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Ethical Framework

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics » Cydent » Learning

Video 1: An introduction to the learning theme of the Cydent project (below)

Was Santa Clara's Second Life project necessary?
How does a Second Life campus impact student learning or life?
Do virtual campuses undermine or support community?

Video 3: A creative video produced at Kansas State University which explores the changing characteristics of today's student and the sometimes-outdated learning approaches they confront (below)

Do students need to learn in different environments than a typical classroom?
Does Santa Clara have an obligation to incorporate more media into its curriculum?
Are today's students better or worse than those a decade before? a century before?

Video 4: A SCU student-made video which reenacts the conditions WWII soldiers faced (below)

Do student video projects like this one enhance emotional connection to historical events, periods, and people?
Are there limits to what students should be able to create video reenactments of? What about a student video exploring the emotional impact of rape?

Learning Theme Synopsis

How is learning as a cydent different?

Learning

News Stories

A survey of interesting learning and technology articles

Digital Classrooms

A New Zealand newspaper predicts that classrooms will soon fully migrate to the digital arena
Learning and Technology

Does learning become easier with more gadgets and time-saving technologies?
21st Century Classrooms

Students are demanding new technologies but schools and teachers are failing to adapt a new study finds.
hi-tech high schools

A hi-tech charter school shows that US high school students can learn and apply new technologies on par with other leading nations' schools
A New Way of Thinking

Constantly surrounded by technology, the human mind is begging to change and adapt to new digital surroundings