2015-09-21 cyberethics for educators: the rising cost of digital misconduct
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Cyberethics for Educators
The Rising Cost of Digital Misconduct
Frederick S. LaneNASDTEC
Online Webinar21 September 2015
Lecture Overview• Defining Cyberethics• Familiar Cyberethical Issues• Challenges to Cyberethics• Workplace Cybertraps• Boundary Cybertraps• National Initiative• District Initiatives• The Cyberethical Teacher
Defining Cyberethics• Ethics – About 2,500 years of
study and discussion about moral behavior
• Cyberethics – About 40 years• “The field of applied ethics
that examines moral, legal, and social issues in the development and use of cybertechnology.”
Familiar Cyberethical Issues
• Downloading “free” music or movies
• Using a neighbor’s open WiFi connection
• Uploading a photo or tagging someone without permission
• Posting snarky messages when someone leaves their social media unlocked
Challenges to Cyberethics
• Communication at the Speed of Light
• Shifting Cultural Mores• “Digital Natives”
Entering the Teaching Profession
• Insufficient Training
Workplace Cybertraps• Cyberloafing• Copyright Infringement• Hostile Work
Environment• Accessing
Inappropriate or Illegal Materials
Boundary Cybertraps• Inappropriate Use of
Communication Technology• Cyberbullying,
Cyberharassment, and Cyberstalking
• Invasion of Privacy/Voyeurism
• Sexting, Solicitation, and Sexual Assault
Increased Litigation• … for negligence in hiring,
training, and supervision• … for failing to recognize or
intervene in cyberbullying• … for failing to investigate
suspicious relationship• … for failing to stop ongoing
sexual harassment• … for failing to prevent sexual
assault
National Ethics Initiative• NASDTEC – Model Code of
Ethics for Educators (June 2015)
• Five Principles:• Responsibility to the Profession• Responsibility for Professional
Competence• Responsibility to Students• Responsibility to the School Community• Responsible and Ethical Use of
Technology
Responsible and Ethical Use of Technology
“The professional educator considers the impact of consuming, creating, distributing and communicating information through all technologies. The ethical educator is vigilant to ensure appropriate boundaries of time, place and role are maintained when using electronic communication.”
District and School Prevention
• Plan Ahead• Good Policies and Clear
Procedures• Ongoing Education of Entire
Community About These Issues
• Cultivate a Culture of Safety• Promote Digital Citizenship• Rinse and Repeat
Cyberethics for Educators• Pre-Certification Training and
Ongoing Professional Development• Standards of Electronic Behavior
and Teacher-Student Interaction• Promoting Sound Decision-Making
Online and Off• Modeling Cyberethical Behavior
for Students• Educating Cyber Citizens for 21st
Century
Contact Information• “The Cybertraps Blog”:
• http://www.FrederickLane.com/the-Cybertraps-blog/
• E-Mail:• FSLane3@gmail.com
• Telephone:• 802-318-4604
• Twitter• @FSL3, @Cybertraps
• LinkedIn:• www.linkedin.com/in/fredericklane/
• SlideShare.net• www.slideshare.net/FSL3
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