Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

2019-02-01 Thread Yosem Companys
My comments inline below in blue... On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 10:49 AM Richard Brooks wrote: > Reminds me of a proposal I wrote for an ethics course to NSF. > My proposed course looked at the economics of the industry, as > pointed out by Ross Anderson, that the market rewards bad > and insecure

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

2019-02-01 Thread Richard Brooks
> But I wonder what the pedagogical research literature says about the > best way to teach ethics? I'm data-driven, so I'd rather see empirical > evidence guide educational policy or someone conduct a study to assess > the best course of action. I doubt that you could come up with an empirical

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

2019-02-01 Thread Terry Winograd
This is an ongoing debate. The observation about how students treat a single required ethics course is valid, and therefore it requires a lot of work to make it more engaging (as Stanford is trying to do now). The problem with trying to integrate it into courses in general is that either it is

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

2019-02-01 Thread Yosem Companys
Interesting. In a related vein, from my experience, I'll note the following: - When underrepresented minorities started getting minimal representation at research-one universities, these universities started creating programs specifically focused on helping underrepresented minorities

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

2019-02-01 Thread Yosem Companys
Good point, Terry. I didn't think of that. On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 9:48 AM Terry Winograd (via cpsr-activists list) wrote: > This is an ongoing debate. The observation about how students treat a > single required ethics course is valid, and therefore it requires a lot of > work to make it more

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

2019-02-01 Thread Doug Schuler
I probably shouldn't have dragged Dick's name into this but here's my take on what he was saying. IF the ethics / social responsibility material presented in college is relegated to a single, required course (and is not integrated with more technical material throughout) then it likely to be

[liberationtech] 2nd Call Social Media Track at EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2-4 September, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy

2019-02-01 Thread Noella Edelmann
Apologies for cross-posting! Hope you can join us - we look forward to seeing you in San Benedetto del Tronto! Social Media Track @ EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2019 2-4 September 2019 Conference website: http://dgsoc.org/egov-2019/ Digital and social media are central for government, public

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

2019-02-01 Thread RICHARD BROOKS
ABET accreditation requirements include ethics and some type of contemporary issues awareness. This has to be addressed in the curriculum in at least one course. This can be, does not have to be, a separate course. It can be more effective as part of another course. To be accredited, the

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

2019-02-01 Thread Daniel Bosk
On Thu 31 Jan 2019 21:28:53 GMT, Doug Schuler wrote: > I had been talking to Dick Sclove about this recently and he said that > adding ethics or social responsibility as a class that graduates had to > take was essentially a bad idea. Louis Bucciarelli apparently was using > this in the

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

2019-02-01 Thread Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
Well, I was certainly surprised and encouraged when a while back I received this booklet in the mail: The “ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct!” Regards / Saludos / Grato Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes > On Jan 31, 2019, at 11:34 PM, Yosem Companys wrote: > > Why did he think it