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Cyber Safe Curricula and Online Harassment
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Greenhalgh-Spencer, Heather – Educational Theory, 2019
In this article, Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer analyzes three examples of curricula aimed at cultivating good cyber behavior and countering online harassment. These curricula are branded as addressing civic needs, cultivating civic duty, and developing skills to help students understand and react to online threats. Here, Greenhalgh-Spencer offers two…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Safety, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication
Playing Digital Security: Youth Voices on Their Digital Rights
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Costa, Conceição; Sousa, Carla; Rogado, José; Henriques, Sara – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2017
The United Nations (UN) Convention (1989) on the Rights of the Child changed the way children are viewed and treated worldwide. The Convention has been affecting governments, civil society and the private sector. ICT driven companies on the internet should not be an exception. According to Livingstone, Carr and Byrne (2015), Internet governance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Treaties, Childrens Rights, International Law
Incorporating Ethics and Social Responsibility in IS Education
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Harris, Albert L.; Lang, Michael; Yates, Dave; Kruck, S. E. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2011
This paper discusses the importance of ethics and social responsibility in information systems (IS) education. The many public scandals of corporate misconduct have increased the need for more emphasis to be placed on ethics and ethical issues in IS education. The authors describe how the inclusion of ethics and social responsibility in the IS…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Property, Information Systems, Social Responsibility
Free Speech in a MySpace World
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Baule, Steven M.; Kriha, Darcy L. – Library Media Connection, 2008
In the potential shadow of a "Bong Hits for Jesus" banner, complicated student speech and discipline issues arise almost daily on the Internet. Whether it is a mock MySpace page set up to make fun of a teacher or a direct threat to an assistant principal, it is often unclear exactly where school ground discipline ends and student free speech…
Descriptors: Campuses, Discipline, Freedom of Speech, Internet
An Exploration of the Legal and Regulatory Environment of Privacy and Security through Active Research, Guided Study, Blog Creation, and Discussion
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Peslak, Alan R. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2010
One of the most important topics for today's information technology professional is the study of legal and regulatory issues as they relate to privacy and security of personal and business data and identification. This manuscript describes the topics and approach taken by the instructors that focuses on independent research of source documents and…
Descriptors: Privacy, Information Security, Computer Security, Electronic Publishing
Hacking Around.
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
Discusses a complicated appellate-court case upholding a Milwaukee high-school junior's expulsion for advocating computer hacking in a student newspaper. The decision is noteworthy for signaling a growing technology-related litigation trend, conflating the advocacy/incitement issue, and showing courts' decreasing tolerance for perceived threats to…
Descriptors: Censorship, Computer Security, Court Litigation, Expulsion