AAEEBL Digital Ethics Principles v.2: version 2
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Principle Summaries and Table of Contents
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Introduction: How to Use This Document
Support
Institutions should provide appropriate support for students, educators, administrators, and staff who create ePortfolios.
Promote Awareness
Institutional administrators, staff, and educators are responsible for promoting awareness of digital ethics in ePortfolio making.
Practice
ePortfolio creators need opportunities to develop and practice the digital literacies necessary to create accessible and effective ePortfolios.
Evaluating ePortfolios
ePortfolio evaluation should consider process, inclusion, reflective practice, and alignment with the stated objectives of the context in which the ePortfolio was created.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Decolonization (DEIBD)
Educators are aware of equity-related challenges and address learning needs related to each student’s identity, culture, and background as they create ePortfolios.
Accessibility
All ePortfolio platforms and pedagogy should be thoroughly vetted for accessibility according to the standards identified by one’s culture, government, or profession.
Access to Technology
Adequate access to technology must be available for all students, and ePortfolio software should be accessible with institutional devices.
Respect Author Rights and Re-use Permissions
ePortfolio creators should understand and respect author rights, best practices for re-use, and representation.
Privacy
ePortfolio creators should have ultimate control over public access to their portfolios and the ability to change the privacy settings at any time.
Consent for Data Usage
ePortfolio platform providers need consent to collect and store data from ePortfolio creators.
Content Storage
ePortfolio creators should know where their content is stored, who has access, and how to remove it.
Cross-Platform Compatibility
ePortfolio creators should be able to make and view ePortfolios across any device, browser, and operating system with equitable ease of use across devices.
Visibility of Labor
The labor required by students, educators, and administrators to create, develop, implement, support, and evaluate ePortfolios should be visible, sustainable, compensated where appropriate, and counted toward evaluation and advancement.
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AAEEBL Digital Ethics Task Force Membership
Digital Ethics Task Force membership
Task Force Scholarship
The Association for Authentic, Experiential, Evidence-Based Learning's Digital Ethics Task Force
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The Association for Authentic, Experiential, Evidence-Based Learning's Digital Ethics Task Force