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Dennen, Vanessa P. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2015
The technologies that support online learning are continuously evolving, providing instructors and students with a continuous stream of new tools, features, and functionalities for existing tools. During an online course, instructors and students generate and share a tremendous amount of data using these tools. These data are often created in…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Influence of Technology, Student Records, Data
Wu, Yuehua – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The development and diffusion of information and communication technologies, particularly the internet, creates a worldwide trend of using ICTs and the internet to deliver public services. This new form of electronic administration--e-government--potentially offers great benefits to society in that it can enhance public service efficiency,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Information Dissemination, Telecommunications
Britz, J. J. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1996
Assesses the impact of technology on privacy. Discusses electronic monitoring of people in the workplace; interception and reading of e-mail messages; merging of databases which contain personal information; rise in the number of hackers; and the development of software that makes the decoding of digital information virtually impossible. Presents…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Confidentiality, Databases
Dempsey, Bert J., Ed.; Jones, Paul, Ed. – 1998
This book gives an overview of the leading-edge Internet application areas (streaming multimedia, collaborative tools, Web databases) and key information policy issues (privacy, censorship, information quality, and more). The text serves as a primer on understanding the forces--economic, legal, social, as well as technological--that are shaping…
Descriptors: Censorship, Computer Security, Databases, Distance Education
Karmakar, Nitya L. – 2002
The Internet remains as a wonder for the 21st century and its growth is phenomenon. According to a recent survey, the online population is now about 500 million globally and if this trend continues, it should reach 700 million by the end of 2002. This exponential growth of the Internet has given rise to several security, privacy and ethical…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Ethics, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Anderson, John A. – 1996
Information Technology (IT) personnel in higher education requirement at Mary Washington College, Virginia. The goal of the creativity, promote freedom of speech, support research and investigation, and provide information access globally, while demonstrating proper use and protection of the data of which they are in charge. This paper addresses…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Computer Networks, Computer Security, Confidentiality
Rabina, Debbie L. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 2000
Discusses the development of a national information policy in Israel. Topics include political climate; security concerns; censorship; lack of openness; progress in the peace process; technical innovativeness; a desire to join the international community; and legislation, including privacy protection, freedom of information, and copyright.…
Descriptors: Censorship, Copyrights, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Information
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Bergren, Martha Dewey – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
School nurses are caretakers of a vast amount of sensitive student and family health information. In schools, older computer hardware that previously stored education records is recycled for less demanding student and employee functions. Sensitive data must be adequately erased before electronic storage devices are reassigned or are discarded.…
Descriptors: Health Services, Confidential Records, Student Records, Privacy