MISSION STATEMENT

The National CyberEducation Project is a nationwide effort to engage students, faculty, and administrators on college campuses in discussion of contemporary intellectual property issues. Because debates over such issues often appear to reflect a new generation gap, the Project focuses on educational efforts that work to bridge that gap. The Project focuses on in-depth, student-oriented, campus-centric programs and materials.

The Project is administered by the University of Richmond's Intellectual Property Institute in collaboration with The Media Institute, a Washington-based nonprofit foundation that promotes freedom of expression.

 

NCEP MATERIALS

What Do You Think? Documentary

A documentary about file-sharing and intellectual property with a focus on college campuses including interviews with students and experts in the debate.

Copyright Roadshow

A one-hour exercise that teaches copyright basics via a combination of interactive discussion and role-playing, putting students in the roles of musician, downloader, shoplifter, etc. If you are interested in having the Roadshow visit your school, please contact us.

Survey on College Student File-Sharing Habits

In the Spring of 2006 the IPI did a survey of college student file sharing habits which showed that more than one-third (34%) of college students are illegally downloading music from free peer-to-peer file sharing networks.

Ethical Puzzles in Cyberspace

Role-playing exercises that raise multidimensional issues involving law, technology, ethics, politics, and culture. The puzzles provide a platform for reflecting about these issues through classroom discussions and independent writing assignments.