Vol.10, No.3, August 2021.                                                                                                                                                                               ISSN: 2217-8309

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         eISSN: 2217-8333

TEM Journal

TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, MANAGEMENT, INFORMATICS

Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science

Evaluating Students’ Cyber Ethics Awareness in a Gender-Segregated Environment Under the Impact

of COVID-19 Pandemic

Mahmoud Abou Naaj, Mirna Nachouki

© 2021 Mahmoud Abou Naaj, published by UIKTEN. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Citation Information: TEM Journal. Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 1248-1256, ISSN 2217-8309, DOI: 10.18421/TEM103-31, August 2021.

Received: 09 May 2021.

Revised:   16 July 2021.
Accepted: 23 July 2021.
Published: 27 August 2021.

Abstract:

Cyber ethics are essential components of information technology. The COVID-19 situation has brought unprecedented challenges to traditional higher education institutions, especially for students using their electronic devices in all their learning activities. This study focused on cyber ethics perceptions among university undergraduates’ students during COVID-19 conditions. It aims to analyze the extent to which distinct attributes, such as gender, education level, grades, or Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), and major are related to cyber ethics awareness. An online survey was conducted on a sample of 322 undergraduates studying Information Technology majors and other majors to assess university students' cyber ethics awareness levels at a University in the UAE. The results show that, in general, respondents were aware of cyber ethics. In particular, gender and education level were found to directly affect cyber ethics awareness, while major and grades have no statistically significant effect.

Keywords : Academic Ethics, Information Technology, Gender-Segregated Environment, Cyber ethics Awareness Perception.

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