Description: The Value Sensitive design in higher education project offers teachers a collection of 28 teaching activities, 12 assessment activities and a series of inspiring case descriptions illustrating how these activities can be put into practice in the classroom.
This is an open educational resource (OER) targeting teachers in design and engineering programs in higher education who aim to give their students the tools and skills to become responsible designers. It offers a collection of 28 teaching activities, 12 assessment activities and a series of inspiring case descriptions illustrating how these activities can be put into practice in the classroom. The collection is accompanied by learning outcomes structured in a curriculum compass outlining some of the core c
The teaching activities cover the entire design process, and range from activities such as lectures on theoretical grounding of values and ethics in design, to exercises in identifying both designer and stakeholder values, and to activities helping to envision the societal and ethical implications of designs. The activities can be tailored to fit different courses in various educational settings, across different levels and disciplines.
Ethics and values are embedded in all technologies and affect our society on many different levels, from individual perspectives to large-scale societal effects. Designers and developers of technologies thus play an important role in shaping society and ought to take responsibility by reflectively considering and intentionally working with values and ethical implications of their designs.