I was a little taken back by an email sent to myself from my instructor regarding my recent posts for my online course submissions. I was told it was in appropriate of me to place on a public blog any discussion which may have occured within the classroom environment without written permission from the fellow students.
Wow, it still hurts after all these years when you think you do something so simple, unoffensive and perhaps beneficial to others to then be scolded for it.
I didn’t mean any offensive to my peers within my class and do apologize if any was taken. I was impressed by their words and in so used them as reference for my assignment sumbissions. I believed I was flattering their comments and building upon their ideas.
I have since taken their names out of the postings, but have kept their comments as I believe they are important ideas.
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It can be important in online environments to value the confidentiality and privacy of participants in this course. If you are placing the full names of participants in a public blog you could be legally liable for breaches of privacy and confidentiality. One way to address this in the future is perhaps by obtaining ethics clearance through the University and having the written permission of people that you cite. Added to this Lim (2004) states, “We saw in Chapter 3 the prevalence and importance of the role of e-commerce on the Internet. In order for consumers and businesses to engage in e-commerce, there must be a certain level of confidence in the privacy of their transactions.” (p. 113). This statement has implications for e-commerce and e-learning.
Reference
Lim, Y.F. (2004). Cyberspace Law. Commentaries and Materials. Oxford: Oxford University Press