Status of teaching information ethics course at Information Science Departments, Saudi governmental universities: descriptive and analytical study | ||
| International Journal of Library and Information Sciences | ||
| Article 3, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 64-76 PDF (694.72 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijlis.2016.70268 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ahmed Farg Ahmed* | ||
| Faculty of Arts, University of Assiut - Egypt Department of Information Studies Imam Muhammad bin Saud University - Saudi Arabia | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study focuses on the description and analysis of the current status of teaching information ethics and legislation course at the curriculum of Information Science Departments at Saudi governmental universities. The research methodology used is the descriptive and analytical approach and represented the fundamental tools such as the questionnaire, personal correspondence in addition to applying the content analysis method. The study attempts to provide indicators resulting from the analysis and evaluation of the course to explore the different ways the develop it notably: disclosure of the course status in the curriculum of academic departments, and indicate the effectiveness of the teaching methods used, and analysis of course description to recognize the goals and learning outcomes with the current development trends of these departments, in addition to exploring the obstacles to the achievement of its objectives and proposed solutions to overcome them. And try to clarify the impact of this course on the enhancing of information behaviors for staff members | ||
| Keywords | ||
| teaching information; information ethics | ||
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