Terms of Use
Community Overview
Welcome to the LearningandMedia
community.
LearningandMedia is a community
for the discussion of digital media and learning, innovations and research.
It is a place to connect with other digital media professionals, researchers,
and others with an interest in these vital topics to discuss major research
and areas of inquiry, gather feedback on research and other projects
in development, and begin the collaborative process on new initiatives.
1. Acknowledgement and Acceptance
of Terms of Service
Our goal is to ensure that
the LearningandMedia community is a friendly, collaborative, and informative
space on the subject of digital media and learning. Games for Change
(herein "Administrators") offers these website services (the "Services")
to you, subject to the terms and conditions of use ("Terms") contained
herein. By accessing, creating or contributing content to any part of
the LearningandMedia community ("Site") and in consideration for
the Services we provide to you, you agree to abide by these Terms and
any changes or modifications made and published online by LearningandMedia
from time to time without notice to you. Please read them carefully
before posting to or creating any content.
2. Description of Service
The Service provided to you
is for the communication, promotion and free exchange of information
and ideas among users of the Service (herein called "Members")
in respect of information, data, text, files, photographs, graphics,
video, software, sound, hyperlinks, or other materials submitted to
the Service (herein collectively referred to as "Content")
and provides Members the capability of participating in the community.
Unless otherwise stated, any new features added to or modified within
the Service shall also be subject to the Terms of Service. Administrators
have the discretion to remove users from the Community from time to
time and at any time.
You acknowledge and agree that
LearningandMedia has no responsibility for the assessment or resolution
of any disputes arising from your ability to join or remain a Member
or otherwise use the Service. You acknowledge and understand that LearningandMedia
is not required to provide any assistance including any technical or
customer support in connection with the Service and that your use of
the Service is entirely at your own risk.
3. Disclaimer
Content on this Site, including
blog entries and articles express the research and opinions of the Members,
and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administrators. The
editors and content moderators of this Service do not typically edit
participants’ posts or other content and cannot confirm the accuracy
or reliability of their submissions. Each participant is solely responsible
for the information, ideas, analysis and/or recommendations contained
in their submitted content.
4. Rights in the Content
You Submit
Unless you specify otherwise,
any and all works of authorship copyrightable by you and posted by you
to this Site ("Content") remain under your copyright or existing
copyright. If you choose to specify another licensure to any of your
content, we recommend but you are under no obligation to use and share
your content under Creative Commons licensure. For any Content posted
by you to LearningandMedia, you hereby allow other Members to view,
download, share, and reference it in their own work. You acknowledge
that misrepresentation of Content ownership may lead us, in our sole
discretion, to cancel your use of the Services and delete any of your
Content.
Attribution
When referencing Content posted
on LearningandMedia use scholarly best practices to credit authorship
for any Content, including bog entries, group discussions, internal
e-mail, and Member copyrighted works.
5. Rights in the Site Content
Unless we specify otherwise,
Members and visitors of the Site may view, download, share, and reference
all works of authorship copyrightable by LearningandMedia and posted
by Administrators to this Site ("Site Content"). You acknowledge
that misrepresentation of Site Content may lead us, in our sole discretion,
to cancel your use of the Services and delete any of your Content.
Attribution
When referencing Site Content
posted by LearningandMedia Administrators please use scholarly best
practices to credit authorship for any Site Content, including blog
entries, group discussions, internal e-mail, and otherwise copyrighted
works.
6. Rights to Affiliate Content
Unless specified otherwise,
blogs that are housed within the LearningandMedia domain (herein Affiliate
Content), are available to Members and visitors of the site to view,
download, and reference. Members acknowledge that misrepresentation
of Affiliate Content may lead us, in our sole discretion, or Affiliate
Administrators, in their sole discretion, to cancel your use of the
Services and delete any of your Content.
Attribution
When referencing Affiliate
Content posted by Affiliate Administrators please use scholarly best
practices to credit authorship for any Affiliate Content, including
blog entries, comments, and otherwise copyrightable works.
