AUP's or Acceptable Use Policies are comparable to a classroom teacher's rules. On the first day of class, the teacher goes over what is acceptable behavior in his classroom (i.e. chewing gum, how to ask to go to the bathroom, cell phone use) and students learn to adjust to the varying but mostly consistent rules among most teachers. An AUP for a Digital Learning Community is just that, the set of classroom rules that members of the community must adhere to in order to ensure the purpose of the community is at the forefront.
Having an AUP helps guide the members of the community to make good decisions while members of the DLC. It encourages positive behavior, appropriate Netiquette, and ethical behavior, while discouraging acts such as bullying, plagiarism, or general misuse of the internet.
I think the best way to ensure that members of the community adhere to the AUP is to be sure they are aware it exists. In addition, requiring some sort of Orientation in which each person in the community goes through a small training or course to educate him/her on the AUP would be necessary.
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