Rajiv JhangianiExciting news: Brock University's Senate has formally approved and adopted an ethical framework for educational technologies.
This was among the commitments in our academic plan and something that I have been working on for several months now with my colleagues in the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation, consulting widely across the university. As I explained at Senate, too often we in higher education treat legislation (e.g., privacy, accessibility) as the ceiling when it comes to ethical considerations with technology, when we should instead view legislation as the floor (the bare minimum).
This framework, which will inform the procurement, development, and deployment of educational technologies, provides our university community with important guidance during a time of rapid technological change. It also represents the kind of leadership I believe that the post-secondary sector needs, which is also why we have elected to openly license the document.
Anne-Marie Scott@rajiv I especially appreciate the open licensing. 😉
@Ammienoot Internal consistency is important here 😃
Dana McFarland 🍁@rajiv thanks for sharing this careful, exemplary work!
@danamcfarland I am glad it resonates! This framework benefited from thoughtful input from colleagues across Brock. It deliberately errs on the side of being succinct and accessible.
Christina Hendricks@rajiv Oh that is fantastic! Downloading and studying!
@chendricks It is succinct/accessible by design