In this infographic, I explore the differences between study and practice, and how ethical practice is viewed within the context of instructional design and educational technology. This infographic explores ways that instructional technologists use ethical practice.

In concluding that ethical practice is explicit to the discipline of educational technology, I demonstrate my mastery of PLO 4 by describing ethical practice in the context of the AECT standards. I will develop a stronger understanding of ethical practice to meet professional standards of educational technology and librarianship.

EDTECH 502 Definition Infographic

As a professional academic librarian, I will often be responsible for teaching students information literacy, and netiquette is a key aspect of information literacy. Writing this webpage taught me specific ways that netiquette can be utilized in not only general internet browsing, but specifically in academic contexts.

This website demonstrates my mastery of PLO 4 by showing my understanding of how to create tools to describe the informal standards of netiquette, which will be important as an issue I will encounter as I create tools to teach students how to interact in academic, research and professional contexts.

Netiquette will be important in my professional practice as I teach students the basic skills needed to collaborate.

EDTECH 502 Netiquette Website

This website explores web tools that can be used to enhance accessibility for users with disabilities as well as meet legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Before I completed this assignment, I was only aware of the Americans with Disabilities Act, but I am now aware of the WCAG 2.0 guidelines. Alt-text, screen reading and other forms of technology-facilitated accessibility tools were introduced to me as well in the completion of this webpage.

Accessibility standards such as those described and required statutorily in the Americans with Disabilities act, or codified as ethical standards in the WCAG 2.0 standards are key to the ethical practices defined in PLO 4. This website provides resources to help instructors meet statutory and voluntary ethical guidelines for accessibility.

Accessibility is important in meeting the needs of all students, and if I am to be successful in meeting their information needs, I must actively implement the WCAG 2.0 standards in materials I create online to remain in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and avoid legal liability for my institution.

EDTECH 502 Accessibility Website

This is an scavenger hunt activity designed to teach students the principles of fair use and copyright law so that students understand how copyright and fair use are used in library settings to ensure materials are not used without proper attribution.

This online course demonstrates my mastery of PLO 4 by showing how I applied ethical and legal standards in creating a learning product to teach students what legal tests need to be met to ensure copyright and fair use principles are upheld.

This assignment introduced me to libguides on the topic of copyright and fair use, and fair use and copyright are central to the professional practice of librarianship.

EDTECH 502 Copyright Scavenger Hunt Website

This video explores how librarians can ensure that materials they include in collections meet the needs of diverse users.

This video applies the ethical standards described in PLO 4 in a professional context by showing how diverse perspectives can be integrated in library collection development.

I will use this presentation in a professional context during a diversity and inclusion seminar or during general professional development activities, teaching information professionals how to apply diversity to their professional practice in collection development.

EDTECH 501 Professional Ethics Animation

In the process of writing a grant for CARES Act money to provide internet access to grandparents raising grandchildren, I identified ethical considerations in providing internet access while limiting the spread of COVID-19 and identified how diverse user groups could benefit from these grants.

This worksheet meets the proficiency standard of PLO 4 by identifying a plan within the grant application for improving safety and accessibility for a marginalized and vulnerable population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In my professional practice, identifying how to increase accessibility for marginalized groups is an important ethical consideration, and applying ethical considerations in the work of writing a grant will dramatically increase the economic and educational impacts of the grant.

EDTECH 551 Module 5 worksheet