Working Legally, Safely and Ethically.

Working Legally, Safely and Ethically. 

Working legally, safely and ethically is an important aspect when students are learning and participating through online tools. As future learning managers we need to ensure we provide positive examples when working online to show students how to conduct themselves legally and safely. Students need to ensure that if they are using other people’s videos, pictures, ideas, etc they need to have permission from the original creator or copyright holder. Students must also be aware that they must give permission for their work to be uploaded or published and can refuse without any consequences. It's only now that I realize some things I have previously done or created may be in breach of copyrights because I did not acquire permission from original creators of photos, etc. Throughout uni and this course we know that one must:

• get permission from copyright holders or original creators
• play videos or radio at work without paying
• all direct quotes and ideas must give attributes to original creator
• 10% of book only be copied

Safety issues include those where other people or predators may have access to the student’s sites and communication tools. This imposes as a risk as students may unknowingly communicate with the wrong people. Lastly, students need to work ethically online. This can range from knowing what is put online will always remain there even if deleted and can be seen by anyone to students treating all students with respect and no cyber bulling.