Moral reasoning in e-learning generations: from 1.0 to 4.0

This paper explores two hot topics in e-learning literature: moral reasoning (bond to ethical and social issues) and its generations. Future educational environments impose a dramatic shift regarding “educational actors”, since include non-human agents. These novel “educational agents” promote unfor...

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Main Author: Costa, Gonçalo Jorge Morais da (author)
Other Authors: Silva, Nuno Sotero Alves da (author), Fonseca, Tiago Filipe Rodrigues (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11144/361
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ual.pt:11144/361
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Summary:This paper explores two hot topics in e-learning literature: moral reasoning (bond to ethical and social issues) and its generations. Future educational environments impose a dramatic shift regarding “educational actors”, since include non-human agents. These novel “educational agents” promote unforeseen ethical and moral dilemmas which e-learning literature seems to disregard. Recent e-learning empirical data (second co-author PhD) serve as analytical starting point despite potential limitations. This paper is divided into three sections: guiding concepts (moral reasoning and elearning); ethical and social dilemmas- evaluating e-learning (authors’ argument and Stahl’s framework); and, analysis (disclosure, e-learning today and future e-learning).