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Social, Ethical and Legal Responsibilities in The Use of Technology Tools and Resources FILES
Social, Ethical and Legal Responsibilities in The Use of Technology Tools and Resources FILES
Social, Ethical and Legal Responsibilities in The Use of Technology Tools and Resources FILES
There are many benefits of the Internet in the field of education. Some of these are:
1. Cost-Effective and Affordable Education
One of the largest barriers to education is high cost. The Internet improves the quality of
education, which is one of the pillars of the sustainable development of a nation. It provides
education through Videos (like youtube tutorial videos) and web tutorials which are affordable to
everyone and cost-effective.
2. Student-Teacher and Peer Interaction
The internet has allowed students to be in constant touch with their teachers or with other
classmates with the help of social media, messaging apps, and chat forums. Parents can interact
as well as communicate with teachers and school authorities about their kid's performance in
school. Interaction with like-minded people on forums can help students to explore new ideas
and enrich their knowledge.
3. Effective Teaching and Learning Tools
The Internet has become a major tool for effective teaching as well as a learning tool. Teachers
can use it as a teaching tool by posting their teaching materials (notes and videos) on the school
website or forum. The learning process becomes interesting and diverse with the use of tutorial
ideas and notes. Teachers can teach with the use of animation, PowerPoint slides, and images to
capture the students’ attention.
4. Easy Access to Quality Education
Students can easily access quality education materials like tutorial videos on you tube for free or
pay fees online for more quality study materials. Teachers can also make use of the internet by
proving the students with extra study material and resources such as interactive lessons,
educational quiz as well as tutorials. Teachers can record their lectures and provide them to the
students for revisions which is better than reading from notes.
5. Interaction with Digital Media
Regular use of digital media is one of the most basic parts of our lives. Digital bulletin boards
save paper and allow displaying of videos and audio to attract the attention of students.
Nowadays, many paid sites provide educational resources that are rich in quality and easily
understandable to the masses.
6. Keeping you updated with Latest Information
Information is the biggest advantage that the internet is offering. There is a huge amount of
information available for every subject. It keeps us up to date with the latest information
regarding the subjects in which we are interested.
7. Learning with Multimedia
It helps the students with the learning process as it helps to simplify the knowledge. Also, it helps
to visualize what is being taught by the teachers in school. If you want to prepare for final exams,
you can access Video Tutorials and other resources online through the Internet.
8. Bridging Communication Gaps
Classroom Internet use can also help teachers say goodbye to communication mishaps such as
lost assignment sheets and misplaced memos home to parents. Internet communication can make
the distribution of information easier, as well as increase class community and motivation. For
example, having a class blog or website can open up dialogue between teachers and students
outside of school rather than confining their interactions to the classroom. Students can
download course materials and readings, chat with other students, and share their work, while
parents can receive reminders about upcoming due dates and events.
The Internet is a boon to people and is used all over the world. Hence, it should be used for good
purposes. It has had a great impact on imparting education to the children. If this is used in
appropriate ways that meet children’s development level, they can benefit and learn from the
Internet.
B. Intellectual Property Rights Applicable to the Educational Setting: Copyright and
Related Rights Copy-right Law
Intellectual property includes literary or artistic works, inventions, business methods,
industrial processes, logos, and product designs. Nearly every activity engaged in by students,
staff, and faculty in schools involves the production or use of intellectual property; examples
include lesson plans, student assignments, speeches and lectures, videos, books, school Web
sites, publications, reports, concerts, and plays. Most items used in education are legally
protected intellectual property, often owned by someone other than the user. All members of
school communities are permitted to use protected intellectual property, but they must engage in
“fair use” or get advance permission from the owners. Users must be careful not to use
intellectual property unlawfully, or they risk having to pay damages, fines, and/or court costs.
Items in the public domain, however, may be used without cost to the user or consent of the
owner.
Legal issues affecting intellectual property in education involve both creation and use of
intellectual works. Intellectual property law balances the rights of individuals to make, own,
distribute, and profit from their creations and the rights of the public to make use of knowledge
and inventions. Illustrations of the law of intellectual property in education include copyright and
patent protection for the products of teaching and scholarship, copyright and patent infringement
for improper use of protected works, and trademark licensing and protection of names, logos,
symbols, and pictures used to identify schools.
By far, the most applicable category of intellectual property law in schools is copyright.
