Teaching Values in Design in Higher Education: Towards a Curriculum CompassShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Paradigm Shifts in ICT Ethics: Societal Challenges in the Smart Society: Proceedings of Conference on the Ethical and Social Impacts of ICT – Ethicomp 2020, Universidad de la Rioja , 2020, p. 214-216Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Given that there are so many potential resources out there, we need to carefully select and present materials and activities in such a way that it can be easily accessed and used by teachers working across multiple disciplines (eg industrial design, computer science, educational technology), engaging with students on different levels (eg bachelor and master), and dealing with different sets of constraints (eg, time, location, person power, budget). Currently, we are working on the creation of a curriculum compass, a structural guidance that can help organize teaching activities together with relevant materials and tools, by employing educational design patterns as development framework (Goodyear, 2005; Mor & Winthers, 2008). For this structure, we have identified three main pillars for teaching about values in design: 1) Ethics and Human Values, 2) People and Stakeholders, and 3) Technology and Context. Building on these three pillars, we aim to further structure how a learner's understanding of values develops from a simple to more complex level. To do so, we are drawing from established taxonomies of learning, such as the SOLO taxonomy (Biggs & Collis, 1982) and the Bloom taxonomy (Bloom, 1956) to address different levels of competences. Finally, our overarching goal is to make sure that our students become caring and responsible designers of the future society in a holistic and grounded manner. To this end, our project not only focuses on developing conceptual knowledge about values and ethics and gaining practical skills to design in a value-sensitive way, but more importantly, on becoming a reflective and responsible designer.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Universidad de la Rioja , 2020. p. 214-216
Keywords [en]
values in design, responsible design, ethics
National Category
Design
Research subject
Interaktionsdesign
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-18260ISBN: 9788409202720 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-18260DiVA, id: diva2:1467813
Conference
Conference on the Ethical and Social Impacts of ICT – Ethicomp 2020, June 15 - July 6 2020, Rioja, Spain
2020-09-162020-09-162025-02-25Bibliographically approved