Dive Brief:
- Faculty creating online classes often lose control of the courses they create as universities seek to make money off of the content.
- Of 110 higher education institutions surveyed, only 10% let faculty keep sole ownership of their online content.
- About a third say the materials belong only to the school; about 40% allow for joint ownership.
Dive Insight:
The faculty union at the University of California at Santa Cruz has been fighting for instructors to keep their intellectual property since they were told that creating an online course for Coursera meant giving up ownership. The American Association of University Professors is also fighting for faculty to keep the rights to their work.
