Resources to teach Computer Ethics in Computer Science and Engineering programmes
Publications
The report contains a number of guidelines (extracted from both literature and sessions with stakeholders) that can be used by teachers and lecturers in Computer Science faculties to create and deliver Digital Ethics related content.
The report summarises existing practices and outlines possible approaches for developing the future curricula of ethics in Computer Science programs.
Book Chapters
- Tierney, B. “Facial Recognition on the Streets and in Shopping Malls”, Book Chapter in “97 Things About Ethics Everyone in Data Science Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts”, Franks, B. (Ed.), O’Reilly Media, August 2020.
- Gordon, D. “Ethics is the Antidote to Data Breaches”, Book Chapter in “97 Things About Ethics Everyone in Data Science Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts”, Franks, B. (Ed.), O’Reilly Media, August 2020.
- Gordon, D. “Anonymising Data is Really, Really Hard”, Book Chapter in “97 Things About Ethics Everyone in Data Science Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts”, Franks, B. (Ed.), O’Reilly Media, August 2020.
Journal Papers
- O’Sullivan, D., Stavrakakis, I., Gordon, D., Curley, A., Tierney, B., Murphy, E., Collins, M., Becevel, A. (2022) “You Can’t Lose a Game If You Don’t Play the Game”: Exploring the Ethics of Gamification in Education, International Journal for Infonomics, 14(1).
- Stavrakakis, I., Curley, O’Sullivan, D., Gordon, D., Tierney, B. (2021) “A Framework of Web-Based Dark Patterns that can be Detected Manually or Automatically“, International Journal On Advances in Internet Technology, 14(1-2), ISSN: 1942-2652.
- Gordon, D., Stavrakakis, I., Gibson, J.P., Tierney, B., Becevel, A., Curley, A., Collins, M., O’Mahony, W., O’Sullivan, D. (2021) “Perspectives on Computing Ethics: A Multi-Stakeholder Analysis“, Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society, 19(3), ISBN: 1477-996X.
- Stavrakakis, I., Gordon, D., Tierney, B., Becevel, A., Dodig-Crnkovic, G., Dobrin, R., Schiaffonati, V., Pereira, C., Tikhonenko, S., Gibson, J.P., Maag, S., Agresta, F., Curley, A., Collins, M., O’Sullivan, D. (2021) “The Teaching of Computer Ethics on Computer Science and Related Degree Programmes: A European Survey“, International Journal of Ethics Education, 6(2).
Conference Papers
- Stavrakakis, I., Gordon, D., Gibson, J.P. O’Sullivan, D., Becevel, A. (2022) “Minding the Gap: Computing Ethics and the Political Economy of Big Tech”, EthiComp 2022, Turku, Finland, July 26 -July 28 2022.
- Gibson, J.P., Narouwa, M., Gordon, D., O’Sullivan, D., Turner, J., Collins, M. (2022) “Technical Debt is an Ethical Issue”, EthiComp 2022, Turku, Finland, July 26 -July 28 2022.
- Turner, J., O’Sullivan, D., Gordon, D., Stavrakakis, I., Keegan, B., Murphy, E. (2022) “Addressing ethical issues in the design of smart home technology for older adults and people with disabilities”, EthiComp 2022, Turku, Finland, July 26 -July 28 2022.
- Donnelly, J., Dowley, A., Liu, Y., Su, Y., Sun, Q., Zeng, L., Curley, A., Gordon, D., Kelly, P., O’Sullivan D., Becevel, A. (2022) “Be a Pattern for the World: The Development of a Dark Patterns Detection Tool to Prevent User Loss“, EthiComp 2022, Turku, Finland, July 26 -July 28 2022.
- Keegan, B., O’Sullivan, D., Gillespie, B., Doyle, P. (2022) “Using VLE Engagement Tracking to Offer Leniency to Under Performing Students“, EthiComp 2022, Turku, Finland, July 26 -July 28 2022.
