Watch out for Career Ed Ethics and IT Policies
According to corporate policies, instructors are not supposed to be using social networking sites with students as suggested in this class' materials. Further this class should have reminded instructors that when using videos etc, they may be opening themselves up to copyright violations that must be considered.
My company does not allow the instructor to use social Media or cellphones. The only acceptable method of communication is via email.After this course, I am interested in using Skype for the classroom. It could be fun to have the students do their presentations on Skype, to streamline the presentaions and save time.
Interesting... I am interested to know which corporation. I hope it is not mine as I don't know its policy! I'll have to check on that and, in the meantime, sorry my dear students... I might have to unlink you! :)
Marie,
it really does depend upon your corporate policy; we need to be careful about general statements. For instance, my institution actually encourages us to connect via social media with our students as a means for retention. Regarding the use of videos, it is assumed that a professional educator will know applicable copyright laws & abide by them.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
