Abstract
In society and politics, there is a rising interest in considering ethical principles in technological innovation, especially in the intersection of education and technology. We propose a first iteration of a theory-derived framework to analyze ethical issues in technology-enhanced learning (TEL) software development. The framework understands ethical issues as an expression of the overall socio-technical system that are rooted in the interactions of human actors with technology, so-called socio-technical interactions (STIs). For guiding ethical reflection, the framework helps to explicate this human involvement, and to elicit discussions of ethical principles on these STIs. Prompts in the form of reflection questions can be inferred to reflect on the technology functionality from relevant human perspectives, and in relation to a list of fundamental ethical principles. We illustrate the framework and discuss its implications for TEL.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Addressing Global Challenges and Quality Education - 15th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2020, Proceedings |
Editors | Carlos Alario-Hoyos, María Jesús Rodríguez-Triana, Maren Scheffel, Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez, Sebastian Maximilian Dennerlein |
Place of Publication | Springer, Cham |
Pages | 386-391 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Volume | 12315 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2020 |
Event | 15th European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning: EC-TEL-Impact 2020 - Virtuell, Heidelberg, Germany Duration: 14 Sept 2020 → 18 Sept 2020 Conference number: 15 http://www.ec-tel.eu/index.php?id=957 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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Volume | 12315 LNCS |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
Conference | 15th European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning |
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Abbreviated title | ECTEL 2020 |
Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Virtuell, Heidelberg |
Period | 14/09/20 → 18/09/20 |
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Keywords
- Co-design
- Ethical principles
- Reflection
- Sociotechnical systems
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Computer Science(all)