• DocumentCode
    2576187
  • Title

    Ethical issues in information and communication technologies: Case of Malaysian primary schools

  • Author

    Masrom, Maslin ; Zainon, Othman ; Jamal, Nadia ; Abdullah, Muhammad Madi ; Mahmood, Nik Hasnaa Nik ; Wan, Hooi Lai

  • Author_Institution
    Razak Sch. of Eng. & Adv. Technol., UTM Int. Campus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    21-22 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    517
  • Lastpage
    521
  • Abstract
    This paper explores the ethical issues in information communication technology (ICT) in Malaysian primary schools. Among ethical issues that have been identified are cyber crime, cyber bullying, internet fraud, hacking and others. However, cyber bullying are the major ethical issues in Malaysian primary schools. In this study, quantitative methodology has been chosen by distributing questionnaire among the respondents. The results indicate that the respondents understand the ethical issues and the use of ICT. The authors encourage further researches to investigate thus developing modules for teaching ethical issues in ICT in primary schools.
  • Keywords
    Internet; computer crime; ethical aspects; fraud; information technology; teaching; ICT use; Internet fraud; Malaysian primary schools; cyber bullying; cyber crime; ethical issue teaching; hacking; information and communication technology; Computers; Educational institutions; Ethics; Humans; Internet; Technological innovation; Ethical Issues; Information and Communication Technology; Malaysia; Pilot Study; Primary School;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Innovation Management and Technology Research (ICIMTR), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Malacca
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0655-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMTR.2012.6236450
  • Filename
    6236450