nsf grant iis-0724894. ethical decision-making critical competency used to make design decisions...
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NSF grant IIS-0724894
Ethical Decision-Making
• Critical competency
• Used to make design decisions
• Need to consider all stakeholders
Iterative Development Process
Cases
Simulation
Courses
Iterative Development Process
Cases
Simulation
Courses
Information Ethics
Iterative Development Process
Cases
Simulation
Courses
Ethics of IT in a Multicultural
World
Iterative Development Process
Cases
Simulation
Courses
Iterative Development Process
Cases
Simulation
Courses
Paper-Based Cases
Iterative Development Process
Cases
Simulation
Courses
Case Builder
Iterative Development Process
Cases
Simulation
Courses
Iterative Development Process
Cases
Simulation
Courses
Face-to-Face
Iterative Development Process
Cases
Simulation
Courses
Online
Process of Simulating Cases
Scenario
Brainstorm
Decide
A B
Scenario
Brainstorm
Decide Role 1
Role 2
Role 3
Research Question
• What did students learn from using the educational simulation as part of the information ethics course?
Data Collection and Analysis
• 20 of 22 students (91%) completed an open-ended questionnaire after the course
– e.g., “What did you learn in this class?”
• Thematic analysis was used to analyze the answers to 13 relevant questions
Results: Ethical Decision-MakingUnderstanding
Self
ComplexityImportance
Others
Applications
Results: Understanding Own EDMUnderstanding
Self
ComplexityImportance
Others
Applications
“The biggest thing was really learning what my own values
are. I've always had strong values, but understanding the different theories and hearing
different perspectives made me understand WHY I value the
things that I value, and made me appreciate my values more.”
Results: Ethical Decision-MakingUnderstanding
Self
ComplexityImportance
Others
Applications
Results: Understanding Others’ EDM
Understanding
Self
ComplexityImportance
Others
Applications
“In real ethical dilemmas you are forced to work with other people. Without that interaction the course would be missing a big piece of how ethics work.”
Results: Ethical Decision-MakingUnderstanding
Self
ComplexityImportance
Others
Applications
Results: Importance of EDMUnderstanding
Self
ComplexityImportance
Others
Applications
“I think [the class] did a great job of presenting the multiple options and then how the decision could then affect others' options.”
Results: Ethical Decision-MakingUnderstanding
Self
ComplexityImportance
Others
Applications
Results: Complexity of EDMUnderstanding
Self
ComplexityImportance
Others
Applications
“Information technology presents more ethical considerations than I would have thought.”
Results: Ethical Decision-MakingUnderstanding
Self
ComplexityImportance
Others
Applications
Results: Applications of EDMUnderstanding
Self
ComplexityImportance
Others
Applications
“[The cases] did a great job of promoting small and large group discussion about ethicists in real-world situations, and did so in a more interesting way than any other way I've seen material taught”
Simulation
• Support face-to-face and online collaboration
– Face-to-face, share a computer
– Face-to-face, use multiple computers
– Online
Case Builder
• GUI-based
• Allows any student or instructor to develop cases without requiring technical expertise
• Ensures the sustainability of the project by providing an ongoing source of new cases
Take-Away
• The simulation was effective
• EDM is a collaborative activity
• Collaborative learning is an effective approach for promoting learning of EDM
• Students can learn ethical decision-making by playing and building cases
• This material is based upon work supported by NSF grant IIS-0724894
• Related publications:– Fleischmann, K.R., Robbins, R.W., and Wallace, W.A. 2009. Designing
educational cases for intercultural information ethics: The importance of diversity, perspectives, values, and pluralism. J. Educ. Libr. Inf. Sci. 50, 1 (Jan. 2009), 293-302.
– Fleischmann, K.R. and Wallace, W.A. 2010. Value conflicts in computational modeling. Computer 43, 7 (Jul. 2010), 57-63.
– Fleischmann, K.R. 2010. "Preaching What We Practice: Teaching Ethical Decision-Making to Computer Security Professionals." Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6054: 197-202.
– Fleischmann, K.R., Robbins, R.W., and Wallace, W.A. 2011. Collaborative learning of ethical decision-making via simulated cases. Proceedings of the 6th Annual iConference.
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