Criterion A 1) One social/ethical concern related to the use of Wikipedia is integrity. This is because the information being uploaded on the wiki can be edited by anyone on the net and they can edit information as they please. Thus, some information may not be reliable or true. 2) One primary stakeholder to Wikipedia is the students that are using the wiki every day to get information for research papers or their courses. They are the ones who are coming in contact with Wikipedia and they can even edit and change information as they please. Post Answers in here One Social and ethical concern i have chosen is reliability for the it system. Wikipedia is an open editing wiki that allows any user with an account to add remove or edit a page and change the information accordingly. You don't know who wrote the information therefore you don't know if it is reliable. - Kerr A2 - One primary stakeholder to the IT system is a Student at university who is using Wikipedia to research the topic or the basic outline of a topic for his/her essay.. If they decide to take information from the Wiki they will be taking information that is not reliable. You don't know who has edited the page and you don't know where they got there information from. - Kerr Sara K: One social/ ethical issue related to this IT system is reliability. Reliability is an issue as the information found on the Wikipedia may be out dated, incorrect or insignificant to the topic. Wikipedia is an online wiki which can be edited by anyone. One primary stakeholder in this IT system would be the students who use Wikipedia as their source for research.Students are the ones who edit and upload their information via this wiki. --- Criterion A An ethical concern related to Wikipedia is the reliability of the information. This is because it is open edited, meaning that any visitor of Wikipedia is able to edit information. This causes reliablility problems because we don't know who has edited information. The source may not be reliable. One stakeholder of Wikipedia is the student who oes his research. He will be visiting Wikipedia, in search of suitable information for his research. He needs to ensure that the information that he has obtained came from a reliable source (Sarah C) --- Criterion A The ethical concern raised from this IT system is integrity. The IT system being described in the article is the use of a wiki as an online encyclopedia; Wikipedia. This is an open-edited software where users can input and edit information on any of the “3.6 million articles” available. Due to this, the information available on a subject cannot be guaranteed to be accurate or reliable. A primary stakeholder to this IT system is the students. They are using the information available on this wiki as a research tool to “orientate yourself when you start a topic”. The information is used to write research papers and other educational purposes. A lack of integrity in the information may cause harm to their learning. (Haziq) . A social and ethical issue would be reliability because there is a constant change of information and the staff and students can edit the pages of the wiki, this can be a problem because the student might write something wrong or not related to the topic this will give the wrong information for students or staff using Wikipedia. (SAEED) One primary stake holder to this IT system is the student because they are the ones who are using Wikipedia for information about a certain topic or using the wiki for formal research, if the information is not reliably then this could affect the information they use for their work. The student can also edit pages in the wiki but if the student gives the wrong information this could affect other students using the wiki. (SAEED) A concern related to the IT system would be integrity. Whilst Wikipedia is a large resource for students, it is open-edited, meaning that anyone can edit or even tamper with the data posted. This makes the data useless and the website an unreliable source of information. A primary stakeholder would be the student using Wikipedia for research purposes. He or she is in direct contact with the system and uses it to retrieve information from the site and/or potentially edit it through their web browser, be it at home or from the university. (Lisa) Criterion A: The social/ethical issue related to the article is integrity. Wikipedia is a free open editing website which means that anyone can add a page and edit based on their own knowledge and sometimes the information may be bias as it may be based on their own opinion. A stakeholder to the IT system is the student who is doing their research. They may use ideas from Wikipedia to base their research on. Sometimes all the ideas provided are not 100% . hend No wstop working on A and start B Remeber in B you need a step by step process mentioning all components. Information should be taken from the article and you should add additional information from your own knoweledge! HINTS on teh terms you might use: Internet explorer example...search tab, wikipedia link the URL for the link database to find a match of your search the information will be displayed on screen you can also start like Gavin said by having an ISP or a dongle or wifi connection. Gavin use IT terms, Gavin users can only edit the page if they are registered HINT always think about the Input, process and output int he first part of B Always refer clearly to the article and add to it 40% of your words should be IT/ITGS terms Criterion B Users can log on to the website using an internet browser if they have a reliable connection to the Internet. They may also access the website from other devices such as smartphones and tablets. Once on the website, the user can search for a word, phrase or topic using the search toolbar. The site will relay this to a database whereby the software will find data matches and display the matches in a list. The user can then click on a desired link which will redirect the user to the related page. If the user is not able to find what he/she is looking for, they may be asked to redefine their search. The linked page will display information which has been inputted and edited by previous users. The user looking at the information can also edit or add information. To do this, the user must authenticate themselves using their log-in username and password. If they do not have one, they must create one on the site which will authorize them to edit pages. Pages which are prone to vandalism and rogue information may be protected by the site as a means of multi-level authorization whereby only trusted users can edit the information. The IT system described may raise the ethical concern of integrity, as mentioned in Criterion A. This is due to the easy ability of users to manipulate, edit or even remove a page. The users only need to register