What Is the Need?
The number of international students coming to the United States for quality education has continued to grow over time. The students come from different places of the world such as Saudi, India, and Asia among others.
Our experience has shown that most of these students know very little about the United States copyright laws. This is mainly because their home countries do not pay much attention to this law creating an impression that it is the same everywhere including America. As a result, they end up being in trouble with the law when they finally start their studies in America.
There is therefore a need for international students to understand copyright law so that they can stay safe and carry out their studies without fear. Among other things, this certainly calls for the creation of an online resource for international students that will explain how copyright law applies in American, Japan, Saudi, Indian, and other areas. The facility will provide students with critical information to guarantee their safety.
Once in the country, the students will be encouraged to use the resource to enlighten themselves on how copyright law works in the United States.
What Is the Root Cause?
Presently, many countries do not care about copyright lawmaking students think that copyright law is not that important after all. However, they later come to discover that this is not so in the United States and that it is criminal not to pay attention to copyright law.
This is further worsened by the fact that no international copyright law exists to uniformly govern all humans regardless of where one is. Instead, countries have their law. In the United States, copyright law is recognized and there are benefits of using it.
What Are the Goals of the Training?
Through this training, we would like to provide international students coming to the United States of America for the first time with an opportunity to learn and understand American copyright law. With a clear understanding of this law, they should know when they are going astray and change to do what is acceptable.
Participants will get to find out how copyright laws work in America, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and India as well as other places. They will gain knowledge of issues like what software piracy is and how they can avoid it whether in the United States or their own countries. They will know when it is legal to download anything from the Internet and it will be possible to obtain information from wherever they are at any time.
Our focus will be to create a site containing relevant information on the subject of copyright law, grant access to authorized students, and back this up with elaborate training on how to profitably use the site.
What Information is needed, and how is it Gathered?
To succeed in this endeavor, we will need to gather good data regarding challenges faced by international students while pursuing an education in America.
The information will be captured using questionnaires to be sent out to students and staff in selected learning institutions. Books and the Internet will also be useful as a source of information. The site will then be created based on the collected information.
Population Profile
Participants: International students who are first-time visitors to the United States and staff from selected learning institutions.
Ages: 25 – 35 years
Ethnicities: American, Japanese, Asian, and Indian
Genders: About 50% male, 50% female
Educational Level: Undergraduate students
Motivation: Moderate amongst international students and high amongst staff
Concerns: There is a likelihood that some foreign students may be unwilling to volunteer information regarding their education status in America.
How Will Training be Structured and Organized?
Given that resources will be presented through an online system, training will be conducted inside a room and each of the participants will be granted access to one computer.
Resources about the American copyright law will be gathered and placed on the site for access by the students and an instructor will then teach the students how to access information through the site.
How Will the Training Be Delivered?
As information will be given to users online, a background check will need to be conducted to ensure that all participants are familiar with using computers. In case anyone is unfamiliar with using a computer, a separate session can be organized for them preferably before starting the main training to equip them with necessary computer skills.
The students will then be assembled in an identified training room where they will be assigned an instructor to guide them on how to use their usernames and passwords to log in and get the right to read the posted information.
When Should the Training Be Revised?
Constantly, the site will be updated with any new information that becomes available. Tools such as discussion boards, chatting facilities, and emailing will be used to get feedback and contributions from both students and staff.
The decision to revise the training program will be determined after a careful analysis of feedback received from students who will have undergone the training and used the system to get information on copyright law.