Educational technologies and the teaching of ethics in science and engineering.
To support the teaching of ethics in science and engineering, educational technologies offer a variety of functions: communication between students and instructors, production of documents, distribution of documents, archiving of class sessions, and access to remote resources. Instructors may choose to use these functions of the technologies at different levels of intensity, to support a variety of pedagogies, consistent with accepted good practices. Good pedagogical practices are illustrated in this paper with four examples of uses of educational technologies in the teaching of ethics in science and engineering. Educational technologies impose costs for the purchase of hardware, licensing of software, hiring of support personnel, and training of instructors. Whether the benefits justify these costs is an unsettled question. While many researchers are studying the possible benefits of educational technologies, all instructors should assess the effectiveness of their practices.
Loui
Michael C
MC
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana 61801-2307, USA. loui@uiuc.edu
D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D004738:Engineering / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics*; D004995:Ethics, Professional / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D012586:Science / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States