Adult+Education+Transformed+into+Learned+Censorship

 By Andrea Zweifel
 * Adult Education Transformed into Learned Censorship:**
 * Focusing on Online Learning**

(Quote Garden, 2011)
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 * = [[image:Censorship_-_Frustrated.png width="184" height="123" align="right" caption="An Open Letter to the Internet Community (retrieved July 19, 2011)" link="@http://web.archive.org/web/20011108010851/http://www.aclu.org/issues/cyber/letter080797.html"]] ||= [[image:Censorship_-Access_Denied.jpg width="123" height="146" caption="US Plans to Fight the Net Revealed (retrieved July 19, 2011)" link="@http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4655196.stm"]]

Adult education basically means an adult learner's ability, need, and desire to take responsibility for their learning. Typically, adult learners are independent, self-directed, experienced, motivated and ready to learn. What this means is that adult learners are masters of their educational ventures and will more than likely retain information better. Online learning is another avenue for adult learners to reach their educational endeavors. Educational institutions expect a certain level of knowledge and experience and learning stamina from adult learners; therefore, there’s an expectancy of “...learners [assuming] a heavy responsibility and initiative in their own learning”. (Moving from Pedagogy to Andragogy, 1990)
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Adults do not require censorship; they just need to be acutely aware of it. There is censored information, all kinds; however, not one person will know of all censored information. Therefore, this wiki provides resources about censorship and this section focuses on dealing with censorship while learning online. The more information you know the better you are informed.

Accessing information is a skill that takes practice to 'sift' through vast amounts of information. The problem is being able to find information that may or may not be censored...but how would you know? “As more and more people transmit widely divergent messages on the electronic highway, issues of free speech and censorship become increasingly complicated and regulations difficult to enforce.” (West’s Encyclopedia of American Law, 2005)
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First Amendment - Freedom of Speech. "Generally, the United States has the most liberal policy on freedom of expression in the world, with no formal government censorship of the news media (with the exception of broadcast media) or creative arts." __[|Click here to read the full document]__. (Episode 35 – Lost in the Smithsonian, 2011) No matter the media used, having the right to read what others have to say, hear speeches, and speak your mind is our right as American citizens. Internet censorship is similar to other types of censorship, which is control or omission of information published on the Internet. Have you ever been on the Internet searching for information and come to a page that states ‘not found’? Do you really believe that the information is not there? What if this is a form of censorship? "Net neutrality protects the consumer's right to use any equipment, content, application or service without interference from the network provider." (Save the Internet, 2011) The [|Save the Internet website]really puts into perspective censorship issues that affects people and their right to uncensored information.

It's not easy recognizing censored information. Being an adult online student has its ups and downs. Researching online is a tedious task and can become tiresome, Yet, you’re trusting that somewhere online is the information you’re looking for. But how do you know that the information you’re looking for hasn’t been censored or not? If someone doesn’t know about censored information or doesn’t care about it (until it matters) how will he or she know that they’re not getting all the pertinent information they need for their research? Going to censorship websites, like the ones listed below, will help you to recognize censored information.
 * National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) - []
 * What is Censorship? - []
 * Censorship in Cyberspace: Definition - []
 * Internet Censorship in the United States - []
 * Open Net Initiative (ONI) - []

Affecting the connection between learning and censorship, educational institutions have acceptable use policies that students have to abide by in order not to violate school policy on using it’s Internet resources. . ”...individual imagination pushes against the limits of society and how society pushes back and shapes the individual’s imagination.” [good concept of censorship] (Dent, 2009). Below is an excerpt of an acceptable use policy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: //All members of the campus community are given notice of this policy by virtue of its publication, and are subject to it on the same basis. Ignorance of this policy does not relieve anyone of his or her responsibilities under it.//
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 * ==//**Underlying Principles**//==
 * //The principles of academic freedom apply in full to electronic communications.//
 * //The use of computing and network services provided by the campus is subject to all applicable state and federal laws, as well as general University and campus policies.//

Click here to go to UIUC's website to read the full acceptable use policy

Here's a link about accessing blocked websites - [] (retrieved July 19, 2011)

**Video Case Studies** (or separate case studies under appropriate headings) media type="youtube" key="WvPEbyEdOQU" height="314" width="382" align="right" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Youtube video by YvonneeGibbs123) This is a 5-min video about //androgogy// touching upon online learning.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">media type="youtube" key="akAfCrOVhrM" height="314" width="382" align="right" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(YouTube video by jago2009) This is a 2-min video about tips and tricks for e-learning. This could be viewed as a way to learn how to research information and to bypass some (maybe not all) censored information.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">media type="youtube" key="rFhbSolKWP0" height="314" width="382" align="right" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(YouTube video by NuffRespect) This is a 10-min video about Internet censorship. Watch at your own discretion.