Preparing Students for Ethical Use of Technology: A Case Study for Distance Education

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Author(s): Deb Gearhart (Troy University, USA)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 19
Source title: Ethical Practices and Implications in Distance Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ugur Demiray (Anadolu University, Turkey)and Ramesh C. Sharma (Indira Gandhi National Open University, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-867-3.ch007

Keywords: Distance Education / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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Are our students prepared to use technology ethically? This is a question of concern to this author and addressed in this chapter. Experience as the director of a distance education program with students who are ill-prepared for using technology and who use technology unethically had lead to the research for this chapter. The chapter reviews studies where ethical behaviors are reviewed. The survey responses lead to discussion on how to instill ethical use of technology for institutional distance education programs, through the use of ethical policies and procedures. The chapter concludes with a look at future research directions.

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