Digital Scholarship Case Study
ABSTRACT
Purpose – This paper aims to address the issues of ethics and trust in a digital scholarship environment. The content is related to the accuracy of data, the integrity of scholarly research process, electronic publications and communications, intellectual property rights, confidentiality/ privacy and data security. The paper raises the questions such as: in digital scholarships, is ethics and legal have been taking into consideration when conducting digital research process? Do people and scholars or education industry put 100% believe in digital information or research?
Design/Methodology/Approach – The paper is based on critical thinking of existing information based on one article that is written by Stephen M. Mutula from the Department …show more content…
It must concern the subject in advance. It is because that might be something that certain people would not like it if the society knows about it. For example, should the personal information about the parliament members be revealed to the whole country if that kind of information will humiliate the parliament members? The Internet provides a wide range of information that is too exposed. There are too many sources such as social media, bloggers, and websites that provide information that does not consider the …show more content…
Scholars are no longer using the observations and conduct their own research and framework but they rely almost 90% on information available on the Internet. This kind of situation has becoming a common practice and some people who are involved in education are worry about this. They no longer have trust in digital scholarship. So what is the purpose of having so many information if they are not trustworthy. The most crucial policy and legal attribute in promoting digital scholarship is an universal access because it guarantees that information resources are available to all at affordable price. If someone believes in something, it would enhance his or her job performance and digital technology will no longer affect the job. In order for digital scholarship to be institutionalized, a number of interventions are required such as; an e-strategy; a research portal that facilitates data transfer; knowledge sharing and include protocol of uploading; open access standards; e-research librarians for training and many other (Mutula,
Purpose – This paper aims to address the issues of ethics and trust in a digital scholarship environment. The content is related to the accuracy of data, the integrity of scholarly research process, electronic publications and communications, intellectual property rights, confidentiality/ privacy and data security. The paper raises the questions such as: in digital scholarships, is ethics and legal have been taking into consideration when conducting digital research process? Do people and scholars or education industry put 100% believe in digital information or research?
Design/Methodology/Approach – The paper is based on critical thinking of existing information based on one article that is written by Stephen M. Mutula from the Department …show more content…
It must concern the subject in advance. It is because that might be something that certain people would not like it if the society knows about it. For example, should the personal information about the parliament members be revealed to the whole country if that kind of information will humiliate the parliament members? The Internet provides a wide range of information that is too exposed. There are too many sources such as social media, bloggers, and websites that provide information that does not consider the …show more content…
Scholars are no longer using the observations and conduct their own research and framework but they rely almost 90% on information available on the Internet. This kind of situation has becoming a common practice and some people who are involved in education are worry about this. They no longer have trust in digital scholarship. So what is the purpose of having so many information if they are not trustworthy. The most crucial policy and legal attribute in promoting digital scholarship is an universal access because it guarantees that information resources are available to all at affordable price. If someone believes in something, it would enhance his or her job performance and digital technology will no longer affect the job. In order for digital scholarship to be institutionalized, a number of interventions are required such as; an e-strategy; a research portal that facilitates data transfer; knowledge sharing and include protocol of uploading; open access standards; e-research librarians for training and many other (Mutula,