Internet connects more and more people each day. Volume of
information we exchange reached unimaginable values and grows at an exponential
rates. What we decide to share via internet about us or about our work should
consider that not every user of internet may be a sensible person or may have
good intention.
As my colleagues pointed out in their presentation and in
the forum interventions, some internet dangers are specifically to using
internet for educational purposes. These may include – but not limit to –
several dangers that may harm your computer, work or even to disclose
information about yourself you may want to keep it private:
- Spam – abundance of useless, unsolicited information
- Viruses – malicious software that could harm your computer
- Too much information and sometime, of poor quality on wikipedias or other free information sources
- Children and teenagers may be in danger by having access to inappropriate materials or to stalkers
- Too much time spent in front of the computer may harm the health and professional and scholar aptitudes
- Easy to be distracted from your goal by the abundance of materials, especially multimedia ones
Also, using exclusively internet as a platform for e-learning may hinder the educational process by limiting student access to role plays, proximity of others which can share more openly their experience and opinions, etc.
I included below a link to a movie depicting the privacy issues that may arise using smartphones photo published on internet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vARzvWxwY
Niciun comentariu:
Trimiteți un comentariu