Embedding Ethical Awareness in Computer Science and AI Education: The PEaRCE Approach to Responsible Computing
摘要
Despite the widespread use of computer systems, their societal impacts are often poorly understood, highlighting the need for the AIED community to acknowledge and contribute to incorporating Ethical and Responsible Computing (ERC) into Computer Science (CS) education. We introduce the Platform for Ethical and Responsible Computing Education (PEaRCE), an interactive tool created to integrate ERC into post-secondary education through realistic workplace simulations. PEaRCE scenarios guide students through ERC quandaries—awareness, decision-making, feedback—during the processes of developing advanced AIED and other technologies that may have beneficial and harmful impacts. Moreover, we integrate PEaRCE into CS courses via a sequence of structured learning modules and trained “ERC Teaching Assistants (TAs)” to support the integration process. We present insights from our deployment experiences, show PEaRCE’s potential to enhance ERC awareness and reasoning, and discuss the possibility of embedding PEaRCE into AI in Education courses.