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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