COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INFORMATION ETHICS AND SECURITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BTE 2004 INFORMATION ETHICS AND SECURITY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELIF BUĞRA KUZU DEMIR

Offered to

Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course aims to equip all students with the knowledge and skills regarding the concepts of ethics and security in the field of information technology. In order to achieve this aim, the transformation of ethics and security concepts related to the historical development of information technology will be taught to the students. Also, by raising awareness to the ethical issues that can be encountered because of mass use of today s technologies, it is aimed to discuss with the students regarding possible legal and daily solutions against those ethical issues mentioned above. Moreover, teaching professional ethics concept and letting students interiorize the ethics code in IT field are also aimed in the course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the concepts of ethics and security
2   To be able to examine ethical responsibilities of an individual from information society
3   To be able to give examples about ethical issues emerged from the mass use of information technology sources
4   To be able to determine appropriate device and environment security precautions suitable to the emerging information technology
5   To be able to analyze the effects of possible IT crimes on the society

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts of Ethics and Security
2 Ethics and security in the field of Information Technology
3 Digital citizenship and ethical responsibilities of an individual from information society
4 The relationship between ethics and profession, and professional ethics
5 Ethical issues of information technology: Intellectual property and accuracy
6 Ethical issues of information technology: Privacy and accessibility
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 Data protection: Copyrights, patents and license agreements
9 Information Technology Law and legislations
10 Personal and institutional data security management
11 IT crimes and societal influences of IT crimes
12 Concepts related to cyber space and security
13 Cyber actors: Methods of cyber-attack and cyber-defense
14 Security in mobile and social media environments
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Campbell, R., Stroll, A. A., Long, A. A., & Bourke, V. J. (2009). Etik Kuramları.Lotus Yayınları.
Dedeoğlu, G. (2016). Teknoloji, Iletişim, Yeni Medya ve Etik. Sentez Yayıncılık.
Dedeoğlu, G. (2009). Etik ve Bilişim. Etki Yayınları.
Quigley, M. (2011). ICT Ethics and Security in the 21st Century: New Developments and Applications. IGI Global.
Reynolds, G. (2014). Ethics in Information Technology. Cengage Learning.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, question-answer, observation, group study, case study

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework, discussion, student reflections

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Elif Buğra Kuzu Demir
Dokuz Eylül University
Buca Faculty of Education
Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies
Hasan Ali Yücel Building
35160 Buca/Izmir/ Turkey

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 13 1 13
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11351151111
LO.21255151112
LO.31251151111
LO.41351151112
LO.51255251111

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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