Cyberethics for Educators

The Rising Cost of Digital Misconduct

Frederick S. LaneNASDTEC

Online Webinar21 September 2015

Background and Expertise

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

A Tangled Mobile Web

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

From The Cybertraps Blog …

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/

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Cyberethics for Educators

The Rising Cost of Digital Misconduct

Frederick S. LaneNASDTEC

Online Webinar21 September 2015