Copyrights are intangible rights granted through the federal Copyright Act to an author or creator
of an original artistic or literary work that can be fixed in a tangible means of expression such as
hard copies, electronic files, videos, or audio recordings. Copyright law protects literary, musical,
dramatic, choreographic, pictorial, sculptural, and architectural works as well as motion pictures
and sound recordings. Each copyrightable work has several “copyrights”—the exclusive rights to
make copies of the work, distribute the work, prepare derivative works, and perform or display
the work publicly.
With some important exceptions, two of which are highlighted here, teachers and
students may not use the copyrighted works of others without permission from the copyright
holders. The first exception, fair use, is the most important and most often cited. The fair use of a
copyrighted work, “for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including
multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”
If the use is fair, then the user need not obtain advance consent from the copyright holder.
Determining whether the use is fair requires the application of four factors: purpose and
character of the use, nature of the copyrighted work, amount and substantiality of the portion
used about the work as a whole, and effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of
the work. The second exception is also fairly common in schools; it is not an infringement for
teachers and students to perform or display copyrighted work in the course of face-to-face or
online/distance education teaching activities. For electronic display or performance, the school
must comply with several additional requirements.
C. Digital Safety Rules
With more users accessing the Internet through mobile devices, a lot of risks are changing
and growing quickly. Even though apps loom larger in most people's daily online interactions
than traditional websites do, that does not mean that the basic Internet safety rules have changed.
Hackers are still on the lookout for personal information they can use to access your credit card
and bank information. Unsafe surfing can also lead to other threats—from embarrassing
personal comments or images that, once online, are nearly impossible to erase, to getting mixed
up with people you'd rather have had nothing to do with.
Here are the Top 10 Internet safety rules to follow to help you avoid getting into trouble online
(and offline).
1. Keep Personal Information Professional and Limited
Potential employers or customers don't need to know your personal relationship status or
your home address. They do need to know about your expertise and professional background,
and how to get in touch with you. You wouldn't hand purely personal information out to
strangers individually—don't hand it out to millions of people online.
2. Keep Your Privacy Settings On
Marketers love to know all about you, and so do hackers. Both can learn a lot from your
browsing and social media usage. But you can take charge of your information. As noted by
Lifehacker, both web browsers and mobile operating systems have settings available to protect
your privacy online. Major websites like Facebook also have privacy-enhancing settings
available. These settings are sometimes (deliberately) hard to find because companies want your
personal information for marketing value. Make sure you have enabled these privacy safeguards
and keep them enabled.
3. Practice Safe Browsing
You wouldn't choose to walk through a dangerous neighborhood—don't visit dangerous
neighborhoods online. Cybercriminals use lurid content as bait. They know people are
sometimes tempted by dubious content and may let their guard down when searching for it. The
Internet's demimonde is filled with hard-to-see pitfalls, where one careless click could expose
personal data or infect your device with malware. By resisting the urge, you don't even give the
hackers a chance.
H. Cyber Foot-printing
Every time we go online or transmit anything over a cellular network, we leave a trace of
that activity. This is known as a cyber footprint. There are generally two kinds of cyber
footprints. The first is an intentional footprint; things they have knowingly posted or entered
online. Consider this something like putting your shoe prints in wet cement that dries into a
permanent trail. Intentional footprints include things like:
• Photos
• Videos (e.g., Youtube, Vimeo, Vine, Skype, Facetime)
• Texting
• Social media accounts (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Chatroulette, blogs like
Tumblr)
• Comments posted on other sites
• Emails
• Tagged photos on other user accounts
• Apps (e.g., Pinterest, Snapchat, Instagram, Zoom, Tiktok)
• Purchases and other transactions
Then, there are unintentional footprints we leave in cyberspace. Unintentional footprints
include such things as cookies, search engine metrics, and social media tracking.
I. Cyber Property
Anything that is posted online automatically becomes the copyright-protected product of
the creator. This includes music, photos, videos, and written material.
Example:
The creator of these products doesn’t have to formally register them with the US Office of
Copyrights or with the United States Patent and Trademarks Office. Use of these products,
particularly for monetary gain, requires permission from the copyright owner.
J. Relational Aggression
The internet and cellular networks can be used to express frustration, anger, and cruelty to
other people. The most common form of relational aggression is represented by insensitive
comments, crude and awkward remarks, or attempts at playful humor. The inability to read
the nonverbal social cues when making or receiving playfully insulting or sarcastic remarks
can result in misunderstandings about the real intent of the remarks or the reactions of the
recipient.
