Lived Experience of Faculty Members of Ethics in Virtual Education

Lived Experience of Faculty Members of Ethics in Virtual Education

Esmaiel Jafari · Jamileh Alamolhoda

Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The use of virtual education in teaching has provided a wide range of new educational

opportunities; but the combination of ethical and legal risks associated with accessing and

exchanging information in the form of ethical issues in the digital space has challenged this

type of education. In this regard, in the present study, an attempt has been made to express

the faculty members’ experiences of ethics in virtual education. The research method was

qualitative and based on this, 15 samples were interviewed from two groups of experts in

technology and computer science and the field of social and humanities sciences. Content

analysis method was used to analyze qualitative data. The results showed that faculty members’

perceptions of the issue of ethics in virtual education originates from two approaches:

ethical character and ethical security. Also, the results of research related to the ethical

issues of using virtual education in higher education by faculty members show that these

issues are raised in four dimensions of learning environmental health, cultural dimension,

security dimension and identity dimension. In addition, the results show that ethical standards

can be placed in three levels of civil liability to students, civil liability as a professional

faculty member, and civil liability to the virtual education system. These ethical

standards can include ethical issues try to solve them.

Keywords Lived experience · Virtual education · Ethics · Faculty members

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