Guiding socio-technical reflection of ethical principles in tel software development: The srep framework

Sebastian Dennerlein*, Christof Wolf-Brenner, Robert Gutounig, Stefan Schweiger, Viktoria Pammer-Schindler

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAddressing Global Challenges and Quality Education
Subtitle of host publication15th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2020, Heidelberg, Germany, September 14–18, 2020, Proceedings
EditorsCarlos Alario-Hoyos, María Jesús Rodríguez-Triana, Maren Scheffel, Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez, Sebastian Maximilian Dennerlein
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer Science + Business Media
Pages386-391
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-57717-9
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-57716-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event15th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2020 - Online Event, Heidelberg, Germany
Duration: 14 Sep 202018 Sep 2020
Conference number: 15

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume12315
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference15th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2020
Abbreviated titleEC-TEL 2020
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHeidelberg
Period14/09/2018/09/20

Keywords

  • Co-design
  • Ethical principles
  • Reflection
  • Sociotechnical systems

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