Some ideas on the relationship among cyberethics, global issues, and ELT

1. ETHICS, GLOBAL ISSUES ANDELT
ETHICS IN CYBERSPACE
It includes concern with the moral dilemmas and ethical
conflicts that arise interactions between human beingsand
information (creation,organization,dissemination,and use),
information and communications technologies (ICTs),and
information systems. (Toni Carbo, 2008).
As the use of information technologies spreadsthroughout
society and its importance to our national economies and
individual careers grows, everyone will need to make good
ethical decisions when using computers.
Not just IT professionals, but instructors, teachers,
educators,and anybody using technology.

2. GLOBAL ISSUES
The problemsand challenges that we face today: global
warming, the decline of citizen interest and engagement in
the political process, terrorist attacks, religious and ethnic
conflicts, financial and economic crises, and the shift from a
national to a global economy all call for adaptive, creative
solutions that require a new direction in education.
Most academic programsnow include global issues as an
important feature of their official curriculum.Moreover,
numerous research studies, policy reforms,and curriculum
initiatives have been undertaken to understand and identify
the best methods for having people learn about global issues
and problems,and where and how citizenship education
should be located and represented.
Not just schools, but companies and communities need to
resort to global education as an approach to teaching-
learning that attempts to empower students with the
knowledge, skills, and commitment required by world
citizens to solve global problems.

3. GLOBAL ISSUES AND CYBERETHICS: HOW DO
THEY RELATE?

4. GLOBAL ISSUES AND ELT: HOW DO THEY RELATE?
The idea that foreign-language teaching can contribute to
creating a better world is not new, of course. Indeed, much
traditional language teaching makes some referencesto
global education ideals.
Nowadays, EFL instructors around the world integrate global
issues and global education into their teaching in a variety of
ways that involve language-teaching content, methods,
materials, course design,teacher training, and extracurricular
activities.
Content Introduce world topics: historical
background, cultural issues, etc.
Methods Roleplays, simulations, student projects,
etc.
Materials videos, games, quizzes, discussions, on
topics as diverseas refugees,recycling,and
world religions,etc.
Courses Classes on world problem —the
environment, human rights, conflict
resolution, etc.
Training Workshops, seminars,focus groups,etc.
Extracurricular
activities
Volunteer activities, school tours, school
festivals, etc.

5. References
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