7. Site Moderation Policy
Games for Change is hosting
these Services to help build the field of digital media and learning.
We intend for posts, comments and content in this forum to be insightful,
challenging and potentially provocative - and also to meet basic standards
of respect and accuracy in tone and content.
Comments on this Site are moderated
to maintain the respect required for this ongoing discussion to remain
productive. Voicing differences of opinion and providing countervailing
information or analysis is encouraged - however, hate speech will not
be tolerated. Administrators maintain the right to edit or not to post
reader comments at our discretion if said comments are unrelated to
the subject of the post to which they're responding; if they are advertising
products, services or websites rather than making points; or if they
include racial, gender-based or sexualized slurs or attacks, aggressive
harassment or abuse of blog authors or fellow commenters, or threats
of violence.
LearningandMedia assumes no
responsibility for Content posted on the Site. LearningandMedia may
delete any Content that in the sole judgment of LearningandMedia violates
this Agreement or which may be offensive, illegal, or violate the rights,
harm, or threaten the safety of any person.
8. Affiliate Site Moderation
Policy
Affiliate Sites within the
LearningandMedia domain are hosting their content within LearningandMedia
in order to help build the field of digital media and learning. They
intend for posts and comments to be insightful, challenging, and potentially
provocative- and also to meet basic standards of respect and accuracy
in tone and content.
LearningandMedia assumes no
responsibility for any Affiliate Content, for moderation or administration
of Affiliate Sites, or for the investigation or resolution of disputes
that occur on Affiliate Sites.
9. Member Code of Conduct
LearningandMedia is a forum
for Members to communicate, share ideas, and collaborate with other
Members. LearningandMedia believes in the free exchange of ideas and
information in a supportive scholarly and professional atmosphere. This
Code of Conduct provides guidelines for constructive, respectful and
productive dialogue for LearningandMedia Members.
LearningandMedia Members should
use the following guidelines for community interactions:
1. Protect Yourself and Your
Ideas
While LearningandMedia aims
to be a safe place for you to share information and ideas, Administrators
cannot guarantee that other Members will not use the information and
ideas that you decide to share. When choosing to share content in developmental
stages with other Members, exercise discretion and good judgment.
2. Respect Other Members
While LearningandMedia is meant
to be conducive towards open dialogue, Administrators recognize that
not all dialogue is comfortable for everyone. Administrators cannot
guarantee that Members will operate in a civil way in discussions with
other Members. Be respectful towards one another and notify Administrators
if discussions diverge from the polite.
3. Be Accurate and Constructive
LearningandMedia is a forum
for the discussion of issues, projects, and ideas in a rapidly changing
field. There are many divergent viewpoints and professional practices
that have a tendency to collide. Be thoughtful, accurate, constructive,
and respectful in your comments about other Members posts and projects.
4. Be Safe
Although this is a professional
and scholarly community you should not exchange personal information
unless you are well acquainted with other Members. Exercise caution
and restraint in the disclosure of personal information.
5. Be Open to the Exchange
LearningandMedia is above all
a community for the exchange of ideas and information in the digital
media and learning field. It provides opportunities to meet and collaborate
with other scholars and digital media professionals. Use these opportunities
to extend the community knowledge base and enhance a field that is in
constant formation.
You are solely responsible
for the quality of your interactions with other LearningandMedia Members.
LearningandMedia reserves the right but is under no obligation to monitor
disputes between you and other Members.
