Online education, hybrid and remote instruction, and other technological changes are having a significant impact on faculty working conditions. SCFA has been especially engaged in protecting the intellectual property of faculty who design online courses.
- * SCFA Response to Notice for Fall 2020 Online Course ProposalsJune 10, 2020 Jennifer Schiffner Director, Employee & Labor Relations University of California, Santa Cruz Dear Jen, Thanks for your letter of June 9. The clarifications you sent, particularly the sunset clause, represent progress in the protection of faculty rights.… Read more: * SCFA Response to Notice for Fall 2020 Online Course Proposals
- * On-line Course Proposals Spring 2020This spring the university put out a call for online course proposals, to be developed over the summer with a summer stipend. A condition of the university’s call was that awardees “be willing to share these materials with their colleagues… Read more: * On-line Course Proposals Spring 2020
- * Update on Online EducationWe concluded our bargaining with the university over revenues for online course offerings in December 2016. Under the current agreement, 40% of any revenues above course development costs will go to the faculty developer, a figure double the university’s original… Read more: * Update on Online Education
- * Final Coursera Agreements – End of Negotiations, for nowWe are pleased to announce that, following two years of negotiations with the UCSC administration, we have reached an agreement regarding on-line course contracts, resulting in an Online Course Hosting and Services Agreement between Coursera and the University, and a… Read more: * Final Coursera Agreements – End of Negotiations, for now