Resolving ethical dilemma in technology enhanced education through smart mobile devices

Muhammad, AbdulHafeez and Ahamd, Farooq and Shah, Asadullah (2015) Resolving ethical dilemma in technology enhanced education through smart mobile devices. International Arab Journal of e-Technology, 4 (1). pp. 25-31. ISSN 1997-6364

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Abstract

With the recent development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in all sectors specially in education, technology Enhanced Education (TEE) has become an evolutionary mode in educational institutes by choice and demand. Technology, especially Smart Mobile Device (SMD) has lot of potential to enrich and accelerate the deepen skills of students, to engage and motivate them in studies for making tomorrow's professionals. Moreover it has helped academic institutions in education process. On the other hand academic dishonesty and cheating has become an ethical dilemma in these institutions using these technologies. It is a quite concern that graduates producing through TEE are like machines, lacking of ethical and moral values because of this dilemma. To resolve this, authors have proposed to involve traditional players of character development of individual in Learning Management Systems 9LMS) of academic institutions. The paper aims to promote this concept by providing a model to help academic institutions, educationist and researchers to use technology in constructive way for controlling academic dishonesty and transmitting ethical values in educational system.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6566/41133
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Education, Technology Enhanced Education (TEE), Academic dishonesty, Learning Management System (LMS), Smart Mobile Devices (SMD)
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) > T10.5 Communication of technical information
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System
Depositing User:	Prof Asadullah Shah
Date Deposited:	05 Mar 2015 14:43
Last Modified:	04 Nov 2016 11:12
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/41133

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