You agree not to use the Service:
(a) for illegal purposes;
(b) to upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce any (i) Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party; (ii) Content that violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, including Content which is inaccurate, false, hateful, threatening, abusive, offensive, harassing, unlawful, defamatory, libelous, tortuous, slanderous, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, or is racially, ethnically or is otherwise objectionable; (iii) Content that is pornographic, sexually explicit or contains nudity; (iv) Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; (v) unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", "pyramid schemes" or any other solicitation to other Members except in those areas of the Service that may be designated for such purposes; (vi) Content which contains software, software viruses, including Trojan horses, bots, worms or other harmful or destructive components or features designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware or telecommunications equipment; or (vii) Content that consists of links to other websites that contain Content not in compliance with the Terms of Service;
(c) to engage in conduct which in Administrators' sole discretion restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Service;
(d) to impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
(e) to harm minors in any way;
(f) to forge or otherwise manipulate uniform resource locators or other identifiers to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service, to acquire unauthorized access to restricted areas of the Service, or for any other purposes;
(g) to interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
(h) to disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to scroll faster than the other users of the Service are able to type or otherwise act in a manner that adversely affects the ability of other users to engage in real-time exchanges;
(i) to violate any applicable local, provincial, state, national, or international law or any regulations having the force of law;
(j) to collect or store personal data about other Members;
(k) to stalk or otherwise harass another Member; or
(l) to promote or provide instructions, information or advice about illegal activities, promoting physical harm or personal injury against any individual or group.
Administrators do not review,
screen or edit Content posted on any community. Administrators have
the right to monitor, edit or remove any Content transmitted or LearningandMedia
(where the ability to do so exists) reserves the right (but is under
no obligation) to (i) remove any blog, discussion, resource, event,
or profile from any directory, (ii) change the configuration of any
blog, discussion, resource, event, or profile, (iii) prohibit certain
configurations of any blog, discussion, resource, event, or profile,
and (iv) suspend, block or otherwise restrict access to any blog, discussion,
resource, or profile housed under LearningandMedia domains. You acknowledge
and agree that LearningandMedia may preserve Content or disclose the
Content, if required by law to do so or if it believes in good faith
that the preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i) comply
with local process, (ii) enforce the Terms of Service, (iii) respond
to claims that any Content violates the rights of third parties; or
(iv) protect the rights, property or personal safety of LearningandMedia,
Members of the Service and members of the public.
10. Privacy Policy
You agree to abide by the LearningandMedia
privacy policy. For full details, please read LearningandMedia’s Privacy
Policy.
11. Children
Children under the age of 18
may not access LearningandMedia unless given permission by a parent
or guardian.
12. Disclaimers and Limitation
of Liability
THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” TO VISITORS. LEARNINGANDMEDIA DOES NOT REPRESENT THAT THE INFORMATION IS COMPLETE, CURRENT, ERROR-FREE, OR APPLICABLE TO YOUR SITUATION.
ALTHOUGH WE INTEND TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, "TROJAN HORSES" OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS TO OUR SITE, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT OUR SITE, OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM OUR SITE, ARE FREE FROM SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. ANY MATERIALS OBTAINED FROM THIS SITE OR DOWNLOADED FROM THE SITE ARE OBTAINED OR DOWNLOADED AT YOUR OWN RISK. LEARNINGANDMEDIA ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM A VISITOR’S USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS SITE. LEARNINGANDMEDIA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM TO COMPUTER SYSTEMS, LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY MATERIALS, AND WE DISCLAIM WARRANTIES FOR ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED BY THIS SITE. LEARNINGANDMEDIA IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY BASED ON ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THIS SITE, NOR FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF THIS SITE.
13. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold LearningandMedia, and affiliates, and each of their directors, officers, agents, contractors, partners and employees, harmless from and against any loss, liability, claim, demand, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or in connection with any User Content, Software or Content you post or share on or through the Site (including through the Share Service), your use of the Service or the Site, your conduct in connection with the Service or the Site or with other users of the Service or the Site, or any violation of this Agreement or of any law or the rights of any third party.
14. Modification of These
Terms of Use
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete portions of these Terms of Use at any time without further notice. If we do this, we will post the changes to these Terms of Use on this page and will indicate at the top of this page the date these terms were last revised. Your continued use of the Service or the Site after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Use. If you do not agree to abide by these, or any future Terms of Use, do not use or access (or continue to use or access) the Service or the Site. It is your responsibility to regularly check the Site to determine if there have been changes to these Terms of Use and to review such changes.
