Copyright in Education Workshops
In the past week, Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič led two workshops on copyright in education, at the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Public Administration respectively. The workshops were designed to raise awareness among professors and faculty staff about the copyright usage in education and its limitations.
The Faculty of Social Sciences organised the “Copyright in Education” workshop on 1 October 2019, as part of the INOVUP project. There, Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič presented the basics of copyright, with a particular focus on addressing the exceptions and limitations of copyright for the purposes of education, and the challenges posed by digital technologies.
A workshop on the same topic was also held at the Faculty of Public Administration on 4 October 2019, and was led by Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič.
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