Sheehy, K.; Ferguson, R. and Clough, G.
(2008).
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Abstract
This paper examines ethical and social issues which have proved important when initiating and creating educational spaces within a virtual environment. It focuses on one project, identifying the key decisions made, the barriers to new practice encountered and the impact these had on the project. It demonstrates the importance of the ‘backstage’ ethical and social issues involved in the creation of a virtual education community and offers conclusions, and questions, which will inform future research and practice in this area. These ethical issues are considered using Knobel’s framework of front-end, in-process and back-end concerns, and include establishing social practices for the islands, allocating access rights, considering personal safety and supporting researchers appropriately within this context
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| ISSN: | 1306-973X |
| Keywords: | virtual worlds; distance education; research ethics; virtual environments |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Education and Language Studies > Childhood, Development and Learning Knowledge Media Institute Institute of Educational Technology |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET) |
| Item ID: | 8615 |
| Depositing User: | Kieron Sheehy |
| Date Deposited: | 21 May 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2011 18:10 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/8615 |
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