ETHC 445 - Week 1 Quiz

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Question 1.Question :

Which of the online behaviors listed below are inappropriate in our course?

All listed below

Posts with obvious spelling errors that could have been caught with the spell-check function

Comments with racial or ethnic insults

TYPING IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

Flaming with angry comments

Question 2.Question :

Ethics involves difficult dilemmas and politically charged issues and ideas; thus, the best way to ensure that my comments are taken in the way I mean them is to _____.

 proclaim my political biases up front

 carefully measure the impact of my words and consider how they may impact the atmosphere of the class

 try out the collegiality of our class to see what I can get away with and how far I can go

 read to check whether somebody is trying to insult me in their posts

 assume that if I take comments personally that the student sending them really does mean to insult me

Question 3.Question :

Posting in the course's threaded discussions is an essential element in our online, asynchronous classroom. Which of the following is not true about value-adding posts in our course?

 Personal opinion posts are valuable by themselves.

 Emoticons can be used in posts.

 Posts are academic work and should be written with attention to language and grammar.

 The course posting server includes a spell-check function.

 Posts may respond to the work of other students by name.

Question 4.Question :

Which of the following is the most appropriate response for a student to post to another student who has posted this:

                     WHAT IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU?

                     YOU ARE AS STUPID AS A BOX OF ROCKS!

 Answer the post very directly and with capital letters for effect.

 Send an e-mail to that student to correct him or her.

 Post an equally strong rebuttal.

 Complain offline to your Student Advisor.

 Ignore this and allow your instructor to handle it – either directly with the offender or through Student Services.

Question 5.Question :

Choose from the following choices the way in which collegiality is expressed in our course.

 A certain tolerance for anger and expressions of it in posts

 Ignoring the good wisdom that students with particular knowledge bring to the discussions

 Behaving carefully so as to not cause offense to other students or quickly take offense at others

 Accusing other students of their biases and preconceptions

 Stating strong opinions and expecting others to follow suit