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SI 410 - Ethics and Information Technology

Ethics and Information Technology focuses on the ethical dilemmas that exist where human beings, information objects, and social computing technologies interact. The course explores emerging ethical models from historical and cross-cultural perspectives and then applies these models to a variety of new and emerging technologies that are inherently social in their construction and use. Initial examples of issues that the course covers in discrete modules include: the integrity of digital content in a networked world; identity and avatars; and interpersonal engagement through online games and virtual environments. Students explore the technological underpinnings of associated technology systems, experiment with individual and group interaction with technologies, and examine the mechanics of ethical and unethical behaviors.

Instructor: Paul Conway

dScribe: Emily Mahood Bowman

Course Level: Undergraduate

Course Structure: Two lectures and one lab each week

Awards: 2011 Provost's Teaching Innovation Prize Winner

Date Added to MERLOT:: August 21, 2012
Created by:: Open Michigan
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SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Assignment 0: SI 410 Assignment Summary and Grading (Assignment)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Assignment 1: Essay on Philosophy and Information Technology (Assignment)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Assignment 2: Collaborative Wiki Writing and Editing (Assignment)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Assignment 3: Avatars and Personal Identity (Assignment)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Assignment 4: Gaining Advantage Scenario (Quiz/Test)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Course Overview (Quiz/Test)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 01: Computer/Information Ethics (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 02a: Transparency and Virtue Ethics (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 03: Back to the Really Big Picture (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 04a: Boundaries of Trust (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 04b: Wikipedia and Credibility (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 05a: Trust Management (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 05b: Lessons of Wikipedia (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 06a: Plagiarism in the Online Environment (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 06b: Trusting Virtual Trust (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 08a: Moral Rights of Avatars (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 08b: Identity in Cyberspace (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 09a: Avatars- Continuum or Proshtesis (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 09b: Avatars and Anonymity (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 10a: Privacy Reconsidered (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 10b: Avatars and Identity- Synthesis (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 11b: Ethical Game Play (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 12: Cheating in Games (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 13b: Harm in Cyberspace (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Week 14: What Does It All Mean? (Open (Access) Textbook)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Weeks 01-03: Reading Guide (Quiz/Test)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Weeks 04-07: Reading Guide (Quiz/Test)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Weeks 08-10: Reading Guide (Quiz/Test)
SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology- Weeks 11-14: Reading Guide (Open (Access) Textbook)