Anonymity and learning in digitally mediated communications [electronic resource] : authenticity and trust in cyber education / by Bobbe Baggio and Yoany Beldarrain.
Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011.Description: electronic texts (286 p.) : digital filesISBN:- 9781609605445 (ebook)
- Education -- Computer network resources
- Internet in education
- Online identities
- Internet -- Safety measures
- Truthfulness and falsehood
- Academic integrity
- Avatars
- Virtual worlds
- Designing for authenticity
- E-governance
- Emergence of new identities
- Ethical conduct
- Intellectual property
- Open source and anonymity
- Security threats
- Data mining
- Digital fingerprints/footprints
- Work, play, and learning online
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- LB1044.87 .B42 2011eb
- Also available in print.
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references.
1. The other side of digitally mediated learning -- 2. A code of ethical conduct for global learning -- 3. Intellectual property in an age of open source and anonymity -- 4. E-governance on a global campus -- 5. How safe is your identity? -- 6. Emergence of a new identity -- 7. Academic integrity -- 8. The blending of work, play & learning online -- 9. What was good for the goose is no longer good for the goslings -- 10. Designing for authenticity -- 11. The use of avatars and virtual worlds for learning -- 12. Groups, games & community.
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"This book investigates the impact of anonymity and its effects on online identity and learning, and reveals issues of authenticity and trust, which are at the heart of online learning"--Provided by publisher.
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed May 4, 2011).