computer ethics

[kimo3825]

i'm have a little problem starting my paper on computer ethics and how it pretains to schooling over the internet. have any thoughts?

[Phaedrus]

Well, starting the paper should be pretty easy if you follow the right writing format. When I write papers, do public speaking, training, presentations, I almost always follow this:

1. Tell'em What You Are Gonna Tell'em (Intro)
2. Tell'em (Body)
3. Tell'em What You Told'Em (Conclusion)

What is the paper about?  What is your thesis?  If you don't have a "point", you are definitely going to have a hard time starting the paper. If it were my paper, I might make some comparisons and contrasting between "open thought" and "closed thought", similar to open/closed source software.  With the advant of the Internet, cooperative learning has reached new levels..blah blah blah. Some crap like that. But that is what I would do; compare and contrast the benefits of each learning model.  One benefit of cooperating learning might be that is more closely resembles how people learn in the real world. It seems in school, teaming up is often discouraged while int he work place is is actuall encouraged. Since your paper is about the ethics involved, you might want to start out by saying how you feel computers have impacted scholastic achievement.

I bet if we knew more where you were going with it, or could see what you already have - we might be able to be of more help. But basically, to start the paper off, just "tell'em what you are gonna tell'em". 

[scratch]

i'm have a little problem starting my paper on computer ethics and how it pretains to schooling over the internet. have any thoughts?

It would force people to communicate more clearly, using proper punctuation, grammar, and spelling.  Ethically, it would not be a violation of free speech.

[kimo3825]

thank you for the help. i just having trouble combining the computer ethics and schooling over the internet together. this is what i would like help on or thoughts on.

[Phaedrus]

If that is your concept, your paper is going to be weak and flimsy 

I mean, what is your point? Your THESIS of the paper? What are the requirements of the paper, and what do you want to actually SAY. The computer ethics of online learning? Yawn. There is no challenge there, or anything even remotely interesting.

You need a different angle.

I took an online college course last semester, and it was the first course I had ever done online.  How would ethics have been involved?  I suppose I could have plagarized papers - but you can do that anyway, regardless of the educational model.  I don't think there is any real direct link between computer ethics and online learning. And if anything, I put more work into my online course than I probably did any other course I'd ever taken.  It was more demanding.

One might argue that you lose the interaction with people by doing school over the Internet, but that is not ethics related. So... 

I suppose it would also be possible to have someone else log in as you and complete your online coursework for you, but that is a bit of a stretch. I mean, who would really do that?  But it is possible, I guess.  There is no way to really gaurentee the student is who they say they are, really.

I'll be honest with you though. If you don't get a better angle, or come up with some really strong thesis, your paper is going to very vanilla.  It would be like writing about which flavor of skittle is the best.

[Mandres]

I don't think that's a very strong topic for a paper.  I mean, what do computer ethics and online schooling have to do with each other?  What does 'computer ethics' mean exactly?  The only thing I can come up with is not hacking into servers to change your grades.

-M

[kimo3825]

thanks for the help everyone.

[natedawg120]

well you can take that in a lot of different directions.  Ethics and computer ethics are different and the same.  Also you have to have a viewpoint for the paper, is it aimed tward how more technical people or the everyday user?  I wrote a paper on how computer ethics comes into play with computer technitions but that is what different than what you are doing.  anyway if you figure out which viewpoint you are writing from and  the issues that can cause ethical conserns from that viewpoint the paper will write itself.  This sounds like one of those i had to write it papers...

[jen_]

My friend took an on-line course in the subject that I have an almost-masters degree in.  She did no homework, and I logged in and took the exams for her.  She didn't even buy the textbook.  Got a B.

What are these ethics things you speak of?