Implications for Professional Ethics in Instructional Technology From an Online Service-Learning Course

• In Event: Examining the Instructional Design/Technology Profession

Abstract

In this study, we examined what graduate students in an online service-learning course identified as issues related to professional ethics in instructional technology and compared them with the AECT code of professional ethics and AECT 2012 professional standards. The research question for this study was: How do participants in a graduate-level instructional technology course come to understand ethical issues within the profession through an online service-learning experience, and how do those issues compare to codes and standards in the field? In this presentation, we will introduce the course format, the service-learning projects, and the research background, methods, and findings.

Authors

• Lisa C. Yamagata-Lynch, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

• Erin R Garty, University of Tennessee

• Stephanie J Teague