EESE: Collaborative Research: Understanding and Preparing Future Computer Professionals for the Ethical Complexities of a Diverse World

计算专业人员是否为他们在日益全球化和跨学科的工作场所中面临的道德挑战做好了充分的准备？ 在这个多机构的研究/教育项目，PI将调查之间的差距差距需要道德计算专业人员和道德学习，发生在研究生计算程序。 然后，他们将运用这些见解，开发和传播研究生道德教育的最佳实践。 混合方法研究结合了调查，访谈，焦点小组，内容分析和实验设计，并将与ACM的SIGCAS和IEEE的SSIT合作进行。 该项目将开始在四个不同的机构的计算机程序和课程的调查：一个传统的研究1大学，农村理工学院，城市文科学院，和领先的在线教育机构。 在这些网站的研究生计算伦理教育中使用的现有目标和策略是什么？ 涉及哪些伦理问题？ 使用了哪些教学方法和材料？ 教师和学生将接受调查和采访，了解他们对计算伦理教育的看法。 项目小组和评价小组将在每个机构对所有课程的教学道德进行观察。 根据这四所院校提供的基线数据，专业操守研究员将调查主要专业协会的成员，以评估行业惯例和利益与专上院校提供的道德教育之间的一致性。 最后，首席研究员将完善一套最佳做法和教育学建议，以促进公务员道德教育，并沿着传播他们的研究结果，以及适用于各种机构环境的教材范例。 具体研究问题包括：1。计算机科学教师目前在教授哪些具体的道德问题，研究生级别的计算机课程目前使用哪些教学方法？a.不同机构的课程中所涵盖的计算伦理问题有哪些相似之处和不同之处？B.什么材料（文本，阅读，视频，模拟，社交媒体等）在课堂上使用？2.专业人士怎么能？在计算机行业的经验丰富的教学在工作场所的道德挑战？a.计算机专业人士认为学生在进入工作场所之前应该了解哪些道德规范？B.计算机专业人士认为如何最好地传达这些信息？3.如何改进计算机伦理教育？a. CS学生需要学习哪些他们目前没有学习的道德规范？B.教学生这些思想的最佳教学方法是什么？项目成果将包括一份关于计算机科学/技术研究生道德教育状况的报告，一份关于行业对道德知识渊博的劳动力的需求的报告，以及关于在研究生教育和工作场所有效的道德教育最佳做法的建议。 该项目最终将使计算机专业人员更加适应他们对公众的道德责任，从而导致更可靠的计算系统。这项工作将填补一个重要的空白，在研究文献的适当性和有效性的教学方法，目前用于提高研究生计算学生的道德问题的认识，相对于他们将面临的挑战，职场 研究结果将基于，因此适用于，广泛的利益相关者在研究生计算伦理教育，从而可以改变课程标准颁布的专业协会，如ACM和IEEE。创新的混合方法的方法，将使用的优点，不仅为这项研究，但也可以应用到其他领域的未来研究。

Are computing professionals adequately prepared for the ethical challenges that they will face in an increasingly global and interdisciplinary workplace? In this multi-institutional research/education project, the PIs will investigate the gap between the need for ethical computing professionals and the ethical learning that occurs in graduate computing programs. They will then apply these insights to develop and disseminate best practices in graduate ethics education. The mixed-method research combines surveys, interviews, focus groups, content analysis, and experimental design, and will be conducted in partnership with ACM's SIGCAS and the IEEE's SSIT. The project will begin with an investigation of computing programs and courses at four diverse institutions: a traditional research 1 university, a rural polytechnic, an urban liberal arts college, and a leading institution for online education. What are the existing goals and strategies used in graduate computing ethics education at these sites? What ethical issues are covered? What pedagogical approaches and materials are used? Faculty and students will be surveyed and interviewed about their perspectives on computing ethics education. Observations of teaching ethics across the courses will be conducted at each institution by the project team and the evaluation team. With baseline data from these four institutions, the PIs will survey members of leading professional associations to gauge alignment between industry practice and interests and the education in ethics provided by postsecondary institutions. Finally, the PIs will refine a set of best practices and pedagogical recommendations for CS ethics education, and disseminate their findings along with examples of teaching materials designed to be applicable across a range of institutional settings. Specific research questions to be addressed include:1. What specific ethical issues are CS instructors currently teaching and what pedagogies are currently being used in graduate-level computing courses?a. What are the similarities and differences in computing ethics issues covered within curricula across different institutions?b. What materials (texts, readings, videos, simulations, social media, etc.) are used in classes?2. How can professionals? experience in the computing industry enrich teaching about ethical challenges in the workplace?a. What do computer professionals think students should know about ethics before entering the workplace?b. How do computer professionals think this information can best be conveyed?3. How can computing ethics education be improved?a. What do CS students need to learn about ethics that they are not currently learning?b. What are the best pedagogical approaches for teaching students these ideas?Project outcomes will include a report on the state of ethics education in graduate computer science/technology, a report on industry needs for an ethically knowledgeable workforce, and recommendations for best practices in ethics education effective in graduate education and the workplace. The project will ultimately result in computing professionals who are more attuned to their ethical responsibilities to the public, leading to more reliable computing systems.Broader Impacts: This work will fill an important gap in the research literature about the appropriateness and effectiveness of pedagogical approaches currently used to increase graduate computing students' awareness of ethical issues relative to the challenges that they will face in the workplace. Results of the study will be based on, and thus applicable to, a broad range of stakeholders in graduate computing ethics education, and thus could transform curricular standards promulgated by professional societies such as the ACM and IEEE. The innovative mixed-method approach that will be used has merit not only for this study but could also be applied to future studies in other domains.