Ethical issues in information and communication technologies: Case of Malaysian primary schools

This article focuses on a case study of primary schools in the northern peripheral region in Israel. Its aim is acquiring insights into the influence of principals as educational leaders of meaningful use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in teaching and learning. The data source in this study is qualitative based on personal interviews with 6 school principals and 9 teachers. The conclusion arising from these interviews was that school principals’ areas of responsibility are anchored in leading teaching, educational and learning processes, molding schools’ future image – vision and managing change, leading, and professionally developing staff, while concentrating on in individuals, managing links between schools and communities. School leaders do not need to be IT experts, but it is important they have the vision to adopt change reform in the technological era of the 21st century. Principals are role models for teachers when they provide them with support and training to encourage them to employ ICT in planning their lessons. which is likely to improve their teaching and students’ learning.

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ICTs Used Effectively to Re-Envision and Restructure E-Schooling for Underprivileged Communities

Re-Envisioning and Restructuring Blended Learning for Underprivileged Communities - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-6940-5.ch003 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 44-65

Author(s):

Puseletso Kekana ◽

Leila Goosen

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Full Potential ◽

Gauteng Province ◽

Digital World ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Computer Based

The purpose of this chapter was to investigate how effectively information and communication technologies (ICTs) were used at primary schools in the Ekurhuleni South district of Gauteng Province, South Africa for re-envisioning and restructuring e-schooling in underprivileged communities. Governments and schools made huge investments, integrating ICTs and providing computer-based education, to support teaching and learning. There have been numerous initiatives, which have been endorsed by national and international bodies worldwide. The main aim of all ICT-based initiatives was to enhance the quality of education and prepare learners for the emerging digital world. Numerous studies across the world have provided impressive outcomes for the use of ICTs in schools, and more evidence is also emerging regarding the sustainability of ICT transformation in schools. There has also been abundant literature, which emphasized the need for teachers to change their beliefs about and perceptions of ICTs in order to realize the full potential.

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The Philosophy of Presence: From Epistemic Failure to Successful Observation

Presence Teleoperators & Virtual Environments ◽

10.1162/105474605775196553 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 656-667 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Luciano Floridi

Keyword(s):

Standard Model ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Digital Information ◽

New Model ◽

The Standard Model ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Successful Observation

The paper introduces a new model of telepresence. First, it criticizes the standard model of presence as epistemic failure, showing it to be inadequate. It then replaces it with a new model of presence as successful observation. It further provides reasons to distinguish between two types of presence, backward and forward. The new model is then tested against two ethical issues whose nature has been modified by the development of digital information and communication technologies, namely pornography and privacy, and shown to be effective.

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Towards an interdisciplinary ICT applied ethics: language matters

Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada ◽

10.1590/1984-6398201610240 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 493-519 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marcelo Buzato

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Meaning Making ◽

Applied Ethics ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Alternative View ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Moral Environment ◽

Interdisciplinary Theory ◽

Modes Of Existence

Abstract: This study seeks to support an interdisciplinary, theory-practice integrated work on the applied ethics of information and communication technologies (ICT). Current work on applied ICT ethics is of a disciplinary nature and seeks to apply traditional philosophical norms to novel situations that are not easily identified by analogy to previous cases. I propose an alternative view in which ICTs are seen as a moral environment and ethical agents are seen as human-computer hybrids (cyborgs) whose experiences acquire ethical value ecologically. To implement such a view, I propose employing two different kinds of semiotics: a semiotics of meaning-making that is open to the environmental effects of cyborg acts across scales, and a material semiotics that allows for interdisciplinary practitioners to recognize the modes of existence involved in the ethical issues and work out better means-ends relationships among the modes pertinent to each discipline.

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eHealth and Ethics

Information and Communication Technologies, Society and Human Beings ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-057-0.ch037 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 454-465 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Diane Whitehouse ◽

Penny Duquenoy

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Radio Frequency Identification ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Ethical Awareness ◽

Ethical Thought ◽

Stakeholder Groups ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Frequency Identification ◽

Radio Frequency Identification Devices

The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is increasing rapidly in many spheres of contemporary life in Europe. The ethical use of ICT in all areas of its application is of growing importance. This is especially evident in the field of healthcare. The regional, national, and Europe-wide electronic aspects of health services and systems are related fundamentally to these two developments. This chapter explores the relevance of ethics to eHealth generally. It outlines two main contrasting ideas that have influenced ethical thought: Kantian ethics and consequentialism. It investigates the ways in which teaching and practice for ICT professionals and trainees can be enhanced and extended to increase the awareness of ethical issues in eHealth. It takes as examples two technological applications that are in increasing use in the eHealth field: electronic health records and radio frequency identification devices. The chapter ends with a brief discussion and conclusions about how this ethical awareness can be expanded beyond ICT professionals to other stakeholder groups, and to other eHealth technologies or applications.

