Development of a SPOC of Computer Ethics for students of Computer Science degree

Technology brings different benefits to society and involves challenges and ethical dilemmas that must be considered during any technology development. In this sense, graduates must recognise the social, legal, ethical and cultural issues inherent to the discipline of computer science. However, there is a lack of integration of computer ethics in the computer science curriculum in Spanish universities. This work introduces a pilot experience to develop a Small Private Open Course (SPOC) to introduce computer ethics as an extracurricular activity in the Bachelor’s Degree of Computer Engineering at the University of Salamanca

How to and how much? Teaching ethics in an interaction design course

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Eng+ | Ethics For Sustainable Development In Engineering Programmes A Praxis Report Of Tu Berlin’s Think Tank Technology Reflection

Many technical universities alike, TU Berlin is in a future-oriented process of programme transformation to invite a holistic perspective on technology which includes critical thinking and ethical reflection. To this end, TU Berlin recently issued a general study guideline calling for an orientation of all programmes toward sustainable development. Accordingly, students should know about the historical, social and cultural contexts of science and technology and learn to reflect on the ethical consequences of their actions. Together with training in good scientific practice, this content should comprise 12 ECTS in each respective BA and MA programme. With only minor integration of this content in the current curricula to date, this transformation presents a significant challenge since courses need to be realigned as well as replaced. To find an answer, TU Berlin’s engineering faculty initiated a think tank in spring 2022, bringing together students, teachers and administration to search for ways of integrating ethics as well as science reflection and technology reflection to foster sustainable development. In our contribution we present a first outcome, namely the integration framework ENG+ for programme design which allows for the incorporation of ethics and strengthening of core values such as diversity, sustainability, and good scientific practice. In the ENG+ framework, we introduce the strategies of advancing and complementing as well as six corresponding measures for integration – emphasising, empowering, embedding, enabling, enriching, and encountering. We explain how they jointly contribute to the overarching ENG+ concept which brings together ethical reflection and sustainable development

Researching the Impact of Cal Poly Classes on Computing Students Perceptions of Computer Ethics and Social Responsibility

The importance and impact of socio-technical systems are playing an increasing role in the education of computing students. Discussion of ethics and social responsibility has always been a tenant of computer science education; however, research has shown engineering and computer science students lose focus on these values over their engineering education. Cal Poly computing departments have taken steps to emphasize social responsibility and ethics through required and suggested courses. This project focuses on examining the values and beliefs of Cal Poly computing students, who were surveyed over Winter and Spring Quarters in 2022. This project is inspired by Dr. Cech’s work around disengagement in engineering education and her methods were used in this work to determine if Cal Poly computing students are disengaging from beliefs relating to social welfare and responsibly. The results of the survey of 71 Cal Poly computing students showed that overall Cal Poly students view beliefs relating to ethical and social responsibility as more important than engineering students from past research. Students perceived that the department viewed ethical and social issues as important, as well as their own personal views. It was found that students’ public welfare beliefs were higher farther along in their degree and students who had taken relevant classes also demonstrated higher public welfare beliefs. Demographic analysis did not reveal any relationship when studying students’ more general values outside of the engineering profession. This project demonstrates that the efforts the Cal Poly computing departments took have had a positive impact on student values. This work highlights how an intentional curriculum can have positive effects as well as discussing future areas of improvement

Teaching AI Ethics: Observations and Challenges

This report summarises the experience in teaching Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics as an elective masters level course at the University of Bergen. The goal of the summary is twofold: 1) to draw lessons for teaching this in-high demand very new discipline; 2) to serve as a basis in developing a bachelor level AI Ethics course for students of artificial intelligence. AI Ethics as a topic is particularly challenging to teach as the discipline itself is very new and no textbooks have been established. The added challenge is introducing methodologies and skills from humanity- and social sciences to students of computational and information sciences

AI Ethics Training in Higher Education : competency Framework

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Experiencia piloto para incorporar la ética informática de forma transversal en el Grado de Ingeniería Informática

Cuando se realiza cualquier desarrollo software se deben tener en cuenta una serie de implicaciones éticas relacionadas con el impacto que ese desarrollo puede tener en los valores humanos y sociales. En este sentido, de acuerdo con el ACM/IEEE-CS Computer Science Curriculum 2013, los graduados deben ser capaces de reconocer las cuestiones sociales, jurídicas, éticas y culturales inherentes a la disciplina de la informática. El presente trabajo describe una experiencia de innovación docente cuyo objetivo es incorporar los aspectos éticos relacionados con el desarrollo software en el Grado en Ingeniería Informática a través de un SPOC (Small Private Open Course). Para ello, se han realizado un conjunto de charlas online en torno al temario del SPOC, de tal forma que al finalizar el curso, se dispone de los recursos base para crear un conjunto de píldoras de vídeo

Pilot experience to mainstream computer ethics in the Computer Science Degree

Cuando se realiza cualquier desarrollo software se deben tener en cuenta una serie de implicaciones éticas relacionadas con el impacto que ese desarrollo puede tener en los valores humanos y sociales. En este sentido, de acuerdo con el ACM/IEEE-CS Computer Science Curriculum 2013, los graduados deben ser capaces de reconocer las cuestiones sociales, jurídicas, éticas y culturales inherentes a la disciplina de la informática. El presente trabajo describe una experiencia de innovación docente cuyo objetivo es incorporar los aspectos éticos relacionados con el desarrollo software en el Grado en Ingeniería Informática a través de un SPOC (Small Private Open Course). Para ello, se han realizado un conjunto de charlas online en torno al temario del SPOC, de tal forma que al finalizar el curso, se dispone de los recursos base para crear un conjunto de píldoras de vídeo.A number of ethical implications related to the impact that such development may have on human and social values must be taken into account when undertaking any software development. In this sense, according to the ACM/IEEE-CS Computer Science Curriculum 2013, graduates must be able to recognise the social, legal, ethical and cultural issues inherent to the discipline of computer science. This work describes a teaching innovation experience whose objective is to incorporate the ethical aspects related to software development in the Degree in Computer Engineering through a SPOC (Small Private Open Course). For this purpose, a set of online talks have been carried out around the SPOC's topics, in order to create a set of video pills at the end of the course.Este trabajo es parte del proyecto de innovación docente “Diseño y creación de un SPOC sobre consideraciones éticas en el desarrollo software para los estudiantes del Grado en Ingeniería Informática” (ID2020/002) financiado por la Universidad de Salamanca (España) en el curso 2020-21; y parcialmente apoyado por el Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades de España a través de una beca FPU (FPU017/01252).Peer ReviewedObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::3 - Salut i BenestarObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::4 - Educació de QualitatObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::5 - Igualtat de GènereObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::10 - Reducció de les DesigualtatsObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::13 - Acció per al ClimaPostprint (published version