Definition
Knowledge & Ethics consists of understanding copyright, intellectual property, digital rights, responsibilities, and issues of access inequality. It is important for students to learn to respect others’ work, protect their own rights, recognize barriers to digital access in society, and to understand the responsibilities of digital citizenship.
Courses and Course Objectives
Ethics and the Common Good: Reflect on one's own influence within society and agency to act within the publics to which we belong, including rights and responsibilities of digital citizenship and issues of access disparity.
Faculty Resources & Examples
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EXAMPLE: Students Use Creative Commons to License their Digital Projects
In the DIGL 101 course, instructors Cindi Kerns & Rocky Allinger required students to think critically about how they wanted their digital projects to be shared online and then select an appropriate Creative Commons License. Feel free to download and adapt the linked handout, or send students to https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/
Resources for Students
Accessibility
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Digital Accessibility Tech Support Knowledge Base
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OCR Web Accessibility Video Series YouTube Playlist, ADA Network
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Students Explain Digital Accessibility YouTube Playlist, University of Technology, Sydney
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WCAG 2 Checklist WebAIM
Copyright
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Messiah University Copyright Information Page Messiah University website
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Educational Uses video, U.S. Copyright Office
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Copyright & Fair Use GCFLearnFree
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How to Copyright Your Content GCFLearnFree
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Using Creative Commons Content GCFLearnFree