Cultural, Social & Ethical

• Know the legal v’s illegal implications of technology and digital content use.
• Understand the need of ‘Netiquette’ in communicating online.
• Awareness of the technical cultural differences between cultures when using technology.

 

Benefits

Staff and students can live in an online society with clarity of digital rights and responsibilities, encourage appropriate online behaviour with the appreciation of cultural limitations and boundaries.

 

What Works:

• Using RefWorks to reference and cite information correctly to avoid plagiarism and copyright issues
• Individual and group activities and discussions to explore the cultural differences online (i.e. marketplace activities or pechakucha)
• Educating others about the use of technology in online social interactions (i.e. cyber bullying, netiquette)

 

 

Links to NTU CAS Digital Literacy Framework: Learning Skills, Career and Identity management.

Further information on internal & external resources to support Digital Literacies.