- Gordon, D., Collins, M., Gibson, J.P., O’Sullivan, D. (2022) “Measuring the Longitudinal Impact of Teaching Programming Ethics to First Year Students“, Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2022), 7th-8th March, 2022, Valencia, Spain.
- Curley, A., Gordon, D., O’Sullivan, D. (2022) “What’s in a Name?: The Use of Instructional Design in Overcoming Terminology Barriers Associated with Dark Patterns“, Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2022), 7th-8th March, 2022, Valencia, Spain.
- Murphy, E., Gordon, D., Keegan, B., Doyle, J., Stavrakakis, I., O’Sullivan, D. (2022) “Towards an Ethical Framework for the Design and Development of Inclusive Home-based Smart Technology for Older Adults and People with Disabilities“, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of Health Informatics (HealthInf 2022), 9th-11th February 2022.
- O’Sullivan, D., Stavrakakis, I., Gordon, D., Becevel, A. (2021) “Check Your Tech – The Ethics of Gamification in Education“, i-Society: 14th International Conference on Information Society, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, October 26-28, 2021 (Online).
- O’Sullivan, D., Gordon, D., Stavrakakis, I., Collins, M. (2021) “Check Your Tech – The Ethics of Deepfakes in a Political Context“, i-Society: 14th International Conference on Information Society, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, October 26-28, 2021 (Online).
- Gordon, D., Collins, M., O’Sullivan, D. (2021) “The Development of Teaching Case Studies to Explore Ethical Issues Associated with Computer Programming“, UKICER 2021 – The United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 2nd-3rd September 2021 (online).
- Curley, A., O’Sullivan, D., Gordon, D., Tierney, B., Stavrakakis, I. (2021) “The Design of a Framework for the Detection of Web-Based Dark Patterns“, ICDS 2021: The 15th International Conference on Digital Society, Nice, France, 18th – 22nd, July 2021 (online).
- Curley, A., Gordon, D., O’Sullivan, D., Stavrakakis, I., Becevel, A., Gibson, P. (2021) “Adaptable and Reusable Educational ‘Bricks’ for Teaching Computer Science Ethics“, EduLearn 2021: The 13th Annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, 5th – 6th of July, 2021 (online).
- Gibson, J.P., Jacob, Y., Gordon, D., O’Sullivan, D. (2021) “Developing an Educational Brick for Digital Ethics – A Case Study-Driven Approach”, EthiComp 2021, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, June 30 – July 2, 2021 (online).
- Gordon, D., Becevel, A. (2021) “Are We in the Digital Dark Times? How the Philosophy of Hannah Arendt can Illuminate Some of the Ethical Dilemmas Posed by Modern Digital Technologies”, EthiComp 2021, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, June 30 – July 2, 2021 (online).
- Gordon, D., Gibson, J.P., Tierney, B., O’Sullivan, D., Stavrakakis, I., Curley, A. (2021) “You Must Have Your Webcam on for the Entire Duration of the Examination: The Trade-Off Between the Integrity of On-Line Assessments and the Privacy Rights of Students”, EthiComp 2021, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, June 30 – July 2, 2021 (online).
- Stavrakakis, I., Gordon, D., O’Sullivan, D., Curley, A. (2021) “Is Social Media Bad for People? The 2021 Storming of the US Capitol Complex”, EthiComp 2021, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, June 30 – July 2, 2021 (online).
- O’Sullivan, D., Gordon, D., Collins, M., Murphy, E. (2021) “Check Your Tech – Whose Responsibility is it When Cyberharassment Occurs?”, EthiComp 2021, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, June 30 – July 2, 2021 (online).
- Tierney, B., Gordon, D. (2021) “Where Minority Report Meets the Stepford Wives – Ethical Considerations Over the Use of Facial Recognition Software on the High Street”, EthiComp 2021, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, June 30 – July 2, 2021 (online).
