Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to investigate the trending term: “Netiquette” as an important element in the effective digital citizenship. The research suggests a systematic framework of netiquette rules in the field of online education based on the classical core rules of netiquette and according to the digital citizenship scale (DCS). The research also studies the corresponding responsibilities of both educators and students to raise awareness towards using technology in a balanced, safe, smart and ethical way as the shift towards the digital activities increased significantly in the post-corona time.

Design/methodology/approach

The research used the qualitative data that were based on the everyday observation and analysis of the online education experience at the university of Jordan in the academic year 2020/2021; the online group discussions of students and teachers; and investigating the guidelines of the online learning netiquette rules in various academic institutes. Comparative analysis was conducted to merge and eliminate redundant rules and to add sub rules, and then to cluster them into groups. The suggested clustered groups were distributed into the classical core rules outline of netiquette. In each core rule, the sub rules were reclassified and recategorized according to the DCS by studying the complexity levels and their corresponding factors. The suggested framework updates and adds DCS levels and factors considering the exceptional experience of online education through the pandemic.

Findings

The research finds that “Netiquette” had been neglected in cyber ethics literature, and so it has to be rediscovered through the lens of digital citizenship that becomes very noticeable issue in the post-COVID era. So, the research presents a systematic framework that outlines more than 150 netiquette sub rules in the field of online education, and that were clustered according to DCS and the classical core rules of netiquette. It also adds a new factor to the bottom level of DCS which is the primarily skills and traits, and also updates the internet and political activism fac-tor by adding the social perspective.

Originality/value

A novel classification of the classical core rules of netiquette was proposed in the field of online education to serve as a spectrum of identifying the complexity of digital citizenship levels and factors. This research can be a starting point of more works on netiquette research in online education and on other fields such as online business meetings, social media networking and online gaming.

Abstract

Objectives: The study addresses the issue of Arab-Islamic identity in the digital age by examining specific associated topics such as modernism, legacy, and globalization. This study has two primary hypotheses: the first is that the "Arab" identity is an "Arab-Islamic" identity, and the second is that the Arab-Islamic identity may participate in the digital era without being alienated or estranged from its legacy. Accordingly, the research attempts to investigate the state of the digital era and its impact on Arab-Islamic identity and reformulate and answer the question of identity by presenting a model that depicts the Arab-Islamic identity's belonging areas.

Methods: The research employs analytical and deconstructive methodologies because of its scientific and philosophical nature. The research analyzes and evaluates the main concepts of the topic under study using both approaches, then deconstructs them to find relationships and inconsistencies between them. The basic ideas of Set theory were also utilized in the research to construct the proposed model.

Results: The study found that the problem of Arab identity in today's digital era has recently taken new directions due to the emergence of the Arab individual's many identities. There is a growing separation between a digital identity on the Internet dominated by modernity and globalization and an identity steeped in Arab and Islamic tradition and closely connected with history and heritage. 

Conclusions: The study finds that, despite this digital shift, Arab-Islamic identity can resume active participation in human civilization without ignoring its history and by comprehending the scope of its sense of belonging.

Abstract

The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has marked a turning point for contemporary technology, and its impact has extended to include changing the features of most vital sectors, including educational, healthcare, economic, and political systems. However, several questions emerge about its strengths and weaknesses, the way it relates to humans, how to interact with it in the digital world, and what it will look like in the future. The scarcity of studies addressing the theoretical and ethical aspects of AI is more evident in the Arab world, deepening the gap between keeping pace with technological progress and critical, theoretical, and ethical analysis of AI that works to ensure it is compatible with the cultural and societal values of the Arab individual. This research presents a critical attempt to uncover some ethical and technical challenges facing intelligent systems today, to anticipate the future of AI, and to suggest ways to improve its use and development in the Arab world.

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