Inculcating Ethical and Moral Values amongst the E-Learners: Proposing a Model for E-Learning Platforms
AbdulHafeez Muhammad
,
Muhammad Abid Malik
,
Hafiz Abid Mahmood Malik
Under the influence of neo-liberalism and marketization, education is increasingly becoming more content-focused than character one. Ignoring the fact.
- Pub. date: January 15, 2023
- Pages: 455-465
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Under the influence of neo-liberalism and marketization, education is increasingly becoming more content-focused than character one. Ignoring the fact that money, science, and technology may take a person to the moon, these are ethical and moral values that take him/her to the even loftier heights of humanity. Recent COVID-19-driven focus on information and communication technology (ICT) and digital learning have further added to these woes by focusing more on human-machine interaction than human-human ones. Traditional models for inculcating these values through education which heavily rely on the physical presence of teachers do not seem to work in these circumstances. This demands a model for inculcating these values in learning management systems/ e-learning platforms. This study contributes in this regard by first identifying key players and factors, and then proposing a model for it. Using the Delphi model, it gathers opinions from 59 experts in two rounds. Academic institutions, society and online community members, teachers, and e-contents were identified as key factors and players. It suggests a holistic approach-based model through which all of them play their role and collaborate through an e-learning platform. That platform can be used to disseminate information, create awareness, monitor, and report the e-learners. It uses pull and push strategies to help the e-learners to develop those values.
online education e learning e learning platform ethical values moral values learning management system
Keywords: Online education, e-learning, e-learning platform, ethical values, moral values, learning management system.
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