A webinar presented to members of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification on September 21, 2015.

1. Cyberethics for Educators
The Rising Cost of Digital Misconduct
Frederick S. Lane
NASDTEC
Online Webinar
21 September 2015

2. Background and Expertise

3. Lecture Overview
• Defining Cyberethics
• Familiar Cyberethical Issues
• Challenges to Cyberethics
• Workplace Cybertraps
• Boundary Cybertraps
• National Initiative
• District Initiatives
• The Cyberethical Teacher

4. Defining Cyberethics
• Ethics – About 2,500 years of
study and discussion about
moral behavior
• Cyberethics – About 40 years
• “The field of applied ethics
that examines moral, legal,
and social issues in the
development and use of
cybertechnology.”

5. Familiar Cyberethical Issues
• Downloading “free” music or
movies
• Using a neighbor’s open WiFi
connection
• Uploading a photo or tagging
someone without permission
• Posting snarky messages
when someone leaves their
social media unlocked

6. A Tangled Mobile Web

7. Challenges to Cyberethics
• Communication at the
Speed of Light
• Shifting Cultural Mores
• “Digital Natives” Entering
the Teaching Profession
• Insufficient Training

8. Workplace Cybertraps
• Cyberloafing
• Copyright Infringement
• Hostile Work Environment
• Accessing Inappropriate or
Illegal Materials

9. From The Cybertraps Blog …

10. Boundary Cybertraps
• Inappropriate Use of
Communication Technology
• Cyberbullying,
Cyberharassment, and
Cyberstalking
• Invasion of
Privacy/Voyeurism
• Sexting, Solicitation, and
Sexual Assault

11. Increased Litigation
• … for negligence in hiring, training,
and supervision
• … for failing to recognize or
intervene in cyberbullying
• … for failing to investigate
suspicious relationship
• … for failing to stop ongoing sexual
harassment
• … for failing to prevent sexual
assault

12. National Ethics Initiative
• NASDTEC – Model Code of
Ethics for Educators (June
2015)
• Five Principles:
• Responsibility to the Profession
• Responsibility for Professional Competence
• Responsibility to Students
• Responsibility to the School Community
• Responsible and Ethical Use of Technology

13. Responsible and Ethical
Use of Technology
“The professional educator
considers the impact of
consuming, creating, distributing
and communicating information
through all technologies. The
ethical educator is vigilant to
ensure appropriate boundaries of
time, place and role are maintained
when using electronic
communication.”

14. District and School Prevention
• Plan Ahead
• Good Policies and Clear
Procedures
• Ongoing Education of Entire
Community About These Issues
• Cultivate a Culture of Safety
• Promote Digital Citizenship
• Rinse and Repeat

15. Cyberethics for Educators
• Pre-Certification Training and
Ongoing Professional Development
• Standards of Electronic Behavior and
Teacher-Student Interaction
• Promoting Sound Decision-Making
Online and Off
• Modeling Cyberethical Behavior for
Students
• Educating Cyber Citizens for 21st
Century

16. Contact Information
• “The Cybertraps Blog”:
• http://www.FrederickLane.com/the-Cybertraps-blog/
• E-Mail:
• FSLane3@gmail.com
• Telephone:
• 802-318-4604
• Twitter
• @FSL3, @Cybertraps
• LinkedIn:
• www.linkedin.com/in/fredericklane/
• SlideShare.net
• www.slideshare.net/FSL3

17. Cyberethics for Educators
The Rising Cost of Digital Misconduct
Frederick S. Lane
NASDTEC
Online Webinar
21 September 2015