Home ICDE Dusseldorf 2001 Special Presidential Session on Ethics in Distance Education and Open Learning Introduction Panel members and facilitator Approved session proposal Statements and questions for discussion, prepared by panelists Slide presentations We live in a time of crucial change. Education is no longer the sole responsibility of educators. Professionals from many different disciplines and fields of activity contribute to how people learn and how their learning is being facilitated. Together they bear great responsibility for what the learning landscape of tomorrow will look like.
Ethical issues are at the root of the above question.
Aiming at spawning ongoing debate on these matters, the panelists shed their light on the theme of discussion from their diverse perspectives. Half of the time available for the session was used for a dialogue engaging the audience as much as the panelists. To top of page and menu Following is the text of the concept paper for this Special Presidential Session. So important is this aspect that various professions are guided by explicitly stated moral principles. Ethical discussion has been largely lacking in the history of the development of the field of distance education and open learning.