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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. Courses. Cases. Simulation. Iterative Development Process. Information Ethics. Courses. Cases. Simulation.
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Ethical Decision-Making • Critical competency • Used to make design decisions • Need to consider all stakeholders
Iterative Development Process Courses Cases Simulation
Iterative Development Process Information Ethics Courses Cases Simulation
Iterative Development Process Ethics of IT in a Multicultural World Courses Cases Simulation
Iterative Development Process Courses Cases Simulation
Iterative Development Process Paper-Based Cases Courses Cases Simulation
Iterative Development Process Case Builder Courses Cases Simulation
Iterative Development Process Courses Cases Simulation
Iterative Development Process Courses Cases Simulation Face-to-Face
Iterative Development Process Courses Cases Simulation Online
Process of Simulating Cases Scenario Brainstorm A B Decide
Scenario Brainstorm Role 1 Decide 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-Making Understanding Self Others Importance Complexity Applications
Results: Understanding Own EDM Understanding Self Others “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.” Importance Complexity Applications
Results: Ethical Decision-Making Understanding Self Others Importance Complexity Applications
Results: Understanding Others’ EDM Understanding Self Others “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.” Importance Complexity Applications
Results: Ethical Decision-Making Understanding Self Others Importance Complexity Applications
Results: Importance of EDM “I think [the class] did a great job of presenting the multiple options and then how the decision could then affect others' options.” Understanding Self Others Importance Complexity Applications
Results: Ethical Decision-Making Understanding Self Others Importance Complexity Applications
Results: Complexity of EDM “Information technology presents more ethical considerations than I would have thought.” Understanding Self Others Importance Complexity Applications
Results: Ethical Decision-Making Understanding Self Others Importance Complexity Applications
Results: Applications of EDM “[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” Understanding Self Others Importance Complexity Applications
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
Thank you!!! Any questions??? • 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.