with the site to gain the authority to edit any of these pages. Users without a basis of netiquette may tamper with the information and write unreliable or even abusive information on the wiki. (Haziq) Kerr: The It system in question here is Wikipedia which a large wiki website that stores information about specific subjects First off the user will go to the correct URL "www.wikipedia.org" then the user will search using a search bar at the top of the screen, the wiki in itself is a large database that stores information about different subjects. the search will use a lookup search to find the appropriate subject. If the search comes back with more than one result it is because the key terms in the search were not accurate enough. You will then re define your search and hopefully end up on the appropriate page for your specific subject. Once on the page the user can then decide to either browse through the page and open the many hyperlinks to relevant subjects or they can decide to edit the page and write as they wish. For example In my year 11 IT class in edited the page for scanners and it was changed back to its original in a matter of minutes. There are monitors who watch what is edited so nothing hainus or slanderous is uploaded. - Kerr The IT system in question is Wikipedia which is a large wiki on the internet. The user can use Wikipedia to search for articles and look up information on a certain subject. It is reliable in some ways for example there are university students in America who have edited pages on the subjects they are specialists in. "In some US universities there are designated students who organise the editing of Wikipedia pages in their specialist areas.". This is directly related to the concern in criterion A, Reliability. Not everyone who edits Wikipedia is a specialist in their field. - Kerr Criterion B - Hayat 1) The IT system is Wikipedia. First of all, users need to use the appropriate web browser then access Wikipedia by typing in the web address (www.wikipedia.org) Next, users can use the search engine of the web based encyclopedia to browse their desired topic. When a topic is inserted into the search engine, a variety of options shows up from related topics. After choosing the desired topic, users can access their desired page. A feature of Wikipedia is that information can be edited by any users. However, they must first have an account. To access their account they must insert their username and password and then they are given access to edit. Their ability to edit information also depends on the levels of access that Wikipedia gives to edit the information. Some users have more credibility and therefore they have higher levels of access and can edit more pages than lower level users. They can scroll down the webpage and fine a tab to edit the information available on the page. This is because it is an open editing system and it is a wiki, therefore it is easy and straightforward to edit information. After inputting the desired information, users will save the information and it will be available on the wiki for other users to see. 2) The social/ethical concern described in Criterion A is integrity. The relationship between Wikipedia and integrity is that any users can create an account and edit information on the wiki. Many of these users may not be qualified in the field they are editing and therefore the information source and the facts may not be reliable. Therefore, false data is given to the general public. Also, users can edit the page and input false information which could have serious problems for people relying on the system for academic uses. As for the bigger scale, information can be easily tampered with which may ruin research for larger developments such as businesses and large companies who have Wikipedia pages. The students opens the internet browser and enters the web address of Wikipedia, which is www.wikipedia.org, and then the student will log into their account by clicking the log in button on the homepage of the website. The student will then need to put their username and password into the appointed boxes, and hem click log in. the student will be redirected to their profile page, the student will the click the home button to go to the main page of Wikipedia, then the student can search for article related to their research or topic they are learning in class, or if they wanted to edit a page they will click on an article which they think needs more information and then click the edit button on the top of the page, after editing the page the student will then click save, and the page will refresh to show the changes the student made. (SAEED) The social and ethical concerned in criterion A was integrity which was that students or staff can change the information in the wiki and this could have a negative effect on the student if they are using Wikipedia as their resource for their research or learning of new topics, because the information edited or added by the staff or students may be incorrect or out-dated and this could affect what the student is learning on the wiki and want kind of information they are receiving. (SAEED) Haziq perfect answer I guess more IT terms can make it perfect(er) ??? faviouritism^^^ Criterion B The first step would be to visit the Wikipedia website, www.wikipedia.org , using an internet browser. Then the user will enter data in the search bar regarding his research or task. Unless an exact match is found, the website will display a list of pages containing the words that were input in the search bar. The user will then chose a page and click the link, directing him to the appropriate page. The user will be able to view the information on the page and use it for his research. If for any reason the user thinks that the information related to the topic is not correct, he will be able to edit the page unless he does not already have a Wikipedia account. If the user has not created an account, he will be prompted to register before being able to edit information on pages. Registration requires the user to input details such as name, date of birth and e-mail address. The user will also be asked to create a unique username. When the user enters a username in the field, the system will search for any identical name. Unless the name is unique, the user will have to choose a different username. A password will be needed to protect the user’s profile. When registration is complete, the user will be asked to input his log in details. After log in, the user will be able to edit pages on Wikipedia. (Sarah C) Teachers play a big role in the Wikipedia problem because they know even against then advice of the teachers that students will use Wikipedia if they are in a rush, it will cause a lCriterion B: The student or professor would open the browser. They would type www.wikipedia.org in the URL. To