The readings of Topic 1 help me to have a better understanding of privacy. Sadly, I did not have an “AhA” moment after I read these articles (because my brain is full of danger warnings and I am too busy thinking about how should I change my passwords). Privacy has become more important nowadays, however; it has also become harder for people to keep their privacy safe because of the internet. Before reading these articles, I thought I know how to protect my personal information when browsing the internet. I made most of my passwords similarly just because I am too lazy to think of a new password. I am also very careless about my personal information, it is very easy for any website to obtain my personal information because I did not realize the importance of my personal information (except my birthday, I do not know why I think keeping my birthday a secret would help me to hide my true identity), I underestimated the possibility of people stealing my identity to sign up for anything. After reading the articles, I realize how wrong I was and how lucky I was for no one stole my identity. According to Regan and Jesse (2019), technology has merged into the current educating system. It is necessary for educators and students to share their personal information when doing online courses, however, this situation brings up our concerns about our personal information’s security. I agree that using technologies such as zoom can help students and educators to have better learning and teaching experience, especially when it comes to the pandemic we are having nowadays. Therefore, it is important for educators to choose the technology used for the courses carefully to protect their students’ personal information.
I am glad to see that educators are adapting the new teaching method during the pandemic, I think it is crucial for educators and students to adapt and improve their teaching and learning methods. As a student, I found that it is more accessible and easier for me to access the course materials and I can repeat my course recording anytime I want to. Although the technologies we used in courses create a very convenient environment for us to teach and learn, we can not overlook risk and ethical concerns for sharing our personal information on the internet, even on some online tools we think we can trust.
In conclusion, These readings of topic 1 helped me greatly in understanding the importance of keeping my personal information secured and I would love to learn more about how we can achieve the “win win” condition when it comes to the ethical concern and convenience of using online technologies on education.
References
Regan, P. M., & Jesse, J. (2018). Ethical challenges of edtech, big data and PERSONALIZED learning: Twenty-first century STUDENT sorting and tracking. Ethics and Information Technology, 21(3), 167–179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-018-9492-2
Comments
Interesting post. After reading about FIPPA and the acceptable use policy for your school, are you concerned about your privacy related to the tools you are required to use? Or are your concerns just outside of the required tools?
Honestly, I think I have too much faith in the tools we are required to use for the course, however; the tools that are outside of the requirement are a little bit worrying for me to use. But still, I would use them as long as they are recommended by my teachers.
Hi Hang
I agree with you. As education methods are updated and upgraded, we also need to attach great importance to personal privacy. Because personal privacy data is a user’s unique personal information, such as ID number, phone number, even bank card number, etc., personal information can be quickly located. In addition, users’ network access records, hobbies, health status, etc., can be targeted to a specific group of people, or even a particular individual, thereby threatening the personal safety of users. Therefore, protecting personal information is very important for all users.
Thanks for replying, I am glad that someone see eye to eye with me on this topic.