TY - JOUR ID - 14375 TI - Ethical Challenges of Designing on Application for Reading Instruction Management System (RIMS): A Phenomenological Study JO - Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning JA - ELT LA - en SN - 2251-7995 AU - Shahmoradi, Arezou AU - Ghonsooly, Behzad AU - Mazandarani, Omid AU - Barani, Ghasem AD - English Language Teaching Department, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran AD - English Language and Literature Department, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM), Iran Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 14 IS - 29 SP - 198 EP - 213 KW - Ethical Challenges KW - Learning Management System (LMS) KW - reading comprehension DO - 10.22034/elt.2022.48944.2473 N2 - This study aimed at identifying the ethical challenges encountered when developing a language education virtual environment that acts as a smart platform for managing reading comprehension instruction for EFL/ESL learners. Since Reading Instruction Management System (RIMS) is going to observe, monitor, and supervise the learners' out-of-class activities and help teachers improve their teaching quality, it has to seriously handle humane elements which have not been seriously debated in the related literature on language education software development so far. To this end, this study has devised a qualitative study to further explore the aspects of ethical considerations that have to be considered when developing technological aid. Accordingly, 14 teachers and 14 students were selected based on the purposive sampling method concerning the condition that they will be among the teachers and learners who will use RIMS when it is officially launched in the institution. They were asked to take part in interviews which were held on a one-on-one basis and in Persian, the participants' mother tongue. The data were codded and the emerged ones were then classified under four themes including the challenges related to the teachers, learners, and institutions. Each of these has several aspects which are discussed, accordingly. UR - https://elt.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_14375.html L1 - https://elt.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_14375_cbcc67fe84bed858339a74ff590f8f83.pdf ER -