In this episode I unpack Smith et al.’s (2023) publication titled “Incorporating ethics in computing courses: Barriers, support, and perspectives from educators,” which investigates the perceived barriers and support for implementing ethics into higher education CS courses.

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00:00 Introduction

00:41 Abstract

02:24 Paper introduction

02:42 Research questions

03:06 Method

03:29 Findings

03:31 RQ1: Educators' perceptions of ethics

09:26 RQ2: Barriers to ethics integration

15:12 RQ3: Structures supporting ethics

18:33 Discussion

18:45 Lingering questions and thoughts

18:55 If we consider null curricula, won't there always be not enough time to learn the technical?

20:03 If integrating CS into another content area, are we further diluting CS by also focusing on ethics?

22:01 How would these perspectives compare with elementary, middle school, and high school educators?

22:22 Outro