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236 13 Emerging Issues in Educational Technology

Example 1: So You Think You Can Secure Your Mobile Phone with a
Fingerprint?
No two people are believed to have identical fingerprints, but researchers at
the New York University Tandon School of Engineering and Michigan State
University College of Engineering have found that partial similarities
between prints are common enough that the fingerprint-based security sys-
tems used in mobile phones and other electronic devices can be more vul-
nerable than previously thought.
(See https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170411104603.htm)

13.3.2 Quality Control, Accreditation and Sustainability
Issues

Example 2: Does Apple Have an Obligation to Make the iPhone Safer
for Kids?
The average teen spends at least six hours a day looking at a screen, with
most of it from using a smart phone. Many parents, naturally, have wondered
if so much time spent in front of a screen is safe.
Research suggests that digital media stimulates the same brain chemicals
and regions as other addictive products. Indeed, there is an increasing con-
sensus that the technology companies who have led us into the digital age
have a responsibility to build some safeguards.
(See https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-apple-have-an-oblig
ation-to-make-the-iphone-safer-for-kids/)

Accreditation and Quality Assurance has established itself as the leading infor-
mation and discussion forum for all aspects relevant to quality, transparency, and
reliability of measurement. Since the 1990s, with the rapid development and
popularization of the Internet, a wide range of resources cooperation and sharing
has become the general trend, and the technical standards of learning resources in
this process have played a crucial role.
These issues involve resources sharing and relevant standards making in dif-
ferent countries which will affect the diffusion of technology. For example,
SCORM (see https://scorm.com/scorm-explained/), which defines communications
between client-side content and a host system are closely related to sustainability.