ISTE Standards for Educators 2.3 – Citizen

This standard examines how educators inspire students to contribute positively and responsibly participate in the digital world. Therefore, educators:

2.3.a. Create experiences for learners to make positive, socially responsible contributions and exhibit empathetic behavior online that builds relationships and community.

2.3.b. Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media fluency.

2.3.c. Mentor students in safe, legal, and ethical practices with digital tools and the protection of intellectual rights and property.

2.3.d. Model and promote management of personal data and digital identity and protect student data privacy.

As an educator in digital learning, I must create a classroom environment conducive to discussions. Students practice positively contributing to and responsibly participating in the digital world through synchronous and asynchronous discussions. During the Covid-19 pandemic, I implemented synchronous and asynchronous fishbowl discussions to create experiences for learners to make positive, socially responsible contributions and exhibit empathetic behavior online that builds relationships and community (2.3.a.). The procedure of synchronous and asynchronous fishbowl discussions can be seen in my blog post entitled “Enhancing Student Engagement in Online Learning through Fishbowl Discussion: A Reflection.” This post elaborates on how I integrated synchronous and asynchronous online learning to accommodate students’ participation in the digital environment.

Implementing synchronous and asynchronous fishbowl discussions facilitates students to promote skill development and higher-order thinking through reading, writing, and discussion. To help students develop digital literacy and media fluency, I encourage students to access, manage, understand, integrate, communicate, evaluate, and create information safely and appropriately through digital technologies. For example, as seen in Critical Review Paper Playlist, students must follow APA 7th edition during writing draft revision and do similarity checks using Turnitin. This way, I establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media fluency (2.3.b.).

Moreover, educators must be aware that the increase in online-based learning facilitates educational advances and poses challenges to academic integrity. Therefore, I keep mentoring students in safe, legal, and ethical practices with digital tools and the protection of intellectual rights and property (2.3.c.) through academic writing, as seen in my blog post entitled “Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Learning” and Technology in Higher Education: How does the technology support students’ academic writing?. I also model and promote the management of personal data and digital identity and protect student data privacy (2.3.d.) through the e-module project in my Curriculum and Technology Design class. In this project, the students are expected to develop and share an e-module for teaching English. As an educator, I think of ways to train today’s generation to be responsible and ethical life-long learners of the digital age.

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