Thank you

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This is it! Tonight is my last official post for EME6414, Summer 2023. What to write about? If you had asked me a few hours earlier, my honest answer would have been "no idea". It's not I don't have anything on my mind (I may have too much actually), but I was not sure how to approach this last post. So, I've decided I'll do just as usual and draw a few personal reflections. To help me tackle this last challenge, I went back to Canvas and get an overview of our Modules Main Page. Gosh, what a journey it has been! The first image that comes to my mind is the iceberg metaphor. You know, this impression that for years, you had been exploring the World Wide Web with confidence, as if you were in your own neighborhood, with your own habits, hanging out with the same people, getting what you were looking for, not less, not more. And one day, you realize that you were just scratching the surface and that a whole world was lying underneath, inviting you to a whole new...
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Week 5 (the reflective post): What are the consequences?

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This week, I approached our course with the first two sentences that introduced the Overview Page in mind: "This week we will focus on intellectual property, privacy, and ethics. If these topics seem unrelated to you, I promise that by the end of the week you will see the relationship between them." (Dr. Dennen, EME6414, Summer 2023, FSU ISLT Online Program).

On Monday, I could see that these three concepts could relate to each other, but I struggled to find a clear relationship between them. On Saturday, through readings and discussions, I cannot say I have a comprehensive idea of how our input online can and should be used by others. However, I believe I am much more aware of how challenging it is to have intellectual property and the need to enable universal education to coexist, as both are legitimate and for the latter, a fundamental requirement for our society.

Importantly, when I was about to post my reflections or reshare others' input online, whether in a private, semi-private or open online space, I used to focus exclusively on intellectual property. Who owns what? Should I acknowledge anyone for anything? Even if I remixed several ideas into something totally different and what I consider is now my input? Now, intellectual property is just one aspect of the equation, as the question of data privacy rises as an equal concern. Actually, when thinking that, while I'm sharing my thoughts online, I also share confidential data of who I am, where I live, who I'm seeing, and what are my fears or convictions, this makes me much more cautious about whether or not I should click on the Send Button. Same when I share ideas from other people, whether they originate from familiar or unknown individuals. For me, data privacy makes a strong argument to explain individuals about their responsibility as produsers.

With the question of intellectual property and privacy in mind, I now question myself about ethics, or how to do things right (or how to do no harm). I'm not sure I have the solution to that challenge, but for now, I'll start with anticipation: in order to keep learning and growing while respecting intellectual property (mine and others), I believe thinking of the consequences can help pave our path to a more ethical behavior and mindset. For me, this involves the following recommendations:
- thinking before sharing our thoughts online ;
- thinking before sharing others' words, images, or thoughts ;

These are questions I'm now asking myself, even for informal and insignificant contributions:
- What's my purpose in sharing this or that?
- If I am interested in retaining something posted online for my personal use, is my purpose likely to evolve over time? I may be tempted to reuse it at some point and remix it or redistribute it to others? If so, what should I pay attention to in order to protect the authors and their content?
- What are my responsibilities as a produser?

Here are my thoughts at the end of this week. Personal reminder: be aware of what you do online, Marion! This started this week with me posting content with Creative Commons label on Twitter, and it felt good to know I was not breaking any rule, even unintentionally. And, maybe, I even did what was right.



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