Practice Track

A Crash Course in Motivating, Supporting and Expanding Ethical Thinking in the Tech Classroom

Abstract

Despite growing calls to integrate ethics into computer science education, it is unclear what such an education should entail and how educators should go about this process. Members of the FAccT community have initiated—or been called upon to do— much of this work. Though there has been growing work in this area, there are still limited resources available to help educators cultivate ethical reasoning among computer science, data science, and other technical students. This tutorial provides a space for experts to discuss strategies and share resources for integrating ethical training into their teaching, as well as a structured environment for attendees to share successes and failures, seek practical advice, and learn from each other.