This document discusses issues around digital ethics and identities in education. It explores how students manage their online identities and presence, and the boundaries between private and professional lives online. It provides guidance on developing an appropriate digital presence as an educator, and maximizing the benefits of technology for learning while avoiding potential risks to privacy, confidentiality and professional relationships with students. The document emphasizes the importance of context and trust when using social media in education.

1. #digiethics
in a
Digital Age
Dr Anne Marie Cunningham
Cardiff University
Institute of Medical Education

3. The Potential

4. A famous
tweeter?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegar
field/6426905021

8. Google +
Image credit : West McGowan https://www.flickr.com/photos/westm/5920040910/

9. leech

10. What are
students
doing?
Managing
identities
Living and
learning
with tech
What does
this mean
for us?
Providing
guidance
Maximising
benefits

12. Managing identities

14. My complex professional identity
Practitioner
Educator
Researcher

15. A
Thedigital age…
creative commons licensed (BY-NC-ND) flickr photo by fallsroad: http://flickr.com/photos/fallsroad/13240207

16. “you are your
information”
creative commons licensed (BY-
NC-SA) flickr photo by
verbeeldingskr8:
http://flickr.com/photos/verbeeldi
ngskr8/4324902924

17. Some things are
definitely private
creative commons licensed (BY-NC-
SA) flickr photo by Kaptain Kobold:
http://flickr.com/photos/kaptainkob
old/4180172507

18. A different
degree of
privacy…
creative commons licensed (BY-
NC-ND) flickr photo by tobym:
http://flickr.com/photos/48089670
@N00/188815585

19. Not unreasonable
social expectation
of privacy- civil
inattention
creative commons licensed (BY-
NC-SA) flickr photo by loungerie:
http://flickr.com/photos/loungerie
/3023085176

20. Seeking publicity
creative commons licensed (BY-
NC-SA) flickr photo by
Hellebardius:
http://flickr.com/photos/libaer200
2/4529678428

21. Moralpanic?
creative commons licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by cogdogblog: http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/1758758672

22. Digital footprints
creative commons licensed (BY)
flickr photo by VinothChandar:
http://flickr.com/photos/vinothcha
ndar/4282241642

23. Boundaries

24. The “vanilla
physician”
creative commons licensed (BY-NC-
SA) flickr photo by Andrew Love:
http://flickr.com/photos/andrewlove
/79311807

25. AppropriateorNOT???
creative commons licensed (BY-NC-ND) flickr photo by Zachary Robert Repko: http://flickr.com/photos/zackrepko/4863490513

26. creative commons licensed (BY-NC) flickr photo by clappstar:
http://flickr.com/photos/clappstar/2773208127 /

27. Surveillance creative commons licensed (BY-NC-ND) flickr photo by michaelpickard: http://flickr.com/photos/pickard/31220953

28. Identity
Relationships
Power
Control
Trust
Context

29. Learning and living with
tech

33. Tools/content
Passive
Consuming
Relationships
Active
Creating

43. AppropriateorNOT???
creative commons licensed (BY-NC-ND) flickr photo by Zachary Robert Repko: http://flickr.com/photos/zackrepko/4863490513

47. Tools/content
Passive
Consuming
Relationships
Active
Creating

49. What do students love about Facebook?
everyone is there
notifications
document
sharing
chat
app
social

50. Providing guidance

51. “There is a divide between formal and informal learning.
Students navigate the dissonance between these – with or
without our support.”
Catherine Cronin

52. Developing your digital
presence

53. What we
cover: What not
to do
Break
confidentiality
Abuse
colleagues
What to do
more off
Learn
Share
How to
manage
Digital
distraction
Tips and tricks

54. What do students know about their
Facebook groups?
Is it just a
chat?
Secret?
Closed?

55. Where to find out
more:
bit.ly/digpresence

56. Maximising potential

57. What’s hot?
Chat
Profiles

58. Would you feel comfortable with your
facilitator in your FB group?
They don’t want to know about the cake rota
Banter
Not knowing where the room is might be seen as
unprofessional

59. The risk of being friends
with a tutor on
Facebook….

60. Identity
Relationships
Power
Control
Trust
Context

61. “Fauxial learning” not “ Social learning”

62. Creepy
Treehouse?
creative commons licensed (BY-
NC) flickr photo by ythedarkdays:
http://flickr.com/photos/whytheda
rkdays/16457473021

63. How to use
technology best
to achieve this?
j.mp/digiethics14

64. Top tips
Develop your online networks
Allow students into those networks

65. Don’t ask a student to
do something you
wouldn’t…..

66. Thank you
 About.me/amcunningham
 @amcunningham
 cunninghamam@cardiff.ac.uk