Ethical Issues of ICT Use by Teacher Trainers: Use of E-books in Academic Settings

Üniversite öğretmen eğitmenlerinin BİT kullanımlarındaki etik konusunu incelemeyi amaçlayan bu çalışmada, akademisyenlerin elektronik kitapları indirme, paylaşma ve bu kitapları izinsiz olarak kullanmalarının sebepleri araştırılmıştır. Çalışmaya, Türkiye'de eğitim fakültelerinde görev yapan toplan 140 öğretmen eğitmeni katılmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak, 10 maddeden oluşan bir anket kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonuçları, elektronik kitapların indirilmesinin ve paylaşılmasının öğretmen eğitmenleri arasında yaygın bir uygulama olduğunu göstermiştir. Bununla ilgili olarak çeşitli gerekçeler öne sürülmüştür ve bunlardan en önemlisinin ilgili kitapların kütüphanelerde ve/veya veri tabanlarında ulaşılamamasının olduğu belirlenmiştir. Araştırma sonuçları, elektronik kitapların ilgili yayınevine herhangi bir ücret ödemeden indirilmesinin ve paylaşılmasının kanunlara ve adil kullanım ilkelerine aykırı olduğunun katılımcılar tarafından bilindiğini de ortaya koymuştur.

Öğretmen Eğitmenleri ve BİT Kullanımı Etik Konuları: Akademik Ortamlarda Elektronik Kitap Kullanımı

In an attempt to address the issue of ethics in ICT use by university teacher trainers, the current study aimed to investigate academics' downloading and sharing e-books as well as the reasons that led them to be involved in this piracy. The participants included 140 teacher trainers working at faculties of education in Turkey, and a questionnaire with ten items on downloading e-books was used as the data collection instrument. The findings revealed that the downloading and sharing e-books was also a common practice among the teacher trainers, not just the students. Several reasons were provided by the participants, the main of which was found to be the participants' not reaching the books they needed in the physical and/or digital library. The findings also revealed the participants were well aware that downloading and sharing e-books without paying to the publisher was illegal.

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