In-class notes for 02/06/2020

CS 263 (ESD), Spring 2020

Getting Started

• Startup...

  • Syllabus; Daily plan

• Background survey -- please complete by Sunday night.

• Overview of the course

  • Course outcomes

  • Projects, team formation (teams of 3, each team exploring an issue area for ethical analysis)

  • Project process: client interview; background research; formulate questions; develop data plan; gather and analyze data; develop recommendations; prepare written report and final presentation to client

    • Feedback and collaboration between teams throughout

  • Methods for gathering data: interview, library research, questionnaire, qualitative methods, focus groups, etc.

  • Ethical theories [EIN]; professional codes of ethics; ethical dissent

  • Oral communication concepts and practice throughout

• Reading for next time

Project areas

• Project options

  • Quiz game. demo

  • DegreePath on SIS

  • StoGrade. github repo, README, recording, example spec

• Interest poll, due Sunday ("midnight" anywhere on Earth)

  I will take these preferences into account when determining teams

• Teams and projects/issue areas announced on Tuesday

Ethical issues and socio-technical systems

• Grid of ethical issues and social levels

  • Example: Google search

• Socio-technical systems (STSs)

  • Example straightforward: (Software) Google search accessibility as a web app

  • Example non-obvious: (Policies and Procedures) Google proprietary search algorithm - trust, manipulation...

  • In-class exercise - git software; alternate straightforward and non-obvious

    Submit individually today using this Google form of STS Worksheet

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