work in groups during the meeting and develop action
>  > strategies on topics related to teachers' and students' IP rights,
>  > plagiarism and plagiarism detection services, fair use in education,
>  > open access institutional policies, copyright negotiation with
>  > publishers, and open source software adoption in education, to
>  > name a
>  > few.
>  >
>  > Co-chairs for the upcoming 2008 conference intend to begin the meeting
>  > with reports on ongoing action activities related to plagiarism
>  > detection services, open access repositories, and authorial rights to
>  > published scholarship. Following the opening remarks, all meeting
>  > participants will meet in roundtables, or "action tables," to discuss
>  > the issues outlined below. Designated speakers for each action table
>  > will provide 6-8 minute overviews of their topics and review any
>  > recent actions taken during the preceding year. All participants will
>  > then make plans for developing media action strategies, preparing
>  > position statements, and creating other types of political,
>  > professional, and pedagogical documents. At the end of the workshop,
>  > participants will reconvene to share their plans and recommendations
>  > for future action.
>  >
>  > Last year, CCCC-IP was officially recognized by CCCC as a caucus which
>  > meets during the afternoon of the pre-conference workshop. We hope
>  > that CCCC will continue to recognize CCCC-IP as a non-payment event
>  > this year as well.
>  >
>  > Action Tables
>  >
>  > Student Responses to Plagiarism Detection Services
>  >
>  > Drawing on recent court cases and anecdotal evidence, Presenter #1 and
>  > Presenter #2 will discuss how students are affected by the culture of
>  > surveillance encouraged by plagiarism detection services. They will
>  > open up a conversation about productive options for students in
>  > responding to situations where they are required to submit their texts
>  > to these services.
>  >
>  > Re-thinking-thinking up: Work for Hire and Fair Use Position
>  > Statements
>  > Presenter #3 will outline the basics of the 2000 CCCC-IP position
>  > statement on fair use, suggesting areas for change. Informing this
>  > change and the possible construction of a Work for Hire/Faculty
>  > Ownership of Texts Position Statement, Presenter #4 will report his
>  > findings on research into work for hire policies at US institutions.
>  > Presenter #5 will outline areas of concern for community college
>  > faculty in this larger conversation. The speakers will take comments
>  > to develop position statements for the larger academic community, and
>  > for community colleges as well.
>  >
>  > IP, Plagiarism, and Pedagogy: Teaching Rules/Teaching Concepts
>  >
>  > Presenters #6, #7, & #8: This table's work will grow out of the 2007
>  > table discussion of the difference between teaching concepts and
>  > rules. One reason teaching about plagiarism may have limited
>  > effect is
>  > that it often teaches students a set of rules rather than inviting
>  > them to think critically about the concepts of plagiarism and
>  > intellectual property. At least two problems result: a focus on
>  > skirting legal issues rather than thinking conceptually about
>  > ownership, and a failure to keep pace with rapidly changing
>  > legislation. Asking the questions, what rules and practices should
>  > writers learn to observe, interrogate, or expect to change, and what
>  > concepts underlie those rules and practices, we will compile a working
>  > list of rules and concepts and examples of each that may help faculty
>  > members teach more effectively about IP and plagiarism issues.
>  >
>  > Institutional Policy and Faculty IP Rights: Redefining Instruction and
>  > Research in Composition
>  >
>  > Presenter #9: Recent developments in the online delivery of research
>  > and instruction have spurred many universities, including the
>  > University of California and University of Texas systems, to revisit
>  > faculty intellectual property rights policies, both with regard to
>  > research and instructional materials. The status of composition
>  > professionals, however, remains a contested area that will require
>  > close scrutiny and active engagement to develop and maintain sound
>  > policy. A tendency on the part of administrators to define
>  > separate IP
>  > policies for research and instructional faculty, as well as for
>  > research and teaching materials, has potentially deleterious
>  > consequences for composition professions, since their research is
>  > often classroom-based and their instructional materials are comprised
>  > of valuable and highly developed intellectual property. Consistent,
>  > early intervention in policy-making can prevent unintentional
>  > deterioration of IP rights and working conditions for composition
>  > faculty, and may even lead to clearer, better relations with
>  > university administrators.
