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MBO

June 5, 2022

Techno-moral scenarios - Educational format

: In this module, students are confronted with a possible future scenario in which a specific future application of a novel technology is imagined along with all the consequences, good and bad, it may have. Such a techno-moral scenario (called a ‘vignette’) stimulates students in formulating emotions, arguments and questions. By researching such questions through moral scenarios, students learn about the specifics of certain applications. Students are asked to make a techno-moral scenario themselves. They will have to imagine what a society would look like if a specific new technology was broadly adopted in 25-50 years from now. Students should formulate a narrative that helps reflect on potential dilemmas and present it in an audio-visual manner. These lessons are meant to prepare students for a future in which these developments become more common, in order to discuss which developments are desirable.

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Zoë Robaey

July 29, 2021

Taking Stock of Feelings (Educational Format)

This exercise is a short, activating method to open a class, course or topic with. Students are asked to list their moral emotions and feelings while [today’s topic] is introduced. The exercise can either be used as a quick, fresh way to open with, or as a preparation for another (SURF) exercise. A suggestion for a follow-up assignment in which students create a techno-moral scenario is also included here.

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Roel Veraart

April 29, 2020

Moral Imagination and the Future of Cities at Night (Teacher version)

Nighttime lighting is foundational to the design and use of cities at night, and new innovations to how we light cities can have far-reaching effects on social and environmental values. Given the confluence of rising concerns about the negative effects of artificial light at night (known as light pollution), combined with the introduction of new lighting technologies (e.g., smart systems, LEDs) as well as the development of other disruptive technologies (e.g., autonomous vehicles), we have a rare opportunity to envision and enact new lighting strategies. But how can these new technologies be adopted and utilized in a creative and responsible way? What values (environmental, social, aesthetic) should inform and drive technological innovation, design and policy choices, and use patterns? In this exercise, students are asked to confront complex and open-ended moral questions related to a critical (if often taken-for-granted) urban infrastructure, exploring how normative theories and value-sensitive design can – and should – inform the future of nighttime lighting.

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Taylor W. Stone

August 23, 2023

Interactive session: Duty Ethics

Learner can apply the knowledge about Duty Ethics, as gained in the lectures, in a debate. Learner is able to explore and evaluate the moral dilemma's regarding a practical example, like autonomous vehicles, from this ethical perspective and can take a stand from different viewpoints (e.g. passenger, pedestrian, programmer).

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HCAIM Consortium

August 19, 2026

Game Development with Students

The project Game Development with Students introduces interested educators to an innovative teaching tool with practical insights from the international relations classroom. Game development with students is a specialized form of game-based and project-based learning. It incentivizes both student creativity and in-class student-teacher co-creation and enables a particularly participative and result-oriented approach to the subject matter. The method is thematically flexible enough to travel across different fields of study and is adaptable to different levels of complexity. To enable other educators to implement this innovative teaching tool, we develop instructional materials (an educators handbook as well as educational videos), providing both general information on the experiential, game-based learning theory undergirding the method as well as practical, hands-on tips and trick on how to implement it in different educational settings. In doing so, we address the important, interconnected educational challenges of the transferability and sustainability of teacher developed tools.

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Saskia Ruth-Lovell, Bertjan Verbeek, Jorn Weessies

August 23, 2023

Lecture: Duty Ethics

Learner can assess choices on what subjects are ought to do. Learner understands the concept of moral. Learner has basic understanding of how those points relate to AI.

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HCAIM Consortium

August 23, 2023

Interactive session: Ethical Frameworks

Learner can apply the knowledge about Duty Ethics, Virtue Ethics, Theory of Justice and Utilitarianism, in a debate. Learner is able to explore and evaluate the moral dilemma's regarding a practical example, like autonomous vehicles, from different ethical perspectives and can take a stand from different viewpoints (e.g., passenger, pedestrian, programmer).

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HCAIM Consortium

August 13, 2020

The Chicken of Tomorrow - Teacher version

In this CBE, we will organize a discussion about the case of the ‘Chicken of Tomorrow’. The goal is to gain insight in the ethical dilemmas that arise in practice related to the environment and animal welfare. We will reconstruct a stakeholder meeting with all relevant parties. The aim of this meeting is to discuss the different perspectives of the stakeholders and to reflect on a possible solution to the problem.

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Henk van den Belt, Roel Veraart, Tjidde Tempels, Jacqueline Bos

March 11, 2021

Misconduct – Volkswagen’s ‘Defeat Design’ [Teacher version]

In this CBE students will reflect on the theme of misconduct by considering the case of the ‘dieselgate’ emission-scandal that got public attention in 2015. They are expected to do a bit of research beforehand or watch the Netflix episode of Dirty Money on Volkswagen (season 1, episode 1). Students will contemplate on the different roles of responsibility involved in the case and will assume the perspectives of involved actors as an exercise. Accordingly, they will create a moral scenario, a story, as a tool to reflect on the different values at stake in this case of misconduct and to conceive of strategies of ethical anticipation.

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Roel Veraart

March 11, 2021

Misconduct – Volkswagen’s ‘Defeat Design’ [student version]

In this CBE students will reflect on the theme of misconduct by considering the case of the ‘dieselgate’ emission-scandal that got public attention in 2015. They are expected to do a bit of research beforehand or watch the Netflix episode of Dirty Money on Volkswagen (season 1, episode 1). Students will contemplate on the different roles of responsibility involved in the case and will assume the perspectives of involved actors as an exercise. Accordingly, they will create a moral scenario, a story, as a tool to reflect on the different values at stake in this case of misconduct and to conceive of strategies of ethical anticipation.

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Roel Veraart