The Digital Learning Challenge: Obstacles to Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material in the Digital Age

Source: Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/media/files/copyrightandeducation.html

"Many diverse and exciting initiatives demonstrate how rich sources of digital information could enhance the transfer of knowledge. Yet at the same time, the change in education arguably has been less radical, especially in comparison to mundane endeavors such as selling a used bicycle or booking hotel rooms. There are many complex reasons for this slow pace of change, including lack of resources and resistance to new practices. As this white paper explains, however, among the most important obstacles to realizing the potential of digital technology in education are provisions of copyright law concerning the educational use of content, as well as the business and institutional structures shaped by that law."