{ Digital Ethics & Higher Education: What are Future Teachers Learning? Vanessa P. Dennen Florida State University SXSWedu March 5, 2013
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Digital Ethics & Higher Education: What are Future Teachers Learning?
Vanessa P. Dennen Florida State University
SXSWedu March 5, 2013
• Your future employer was able to hear everything you said in a class 3 years ago?
• Your ex tracked you down based on information about a course assignment?
• A class discussion aPracted media aPention? • Scholars in your field beliPled and ridiculed you for your naïveté when you were just trying to do your coursework?
• A student at another university found your assignment and turned it in as her own?
What if …
Ñ To prepare future educators Ñ To model responsible technology use Ñ To encourage lifelong learning and the development of personal learning networks
Ñ To identify and reward innovative and transformative use of technology
My mission
Ñ Learners with: Ó Diverse preferences and experiences Ó Limited professional technology experience
Ñ Constrained, prescribed curriculum Ñ Limited time
My reality
{ Survey Findings
And what do these students think / do?
Ñ Privacy Ñ Copyright Ñ Digital footprints and legacies Ñ Inappropriate oversharing
My concerns
Context: Student tweeting under real name • Jane Doe: Fuck yeah! It’s my 19th birthday!!! • Jane Doe: Check me out, bitches! I’m 19 today! Worship me!
• Jane Doe: (twitpic with friends, beers in hand) • Jane Doe: Head hurts. Fuckin awesome birthday party.
The Case of the Troublesome Tweets
Ñ Teach the instructors Ñ Privacy controls Ñ Pseudonyms Ñ Multiple accounts Ñ Search skills
Solution: Educate & Empower
The power is in having guidelines and providing education, not in enforcing rules
Closing thought: Do more good than harm