Hello everyone,
I am apologizing for being behind
in my discussions. Life happens and I
just don’t have the reserves any longer to manage without it affecting my health.
That being said, I am working on getting
caught up.
I found an article “Ethical issues
in Computer-Assisted Language learning: Perceptions of teachers and learners”
(Wang, S. & Heffernan, N., 2010).
This study was done for language instructors and students, but the
online ethics issues could be applied to nursing on-line education as well as
language. These researchers investigated
privacy protection, and learners’ personal data disclosure, along with
teachers’ and students’ ethics self-assessments, and their perceptions and
ideals of ethical issues in technology-assisted language learning. I found the results important to be able to
ensure ethical considerations of on-line learning.
The study found that the majority
of teachers surveyed had never read any privacy lows, or attended training on
privacy laws in education. Contrary to
these results 61% of the teachers inform the student that all personal information
will be used for learning purposes only. Furthermore, 51% felt they pose no
threat to violating privacy laws when teaching online. So while most teachers
of this survey were not formally educated, the majority felt no fear of
violating a student’s privacy.
The study
also investigated student’s perceptions and fears of privacy in online
learning. The study found that 51% of students were most concerned about
uploading pictures or personal photos to online classrooms. I think this is important to realize, in this
generation that moves data through the internet and web, is primarily concerned
with photos uploaded to classroom formats.
As a teacher, I could use this information as a way to ask for
permission to use photos and assignments for learning purposes only. Since this study found photos a major
concern, this could be a way to grasp their attention, making it important to
them, while still informing the students of the intentions and purposes of
collaborating data online.
You may view the article on the following link:
Heather
I find the lack of training or education interesting. I know some information is covered in FERPA. Maybe most colleges and universities do not require any FERPA training.
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