User Education

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The core mission of Project NEThicssm is to educate the campus community about the ethical and legal implications of computer use.

Outreach activities include:

  • Campus training programs;
  • Classroom guest lectures;
  • Campus resource fairs;
  • Live satellite teleconferences;
  • Experiential workshops;
  • Seminars and tutorials;
  • Keynote addresses;
  • Panel presentations; and,
  • Poster sessions.

Audiences include:

  • Faculty of academic departments;
  • Staff or administrative units;
  • Students or student groups;
  • Professional associations;
  • Government agencies; and,
  • Non-profit organizations.

Topics include:

  • Rights and responsibilities in an online environment;
  • Netiquette for Internet communications;
  • Safe computing practices for children and parents including filtering of indecent material and sexual predators;
  • High-tech hate including awareness of hate groups on the Internet and bias-related incidents;
  • Electronic cheating and Web citations;
  • Intellectual property issues including ownership and use of copyrights and trademarks;
  • Privacy issues including campus data and information access, student records and Buckley Amendment, and fair information practices;
  • Freedom of speech issues including harassment, hate speech, threats, defamation, obscenity, and child pornography; and,
  • Computer crimes including federal and state legislation.
FIND OUT MORE

To see specific training events we've conducted in the past, visit our Presentations log.

Contact us Request Training for your event or group.

 
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