>  >
>  > Open Access Publishing and Institutional Policies
>  >
>  > Recent initiatives by the University of Kansas have prompted new
>  > discussion of open access publishing and institutional policies.
>  > Presenter #10 will discuss strategies for enhancing open access
>  > publication, report on the status of the Google lawsuits, and consider
>  > the implications of shifting NCTE to open access policies.
>  > Presenter #
>  > 11 will report on and analyze recent University of California mandates
>  > regarding open access institutional repositories, and discuss the
>  > processes through which those mandates are being established.
>  > Presenter #12 will participate in constructing and presenting these
>  > reports.
>  >
>  > Intellectual Property Issues with Podcasting and iTunes University
>  >
>  > Presenter #13 will discuss the intellectual property issues
>  > related to
>  > educational podcasting, particularly as they involve agreements
>  > between corporations like Apple with iTunesU and universities. She
>  > will explore what rights faculty have over their podcasts, what
>  > faculty and students need to know about podsafe music, and what rights
>  > students have over podcasts, (especially with Creative Commons
>  > licensing), and what faculty need to be aware of if/as they move into
>  > this area of educational technology.
>  >
>  > Participant   Affiliation     Speech Title (if known)
>  > Charles Lowe
>  > (Co-Chair)    Grand Valley State University   Intellectual Property in
>  > Composition Studies
>  > Clancy Ratliff
>  > (Co-Chair)    University of Louisiana at Lafayette    Intellectual Property
>  > in Composition Studies
>  > James Purdy
>  > (Speaker 1)   Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania   Student
>  > Responses to
>  > Plagiarism Detection Services
>  > Lisa Maruca
>  > (Speaker 2)   Wayne State University  Student Responses to Plagiarism
>  > Detection Services
>  > Martine Courant Rife
>  > (Speaker 3)   Michigan State University and Lansing Community
>  > Co    Re-thinking-thinking up: Work for Hire and Fair Use Position
>  > Statements
>  > Timothy Amidon
>  > (Speaker 4)   Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort
>  > Wayne Re-thinking-thinking up: Work for Hire and Fair Use Position
>  > Statements
>  > Bradley Bleck
>  > (Speaker additional)  Spokane Falls Community
>  > College       Re-thinking-thinking up: Work for Hire and Fair Use Position
>  > Statements
>  > Carol Carol Peterson Haviland
>  > (Speaker additional)  California State University, San Bernardino     IP,
>  > Plagiarism, and Pedagogy: Teaching Rules/Teaching Concepts
>  > Steve Westbrook
>  > (Speaker additional)  California State University, Fullerton  IP,
>  > Plagiarism, and Pedagogy: Teaching Rules/Teaching Concepts
>  > Brian Ballentine
>  > (Speaker additional)  West Virginia University        IP, Plagiarism, and
>  > Pedagogy: Teaching Rules/Teaching Concepts
>  > James Donelan
>  > (Speaker additional)  UC Santa Barbara        Institutional Policy and Faculty
>  > IP Rights: Redefining Instruction and Research in Composition
>  > Jeffrey Galin
>  > (Speaker additional)  Florida Atlantic University     Open Access
>  > Publishing and Institutional Policies
>  > Karen Lunsford
>  > (Speaker additional)  University of California at Santa Barbara       Open
>  > Access Publishing and Institutional Policies
>  > Wendy Warren Austin
>  > (Speaker additional)  Edinboro University of Pennsylvania     Intellectual
>  > Property Issues with Podcasting and iTunes University
>  >
>  > --
>  > Clancy Ratliff
>  > Assistant Professor and Director of First-Year Writing
>  > Department of English
>  > University of Louisiana at Lafayette
>  > http://culturecat.net/
>  >
>
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Clancy Ratliff
Assistant Professor and Director of First-Year Writing
Department of English
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
http://culturecat.net/



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