Comments on: Ethical Dilemma http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/03/04/ethical-dilemma/ part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:22:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Steph Carr http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/03/04/ethical-dilemma/#comment-472 Steph Carr Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:14:12 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/?p=214#comment-472 Hi Anabel, thanks for your post. It was very reassuring when I was in the thick of trying to make up time! And I absolutely agree with you. Whatever we see will be a snapshot, even if we are doing a not-so-micro study and so care must be taken. Hi Anabel, thanks for your post. It was very reassuring when I was in the thick of trying to make up time!

And I absolutely agree with you. Whatever we see will be a snapshot, even if we are doing a not-so-micro study and so care must be taken.

]]> By: Anabel Drought http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/03/04/ethical-dilemma/#comment-333 Anabel Drought Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:08:43 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/?p=214#comment-333 I think you are right to go with your gut feeling about this and it is such a worthwhile project it isn't worth the risk. It was something I was worried about with my ethnography and it wasn't a sensitive subject. I think this may be one of the issues with online studies - so much of it can be done by stealth you begin to feel like you are snooping t a feeling you are doing something you shouldn't, sneaking through someone's drawers! Even if we had permission I think it would still give that feeling as we are gaining a window into someone's life and making assumptions based upon what we are reading often in an uncontexualised way. I think you are right to go with your gut feeling about this and it is such a worthwhile project it isn’t worth the risk. It was something I was worried about with my ethnography and it wasn’t a sensitive subject. I think this may be one of the issues with online studies – so much of it can be done by stealth you begin to feel like you are snooping t a feeling you are doing something you shouldn’t, sneaking through someone’s drawers! Even if we had permission I think it would still give that feeling as we are gaining a window into someone’s life and making assumptions based upon what we are reading often in an uncontexualised way.

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