The Australian government is working collaboratively with the Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee (AICTEC) to “support the development of policies, protocols, infrastructure and standards required to enable schools to safely and seamlessly communicate, collaborate and access and use resources across school, system and jurisdictional boundaries”.
As a result, the Intellectual Property & Privacy in Technology Advisory Group (IPPTAG) has been established to provide policy and strategic advice to AICTEC on information accountability issues which include copyright, intellectual property and privacy that may affect the national implementation of the Digital Education Revolution. The Australian Government, with advice from IPPTAG, is currently developing a number of discrete projects that will investigate these issues in education.
As these projects are developed more information will be made available.
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations is seeking a proposal from an experienced service provider with strong knowledge and understanding of copyright arrangements in the Australian school sector. This project will describe current copyright practices relating to the development of curriculum materials for the school sector. The project report will provide:
- a detailed description of current copyright practices relating to the development of curriculum materials for the school sector
- an education copyright matrix to assist teachers to make an informed choice about both what they use and also how they licence their own material education materials for their classes from appropriately licensed material for their situation, including the ability to adapt or modify material according to local needs, and
- recommendations for implementation of the copyright matrix across government and non-government school sectors.
Request for Proposal for Education Copyright Matrix of open access licences (ECM) 
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Request for Proposal for Education Copyright Matrix of open access licences (ECM) 
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The closing date for submission of proposals is Friday 9 January 2009.