search for certain information on Wikipedia the user will type what they are searching for in the specified search bar usually located at the top of the page. The database will then be searched a match and items which are related to your search topic will be displayed on the screen. The user can also choose the certain language in which they want to read the information by clicking on the specified language on the left of the screen. If the user wants to edit a certain page then they first have to create an account. To create an account they will have to enter personal information such as their name, age, gender, occupation, etc... They will then have to choose a username and password to log in to the website with. After creating the account an email will be sent to their account to authenticate the account. After authenticating it they can log in and start to edit according to their area of expertise. The issue mentioned in Criterion A is integrity. Integrity is an issue related to this IT system since Wikipedia allows anyone with an account to edit it. This means that anyone can edit the information on the website. Even if they say that they are experienced and know about the information you never know who is behind the screen and if what they are posting is right or wrong. (Hend) To access the website, the student will have to go to www.wikipedia.com via the web browser. From here, he can search for specific topics of interest using the search tab, and then click on the links on the results page which have proven a match. These would have been retrieved from the Wikipedia link database. Using the sidebar, he can also make specific language choices. If the student wishes to edit a particular article, he will firstly have to register to Wikipedia, by giving them his personal details, in order to verify that he is a real person. Once this is done, he can log in by entering his username and password to authenticate himself and then start editing. As stated in the article this can be done by anyone and so the site is vulnerable to ‘rogue information’, and so differentiating access rights will also hinder who can edit what.The concern mentioned in Criterion A was integrity, as anyone can access the website and create an account to edit or create new articles. This puts the information posted at risk as it can be tampered with, and therefore be unreliable and useless to users. The relevant stakeholders in this situation are the students, the teachers and the editors on Wikipedia themselves. The Students have the biggest part in this scenario because if they are directly taking information from Wikipedia they are solely relying on a website that is not trustworthy. If the student takes from Wikipedia then they are assuming that whoever edited the page in the first place knew exactly what they were talking about and is a specialist in the area. An example from real life, last year in the IB extended essay a girl was caught plagiarizing from Wikipedia (although not on purpose it was poor referencing) and she lost her diploma, she had to repeat the year. It can cause a lot of problems on Wikipedia. If research is not correct on the website and you quote from it you will lose a lot of marks and points in your essay. ot of problems because you don't know who has edited it. if a student fails there exam due to false information brought to them by Wikipedia this is a big social issue. Teachers face social and ethical problems if one of their students plagiarizes from Wikipedia, they are then charged with the responsibility of extending a persons stay at their current educational facility (depending on the severity of the task in question). Students know there is an inherent unreliablity..." The editors play a crucial role in the social and ethical effects of Wikipedia. When an editor creates a page or edits a previously created page they are taking into their hands the responsibility of everyone who credits their edited page as a source of valid information. This can cause a lot of problems if the editor is clueless and is creating the page for fun. A large problem that takes place is how do we know who is editing our pages and how can we stop the uploading of false information. - Kerr Criterion C (Haziq) The use of this IT system raises several advantages as well as issues for the relevant stakeholders in regard to social as well as ethical aspects. A stakeholder of this IT system is the students. They are using the wiki as a research tool to aid them in their learning and as a research tool to write papers. The ability to easily search for topics that they are looking for means that they have a reliable and efficient method which can be accessed from anywhere in the world, so long as they have a connection to the Internet. In addition to this, Wikipedia is available in a wide variety of languages, promoting globalization and ease of use for the user. The fact that it is a free service for all is also a clear advantage for students using this IT system. However, the ethical issue of integrity will directly have a social impact. That is the users may see information which cannot be proven to be reliable or accurate, due to the ease of editing the pages and a lack of means to authenticate the credibility of the sources. Due to this, Wikipedia is generally not accepted as a proper source of reference when writing educational papers as it states in the article that there is a “real gap in knowledge about how this free resource is being used”. For teachers, disadvantages are evident. Information on the Internet is nearly impossible to be proven accurate immediately. However, this is even truer for the information displayed on Wikipedia due to the fact that it is open-edited and is based on a peer-to-peer collaboration system. Teachers may find that students have solely relied on information they have gotten from this wiki and not have done further research. This will have a negative impact on their learning experience and may cause difficulties for the teacher. The main issue that needs to be addressed regarding this IT system is integrity as it causes problems for all stakeholders involved. Criterion C - Hayat The main stakeholders to Wikipedia are students, universities and researchers. As mentioned in the article, the ‘Wikipedians’ would like to improve the editing quality that occurs on Wikipedia. Thus they would like to limit the access that regular users have to editing the information available on Wikipedia. This is because integrity is a big issue because people may put unreliable information on the website thus causing further issues related to education such as plagiarism. Students face the issue of plagiarism because it is easy for them to take information from Wikipedia and use it in their answers, thus they are committing academic dishonesty, which is a crime nowadays. An example