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Summary
This ebook is designed to accompany students and instructors undertaking the course Digital Privacy: Leadership and Policy, but the content and 12 modules can be reviewed as standalone resources. Digital privacy is a topic that is important to study and understand. The authors want to raise awareness of the breadth of surveillance in society today and to encourage students to question how much surveillance is normative and if they can accept that. In later chapters they discuss behavioural tracking, the mechanisms through which advertising is tailored to individuals, and the magnitude of the corporate monopoly on curated advertising and content. They encourage students to take a critical stance and ask how comfortable they are with this level of exploitation.
Competency
This ebook helps students understand the concept of privacy protection, such as how to obtain consent before sharing personal and private information about others online and how to securely store, access, and communicate digital information online. It also enhances technology support as it instructs educators and learners how to make informed decisions about why and how to integrate technologies into daily life (e.g., online shopping and banking). It also supports learners to safely use digital library resources and filters to refine search results. It supports digitalwell-being as it helps learners practice self-care in digital spaces by learning to be aware of privacy and security, identity, and safety.
- Ethical & legal considerations
- Technology supports
- Information literacy
- Communication & collaboration
- Digital wellbeing
How to Use
The authors outline study strategies to help students with learning new concepts. Reflection activities are also embedded within the material for learners to engage with the content.
Some ideas for consideration
- Chapter 3: Review characteristics of great case studies. Students findideas about how to present a case study.
- Chapter 4: Introduce students to the critical policyanalysis framework, and invite students to examine the fairness of a policy.
- Chapter 6: Review the privacy paradox and encourage students to reflect on their own levels of privacy while looking at tolls for minimizing their exposure to online risk.
- Chapter 7: Read and discuss ways to manage learners’ digital footprint and protect their privacy, and raise awareness of digital privacy risks in the home.
- Chapter 9: Reflect on the different ways students can show leadership in digital privacy.
Audience
Although the authors emphasize the material is targeted for graduate students, any instructor, staff member, or student (undergraduate or graduate level) who is interested in learning and engaging with digital privacy concepts will find this ebook helpful and informative.
Outcomes
Learners will:
- Have an understanding of the connections between theory, evidence, and practice related to digital privacy.
- Be able to critically assess the affordances and constraints of technology and make evidence-based decisions about the best ways to use it.
- Be able to critically evaluate information how digital technology impacts and is impacted by society and communities.
- Know how to prepare materials to educate different audiences.
- Engage in ongoing reflection.
- Demonstrate integrity and ethical behaviour.
Author
Curated and Designed by Lorayne Robertson, Bill Muirhead, James Robertson, Laurie Corrigan, Heather Leatham
Relevance
Used in Digital Literacy course pack
Level
Graduate, Undergraduate
License
Digital Literacy
This resource supports the development of skills and competencies in the B.C. Post-Secondary Digital Literacy Framework and aligns with the following competencies.
Digital Competencies
Ethical and Legal Considerations
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