Muddiest Point
On reviewing the video by Dr. David Brown, was
at a point came very unclear to me. He stated about Metadata, became very unclear
to me. He stated that when you are using Microsoft when doing your discussion
boards, that information can be tracked. This information became of interest and also,
it was very confusion to me. Dr. Brown said it was possible to limit the amount
of data and how to personally track the information that you are using. The
direction of how to go to this information was clear. Also, the video was very good, but was
skipping at one point, which caused the information to become choppy.
However, when doing my interview, one of the questions
I asked the interviewer is about ethic in technology even in the classroom,
such as plagiarism and even identity theft and respect on the computer itself.
Even Dr. Brown stated about plagiarism. Students are held accountable for the
wrongful act of plagiarism, by using software such as: Turnitin, and Safeassign
to name a few to track plagiarism.
Blessings
Eric
Reference
Brown,
D. (Performer) (2012). Presentation: Ask the expert- dr. david brown
[Web]. Retrieved
fromhttp://bb7.liberty.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=/webapps/black
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HI Eric,
ReplyDeleteSorry the video was choppy! In order to give you a better understanding of metadata, I have an activity for you:
Google yourself!
Seriously - put your name into a google search and scroll through websites and images linked to you. You will see metadata in a whole new light :)
Looking forward to what you discover about your online presence...
Dr Courduff
Eric,
ReplyDeleteSome of the topics covered in the video did seem random and could possibly leave the viewer with more questions than answers. Microsoft has definitely incorporated the use of meta-data in the Office suite of applications and the point Dr. Brown was trying to make is important. More than likely he should have mentioned that newer versions of Microsoft Office will automatically embed meta-data and left it at that or explained how that information can be used to uncover cheating. Even though I understand (because I am a bonafide IT geek) how meta-data can be inadvertently copied into other applications, the subject is too complicated for a brief video on Technology & Ethics which was Dr. Browns original video topic.
And just for the record if you know how to check the meta-data on documents you can use it to check up on your students. Teachers have identified cheaters by tracking the meta-data in documents. For example if I author a Microsoft Word document and then share it with you, the meta-data will more than likely contain my name and unique information about my computer. If you were to slightly tweak the text and then turn in the same Word document as your assignment a teacher can check the meta-data and see that I am the original author, not you. This exact scenario has been played out more than once at the online college I teach for meaning cheaters are being caught by their meta-data.
-Cody