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Ethical Issues Arising from the Usage of Electronic Communications in the Workplace

Global Business ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-587-2.ch710 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1999-2018

Author(s):

Fernando A.A. Lagraña

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Corporate Culture ◽

Unethical Behavior ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Tool ◽

Electronic Communications ◽

Computer Mediated ◽

Information And Communication ◽

E Mail

E-mail has become the most popular communication tool in the professional environment. Electronic communications, because of their specific nature, raise a number of ethical issues: e-mail communications are distance, asynchronous, text-based, and interactive computer-mediated communications and allow for storage, retrieval, broadcast and manipulation of messages. These specificities give rise to misunderstanding, misconduct in the absence of the interlocutors, information and mail overload, as well as privacy infringement and misuse of shared computing resources. Inexperience explains some users’ unethical behavior. Other forms of unethical behavior find their roots in corporate culture, internal competition and management styles. E-businesses, as early adopters of information and communication technologies, are being particularly exposed to such behaviors, since they rely heavily on electronic communications. They should therefore assess their internal situation and develop and enforce e-mail policies accordingly.

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Being an Insider Researcher While Conducting Case Study Research

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2012.1752 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Sema Unluer

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Study Research ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Teaching Learning

It is crucial for social researchers to clarify their researchers’ roles, especially for those utilizing qualitative methodology to make their research credible. The purpose of this paper is to examine the advantages and disadvantages of the researcher’s insider role, an instructor, occupied within case study research on the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the teaching-learning process at the School for the Handicapped (SfH) in Turkey. In this respect the author will demonstrate and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being an insider-researcher considering the researcher’s role, determining the case, the aim and research questions of the study, issues of the research design, the collection and analysis of data, ethical issues and reporting the data. Each theme is discussed concerning the advantages and disadvantages of being an insider researcher. The researcher concluded that in order to conduct valid research a researcher must overcome some of the disadvantages with the help of several preventions. The results have been discussed in the light of related literature and the whole data.

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Ethical Issues and Pervasive Computing

Risk Assessment and Management in Pervasive Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-220-6.ch014 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 263-284 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Penny Duquenoy ◽

Oliver K. Burmeister

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Pervasive Computing ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Ethical Perspective ◽

Multiple Systems ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

Ethics And Technology ◽

The World ◽

Information And Communication

There is a growing concern both publicly and professionally surrounding the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and their social and ethical impact. As these technologies become increasingly pervasive and less visible to the user, there is a greater need for professionals to address the concerns in order to regain public trust and maximise the benefits that these technologies can bring. This chapter explores the ethical aspects of the world of pervasive computing and shows the need for an ethical perspective when considering the design and implementation of complex, integrated, multiple systems. We present the background to ethics and technology to give the foundation for our discussion, and refer to current research and ethical principles to provide the argument for ethical consideration. Finally, codes of professional conduct provide the standards, and endorsement, for professional responsibility.

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Kako učenici ocenjuju doprinos pojedinih elemenata verske nastave njihovom moralnom razvoju

Inovacije u nastavi ◽

10.5937/inovacije2102162k ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 162-173

Author(s):

Ninoslav Kačarić

Keyword(s):

Moral Development ◽

Religious Education ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Holy Spirit ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Moral Formation ◽

8Th Grade ◽

The Holy Spirit ◽

Information And Communication

The paper presents findings on the contribution of elements of religious education to moral development, in assessments of students who attend religious education, Orthodox Christians in Serbia (sample of 446 respondents representing the 7th and 8th grade of primary schools, and the 3rd and 4th grade of secondary schools). The aim of the research was to assess the assessment of students in which ways - elements of religious education contribute to the moral development. It was assumed that students have a positive opinion about the contribution of religious education to the moral development, as well as that the ways of conducting religious education, personality and approach in communication of religious education teachers (religious teachers) are important factors of moral development, and that religious education has significant place factors of moral development. Method applied in this study is systematic non-experimental observation and correlation analysis, by which were evaluated and interpreted data collected by questionnaire constructed for the occasion - students expressed their opinion on what contributed the most to their moral formation in terms of age in the faith. Among the important results are: The personality of religious teacher is of great importance and its contribution depends on his knowledge of the content transmitted to the students, and on interesting ways of teaching, by visiting Temples of the Holy Spirit and participation in church worship, while information and communication technologies are less significant. Practical pedagogical implications of these results are devoting special attention to personnel potential of religious teachers.

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Ethical Issues of Emerging ICT Applications

Human Rights and Ethics ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch073 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1349-1360

Author(s):

Bernd Carsten Stahl

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Early Identification ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Policy Intervention ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Funded Project ◽

The Eu

This paper concentrate on a proactive engagement with emerging information and communication technologies (ICTs) with the goal of an early identification of the ethical issues these technologies are likely to raise. After an overview of the emerging ICTs for the next future (leveraging the results of the EU funded project ETICA), the paper identify the possible ethical consequences. Then the emerging ICTs are evaluated from different perspectives for prioritizing technical and policy intervention on them. The question of governance is then addressed with a final collection of recommendations for policy makers, industry, researchers and civil society.

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