Share Paper: A conceptual framework for the inclusion of ethical variations in an internationalized e-learning curriculum

  1. Klaus Schmidt, Illinois State University, United States
  2. Ernest Arko, Illinois State University, United States
Tuesday, November 5 1:45 PM-2:15 PM Iberville

Abstract: Ethics in education often vary across cultures. Teachers then face the challenge of having student bodies of a vast variety of cultural and ethical value and believe systems and are therefore challenged with the treatment of violations of their own or perceived value systems. An educationally diverse classroom (virtual or physical) has very many pedagogical and educational advantages, but these very advantages may lead to a different set of multi-ethical realities. Teachers to quickly assume that all students share the same or at least a similar value system and therefore have expectations that students across the globe have similar ethical ...