H. Cyber Foot-printing
Every time we go online or transmit anything over a cellular network, we leave a trace of
that activity. This is known as a cyber footprint. There are generally two kinds of cyber
footprints. The first is an intentional footprint; things they have knowingly posted or entered
online. Consider this something like putting your shoe prints in wet cement that dries into a
permanent trail. Intentional footprints include things like:
• Photos
• Videos (e.g., Youtube, Vimeo, Vine, Skype, Facetime)
• Texting
• Social media accounts (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Chatroulette, blogs like
Tumblr)
• Comments posted on other sites
• Emails
• Tagged photos on other user accounts
• Apps (e.g., Pinterest, Snapchat, Instagram, Zoom, Tiktok)
• Purchases and other transactions
Then, there are unintentional footprints we leave in cyberspace. Unintentional footprints
include such things as cookies, search engine metrics, and social media tracking.
I. Cyber Property
Anything that is posted online automatically becomes the copyright-protected product of
the creator. This includes music, photos, videos, and written material.
Example:
The creator of these products doesn’t have to formally register them with the US Office of
Copyrights or with the United States Patent and Trademarks Office. Use of these products,
particularly for monetary gain, requires permission from the copyright owner.
J. Relational Aggression
The internet and cellular networks can be used to express frustration, anger, and cruelty to
other people. The most common form of relational aggression is represented by insensitive
comments, crude and awkward remarks, or attempts at playful humor. The inability to read
the nonverbal social cues when making or receiving playfully insulting or sarcastic remarks
can result in misunderstandings about the real intent of the remarks or the reactions of the
recipient.
H. Cyber Foot-printing
Every time we go online or transmit anything over a cellular network, we leave a trace of that
activity. This is known as a cyber footprint. There are generally two kinds of cyber footprints.
The first is an intentional footprint; things they have knowingly posted or entered online.
Consider this something like putting your shoe prints in wet cement that dries into a permanent
trail. Intentional footprints include things like:
• Photos
• Videos (e.g., YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, Skype, Facetime)
• Texting
• Social media accounts (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Chatroulette, blogs like Tumblr)
• Comments posted on other sites
• Emails
• Tagged photos on other user accounts
• Apps (e.g., Pinterest, Snapchat, Instagram, Zoom, TikTok)
• Purchases and other transactions
Then, there are unintentional footprints we leave in cyberspace. Unintentional footprints include
such things as cookies, search engine metrics, and social media tracking.
I. Cyber Property
Anything that is posted online automatically becomes the copyright-protected product of the
creator. This includes music, photos, videos, and written material.
Example:
The creator of these products doesn’t have to formally register them with the US Office of
Copyrights or with the United States Patent and Trademarks Office. Use of these products,
particularly for monetary gain, requires permission from the copyright owner.
J. Relational Aggression
The internet and cellular networks can be used to express frustration, anger, and cruelty to other
people. The most common form of relational aggression is represented by insensitive comments,
crude and awkward remarks, or attempts at playful humor. The inability to read the nonverbal
social cues when making or receiving playfully insulting or sarcastic remarks can result in
misunderstandings about the real intent of the remarks or the reactions of the recipient.
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G. Educational Sites and Portals
Educational websites can include websites that have games, videos, or topic-related resources
that act as tools to enhance learning and supplement classroom teaching. These websites help
make the process of learning entertaining and attractive to the student, especially in today’s age.
While there are many advantages of such websites, we also need to be aware of the negatives.
Students need to be guided properly. Without proper guidance, students may find resources and
content that are not reliable or do not align with the direction of the teaching in class. Some
websites are huge and offer a massive variety of games and resources. Students may be easily
distracted on such websites and end up spending time on activities that are either below their
level or do not complement or add to classroom teaching. Unrestricted access and freedom on the
internet can be dangerous, especially for younger students.
Here are some examples of educational websites:
1. EdX: edx.org. ...
2. Academic Earth: academicearth.org. ...
3. Internet Archive: archive.org. ...
4. Big Think: bigthink.com. ...
5. Coursera: courser.org. ...
6. Bright storm: brightstorm.com. ...
7. Cosmo Learning: cosmolearning.com. ...
8. Futures Channel: thefutureschannel.com.
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