Ethics in Online Classrooms: Perception of Undergraduates

Author(s) : Khadija Abbas and Hina Rafique

Abstract:

During Covid-19 and even in Post Covid, Online classes in educational institutes has become a need. Online classrooms, despite of critics provides a great alternative for the traditional classrooms. The current study is to explore the perception of students about ethics in online classrooms. Semi structured interview was used as a tool from conveniently selected 20 students who took online classrooms. The study found that students are known to classrooms ethics. But they do not understand how to personalize the experience and their online presence and also taking care of other fellow’s privacy. The study recommends that in online classrooms, teachers ultimately will be the source of motivation to regulate the ethical concerns of the undergraduate students and for the purpose it may be needed to train teachers about their role on ethical regulation in online classrooms
Key Words: Online classrooms. Ethics, Ethical Concerns, Norms