1. NSF grant IIS-0724894

5. Ethical Decision-Making Critical competency Used to make design decisions Need to consider all stakeholders

6. Iterative Development Process Cases Simulation Courses

7. Iterative Development Process Cases Simulation Courses Information Ethics

8. Iterative Development Process Cases Simulation Courses Ethics of IT in a Multicultural World

9. Iterative Development Process Cases Simulation Courses

10. Iterative Development Process Cases Simulation Courses Paper-Based Cases

11. Iterative Development Process Cases Simulation Courses Case Builder

12. Iterative Development Process Cases Simulation Courses

13. Iterative Development Process Cases Simulation Courses Face-to-Face

14. Iterative Development Process Cases Simulation Courses Online

15. Process of Simulating Cases Scenario Brainstorm Decide AB

16. Scenario Brainstorm Decide Role 1 Role 2 Role 3

17. Research Question What did students learn from using the educational simulation as part of the information ethics course?

18. 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

19. Results: Ethical Decision-Making Understanding Self Complexity Importance Others Applications

20. Results: Understanding Own EDM Understanding Self Complexity Importance Others Applications “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.”

21. Results: Ethical Decision-Making Understanding Self Complexity Importance Others Applications

22. Results: Understanding Others’ EDM Understanding Self Complexity Importance Others Applications “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.”

23. Results: Ethical Decision-Making Understanding Self Complexity Importance Others Applications

24. Results: Importance of EDM Understanding Self Complexity Importance Others Applications “I think [the class] did a great job of presenting the multiple options and then how the decision could then affect others' options.”

25. Results: Ethical Decision-Making Understanding Self Complexity Importance Others Applications

26. Results: Complexity of EDM Understanding Self Complexity Importance Others Applications “Information technology presents more ethical considerations than I would have thought.”

27. Results: Ethical Decision-Making Understanding Self Complexity Importance Others Applications

28. Results: Applications of EDM Understanding Self Complexity Importance Others Applications “[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”

29. Simulation Support face-to-face and online collaboration – Face-to-face, share a computer – Face-to-face, use multiple computers – Online

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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 6 th Annual iConference. Thank you!!! Any questions???