Abstract
The cyberbullying phenomena has been recorded as affecting students and faculty alike in the K-12 and higher education systems. Cyberbullying in higher education has negative effects to the institution and its stakeholders, including faculty turn over and student suicide. While these responses are highly publicized, the effects of cyberbullying on the online classroom remain relatively untouched by researchers. There are very few resources available to faculty who teach online courses for creating strategies to combat cyberbullying in that context. Furthermore, many states, including Florida, defer conduct policies and their enforcement to the individual institution. While there are many aspects of cyberbullying within the online course in higher education that remain unexplored by research, this study seeks to breach the subject by analyzing the policies at Florida public universities. Using document analysis, this study analyzed policies from the 12 state universities capturing the definition of cyberbullying and recommended reporting practices for faculty on cyberbullying from each institution. By framing the results of the analysis through the community of inquiry, this study provides value to faculty seeking to strengthen their online teaching presence through providing clear guidelines established by each Florida institution. It will also provide value to administrators at institutions within the United States who are reviewing their policies addressing online abuse and cyberbullying by identifying to common definitions currently used within public institutions.
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Graduation Date
2019
Semester
Fall
Advisor
Cox, Thomas
Degree
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
College
College of Community Innovation and Education
Department
Educational Leadership and Higher Education
Degree Program
Educational Leadership; Higher Education
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0007853
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0007853
Language
English
Release Date
December 2019
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Raditch, Joseph, "Teaching Online and Cyberbullying: Examining Higher Education Cyberbullying Policies In The Florida State University System" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 6726.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/6726