Activity 4: Legal and ethical contexts in my digital practice
We are tasked to: create a reflective entry where you first identify an ethical dilemma that you either have faced or might face in the future, in your own practice that is linked to digital or online access or activity. Critique the ethical issues that arise from the dilemma and then discuss either: How you would address such a dilemma if it occurred in your own practice OR an actual situation that you have knowledge of, and how it was resolved.
For this assignment I chose to create a slide show within my blog - I was finding just writing not inspiring! Feel free to comment if you have any advice, ultimately I would like to know if displaying the information this way is better for you my reader!
What actions would you have taken if the student was aware that what he was doing was illegal?
Enjoy!
Hi Kelsey,
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing your thoughts on Ethical Issues in a Digital Age. I really like the slide show feature: It makes it easy to follow your points.
The topic itself was interesting. I teach Digital Citizenship, and I have always made a point of teaching how to deal with copyright, making sure people used images that were licensed for reuse, or that content from another source was referenced correctly. I have never really thought about what the situation is with contents we create in class, on private blogs for example, but it makes absolute sense that students retain the rights to their own creations in this context, too. Definitely a new thinking and teaching point for me - thanks for this!
Hey Monika,
DeleteThank you for your comment! It is great to hear both that you enjoyed the slideshow and that you learnt something from it. I also think it is a sign of good teaching when you are already teaching students how to deal with copyright. Do you also talk to them about what could happen if they did not adhere to this?
Thanks again for your thoughts,
Kelsey
Hi Kelsey,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I really like your presentation; great layouts with pictures, nice and colourful and easy to read! I enjoyed it.
I agree with you when you point out that it is extremely important that learners are taught what copyright is and what are their basic rights and responsibilities in relation to copyright material and recent developments in legislation. TKI “Copyright in schools” (https://www.tki.org.nz/Copyright-in-schools/Guidelines-for-schools/) page has good guidelines.
I need to reconsider if I follow the copyright rules in my teaching practice. I should be a good role model as an educator. Do I correctly use electronic copying and material from the Internet?
Have I checked if all of the images I use for school work have copyright issues? Do I give proper credit/reference to the image source?
Learners will see what copyright is if I more carefully follow the rules in everyday teaching practice.
Hey Chitose,
DeleteThank you so much for taking the time to leave me a comment. I am glad that the slide made it easy to read! That Site is a useful one... I have not spent too much time digging around but the student content in child's speak is really helpful to support understanding.
Being a good role model is a really good place to start - I can think of more than one occasion where I have used images that I didn't check the permissions on... It is almost better to just use or make your own!
Great ideas. Thank you for your thoughts!