The interface of the other

Ethicality of online education from the teacher’s perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11953214
AutoresKatja Castillo (0000-0003-2620-4629, University of Oulu, Faculty of Education, PL 2000, 90014 University of Oulu , Finland, autor de correspondencia), Minna-Kerttu Kekki (0000-0003-0707-2413, University of Oulu, Faculty of Education, PL 2000, 90014 University of Oulu , Finland)
Año2025
Volumen59
Número2
Páginas372-387
Fecha de publicación2025-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/jopedu/qhaf014
OpenAlexW4408128744
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas31

In this article, we investigate the ethical conditions of online education by extending Levinas’ concept of the ‘face’. Considering the ‘face’ of the other raises the question of what it is we see when communicating online—is it the face of the other, or something else? How does this perception constitute the other for ‘me’? Can we access the ethical dimension of experience in online communication? To describe the ‘face’ we encounter in online educational settings, we introduce the concept of ‘interface’: the presentation of the other in something other than their body. We argue that in online settings, the interface becomes the entry point for ethical pedagogy. Importantly, we do not argue that online teaching is preferable to other forms of teaching. Instead, we aim at sharpening the view of the limits and possibilities of online teaching

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