- Gordon, D., O’Sullivan, D., Stavrakakis, Y., Curley, A. “Homo Ludens Moralis: Designing and Developing a Board Game to Teach Ethics for ICT Education”, 18th International Conference on the Ethical and Social Impacts of ICT, 17th-19th June 2020, La Rioja, Spain.
- O’Sullivan, D., Gordon, D. “Check Your Tech – Considering the Provenance of Data Used to Build Digital Products and Services: Case Studies and an Ethical CheckSheet”, IFIP WG 9.4 European Conference on the Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, 10th–11th June 2020, Salford, UK.
- Gordon, D., Collins, M., Becevel, A., O’Mahony, W. “Incorporating Digital Ethics throughout the Software Development Process”, Proceedings of the 14th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2020), 2nd-4th March 2020, Valencia, Spain.
Posters
- Gordon, D., Gibson, J. P., Jacob, Y., Stavrakakis, I., O’Sullivan, D. (2021) “The Future of Medicine is Digital: Developing Educational Materials to Explore the Ethics of Digital Pills“, MedInfo 2021 – One World, One Health: Global Partnership for Digital Innovation, October 2-4, 2021, (Online).
Presentations
From the event European Conference on Digital Footprint
Tierney, B., Gordon, D., “Ethical Implications of Data Management”, European Conference on Digital Footprint, 24th October 2019, Brussels, Belgium. Download slides
From the event Teaching Ethics to Computer Science and Engineering Students – Experiences, Current Issues and Future Challenges
- Dodig-Crnkovic, G., “Teaching Ethics with a Research-based Perspective”, Teaching Ethics to Computer Science and Engineering Students – Experiences, Current Issues and Future Challenges, 22nd September 2021, Gothenburg, Sweden. Download slides
- Schiaffonati, V., “Why and how teaching ethics to CS and engineering students: current issues and future challenges”, Teaching Ethics to Computer Science and Engineering Students – Experiences, Current Issues and Future Challenges, 22nd September 2021, Gothenburg, Sweden. Download slides
- Häggström, O., “Teaching a Course on New Technologies, Global Risk and the Future of Humanity”, Teaching Ethics to Computer Science and Engineering Students – Experiences, Current Issues and Future Challenges, 22nd September 2021, Gothenburg, Sweden. Download slides
- De Fine Licht, K., “Teaching ethics to teachers and engineering students – Walking a tighrope between puzzle-solving and despair”, Teaching Ethics to Computer Science and Engineering Students – Experiences, Current Issues and Future Challenges, 22nd September 2021, Gothenburg, Sweden. Download slides
From the event A showcase of our resources for teaching Computer Ethics
- The Ethics4EU Team, “Our final Showcase”, A Showcase of our Resources for Teaching Computer Ethics, 8th June 2022, Dublin, Ireland. Download slides
- Génova, G., “The Ethics of AI”, A Showcase of our Resources for Teaching Computer Ethics, 8th June 2022, Dublin, Ireland. Download slides
From the event Digital Ethics: Can we do better? – Workshop
- Bagnato, A., “Digital Ethics in H2020 projects preparation”, Digital Ethics: Can we do better?, 15th June 2021, Paris, France. Download slides
- Zaïdi, F., “Teaching Critical-Safety systems considering Digital Ethics”, Digital Ethics: Can we do better?, 15th June 2021, Paris, France. Download slides
- Dratwa, J., “What world do we want to live in together? Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and the Question of Europe”, Digital Ethics: Can we do better?, 15th June 2021, Paris, France. Download slides
- Baudel, T., “Digital Ethics as an engineering discipline. Why do engineers & researchers now need to care about ethics?”, Digital Ethics: Can we do better?, 15th June 2021, Paris, France. Download slides
Videos
Ethicomp 2021
Our team presented 5 papers at Ethicomp 2021, all supported by an online presentation!
Teaching Ethics to Computer Science and Engineering Students – Experiences, Current Issues and Future Challenges
Digital Ethics: Can we do better? - Workshop
Dealing with the Complexities of Teaching Ethics to Future CS Professionals
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