of the consequences of plagiarism is the German politician who lost his job because it was discovered that he had plagiarised a paper during university, thus he lost his job and his title. Another issue for students is reliability of the information they are getting from Wikipedia. Since anyone can edit the pages, false and unreliable information can be put on the pages. As mentioned in the article, Wikipedia is widely used amongst university students, thus if they are getting false information from the website, they are at risk of failing university courses. Although it mentions in the article that “students know there is an inherent unreliability,” they still use the website because it is the easiest way to access the information they need to write papers and study for classes. My main issue is digital citizenship, because, as mentioned in the article, “how the resource is being used” is a big factor in the reasons for the increase in integrity and reliability. Thus, the assurance that users are using the wiki appropriately and editing information appropriately is extremely important in order to avoid issues such as plagiarism and cheating and students failing courses due to inaccurate information. Online wikis have become very useful in the world of education because people can put up information and use them for studies and other learning activities, but there are problems arising from using online wikis. There are advantages and disadvantages of using online wikis. The relevant stakeholders in this article are the students, staff and universities. The advantages for using Wikipedia are that the student using Wikipedia can have access to millions of information and articles. In the article it mentions that’ Wikipedia, has almost 3.6 million articles’ for the student to learn from and to use as a source for formal research and for learning new topics, ‘it's a place where you can orientate yourself when you start a topic’ which also mentioned in the article. Teachers can also help the students with their research by posting related articles that can help them in their research and also edit pages and fill them with theories for the students to use them in their academics, because the wiki is on the internet the student can access the information anytime anywhere and can also communicate with their professors about any problems they are facing with their research. The disadvantages for using the wiki is that the students and members of staff can both edit the wiki pages and this could have an integrity issue because the information on the wiki can be tampered with or changes and this could affect the information that the student gets when opening Wikipedia, and the student can get false information from the wiki if the person who posted it hasn’t used a good source, this could affect the students research and learning. Another disadvantage for using Wikipedia as a source for the research is the risk of plagiarism,’ Wikipedia as a source for plagiarism’. The main problem that is arising from the article is the integrity of the data provided in Wikipedia, and there should be a solution to solve this problem. (SAEED) Criterion C: As Wikipedia is a very useful website it is not always a good choice especially when writing an important paper for university for example. Wikipedia is beneficial to the teachers and students who want to edit as they can share their knowledge, this can help them remember the information they are experts in and help others who need this information. In Wikipedia you can find information about almost anything and in most of the languages of the world. This means that almost all the people around the world who have an internet connection can benefit from Wikipedia. Since Wikipedia is on the internet reliability may be an issue for teachers and students. As teachers and students who want to edit need a good internet connection or they will not be able to go on the website. Also students who want to search for a certain topic need an internet connection as Wikipedia is online. As technology is easy to use nowadays copy and paste is increasing as all you need is almost to clicks of a button to get the information you need on a word page Although as mentioned in criterion B Wikipedia can be edited by everyone with an account. This raises a serious integrity issue. Many of the editors may decide to create a page and the information they may post either wrong or biased information. hend --- Criterion C The use of Wikipedia brings many positive impacts towards the relevant stakeholders. However there are also negative impacts. Wikipedia offers information collected from a variety of different sources. This gives the students more information on a certain topic of research. They are not limited to just one source. The students are the ones who will be using Wikipedia the most for a lot of their research tasks. Having information from more sources will give the students more information to research on. As stated in the article some US universities appoint students to organise the editing of pages related to their specialities. This helps to make the pages more informative and detailed, for other students who do research on similar topics. Teachers are also able to edit information on pages, given that they have an account on Wikipedia. This will also help students in obtaining more reliable information. Universities will be able to check for Wikipedia related plagiarism, with sophisticated programs designed for this purpose. However there are negative implications towards these stakeholders. As mentioned in Criterion C, Wikipedia is open edited, this means that anybody with a Wikipedia account can edit information on any page. This causes reliability issues, because users can’t know whether or not a source is reliable unless the information is properly cited. The use of Wikipedia requires an internet connection. In a case where a student of staff doesn’t have a connection to the internet, he will not be able to access the site. (Sarah C) --- as a way to stop the people uploading about the certain subjects they could be quizzed before being able to upload, perhaps a difficult question about the person or subject in question. This would cut down the amount of false information uploaded. - Kerr As I mentioned in criterion C that the integrity of the data is a problem because students and staff can both edit the pages of Wikipedia. A solution for that could be that the university could create their own page on Wikipedia which can be used by the students and professors of that university. The university should only allow the teachers or professors to post or edit the pages on their wiki which solves the problem because the staff are more experienced in the subject they teach and have more knowledge and so the information given is proper and well sourced. (SAEED)