Abstract:

EngageCSEdu is an ACM journal that publishes high-quality, engaging, classroom-tested Open Education Resources (OERs) for secondary and post-secondary computing courses. All accepted contributions use one or more research-based engagement mechanisms aimed at increasing diversity and inclusion in computing classes. The term responsible computing has been defined as the ability to “recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles.” (ABET, 2021). In this session, authors of OERs published in our November 2023 (Volume 2 Issue 2) special issue on “Responsible Computing: Embedding Principles, Practices, and Pedagogies” will present their assignments and instructional materials intended for K-12, CS0, CS1, and upper-level computing courses. These OERs can be found in EngageCSEdu’s new ethics and computing repository (https://www.engage-csedu.org/node/20524).

Papers (7):

Title: Embedded Ethics: Pandemic Contact Tracing and Ethical Trade-offs
Authors: Maryam Majedi (UC, Santa Barbara), Emma McClure (St. Mary’s University), Benjamin Wald (University of Toronto), Diane Horton (University of Toronto), and Sheila A. McIlraith (University of Toronto)
Presenters: Diane Horton and Maryam Majedi, in-person.

Title: Embedded Ethics: Pandemic Exposure Notification Systems and Giving Ethical Justifications
Authors: Maryam Majedi (UC, Santa Barbara), Emma McClure (St. Mary’s University), Benjamin Wald (University of Toronto), Diane Horton (University of Toronto), and Sheila A. McIlraith (University of Toronto)
Presenters: Maryam Majedi and Diane Horton, in-person.

***These two papers from Horton and Majedi will be presented one after the other in one “larger” talk, equivalent in time to two talks

Title: Thinking Critically: Classroom Activities to Examine Ethics in Computing
Author: Joanne Barrett (University of Florida)
Presenter: Joanne Barrett, in-person

Title: Identification: A Teaching Moment for Privacy and Databases
Authors: Matthew P. Dube (University of Maine at Augusta) and Rocko Graziano (University of Maine at Augusta)
Presenter: Rocko Graziano, online

Title: Sandbox Data Science: Culturally Relevant K-12 Computing
Authors: Justice Walker (University of Texas at El Paso), Amanda Barany (University of Texas at El Paso), Alex Acquah (University of Texas at El Paso), Sayed Mohsin Reza (Pennsylvania State University), Karen Del Rio Guzman (University of Texas at El Paso), Michael Johnson (University of North Texas), Omar Badreddin (Northeastern University), and Alan Barrera (University of Texas at El Paso)
Presenter: Justice Walker, in-person

Title: A CS1 Data Analysis Project with Embedded Ethics
Authors: Shira Wein (Georgetown University), Alicia Patterson (Oregon State University), Shannon Brick (Georgetown University), and Sydney Luken (Georgetown University)
Presenters: Alicia Patterson and Shannon Brick, in-person

Title: Passwords and Python: Introducing Security Concepts in Lower-Division Programming
Authors: Casey Fiesler (University of Colorado Boulder), Samantha Dalal (University of Colorado Boulder), and Joshua Paup (University of Colorado Boulder)
Presenter: Casey Fiesler, in-person