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Work-in-Process: An EAC MatrixDesigning and Assessing an Ethics Across
the Curriculum Program in Engineering
(Keeping and Assessing Ethics Momentum Between ABET Visits)
University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez
José A. Cruz, William J. Frey, Halley D. Sánchez
Frontiers in Education Conference 2006October 29, 2006
© 2003-2006 by Cruz, Frey & Sanchez
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The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
• SMET campus of the UPR System• Established in 1911• Land-Grant, Sea-Grant & Space-Grant• Four Colleges
– Engineering – Agricultural Sciences– Arts & Sciences– Business Administration
• Student Body (2006-2007)– Registered - 12,380 students
• 49.5% female• 11,305 Undergraduate students, 1075 Graduate students
– 4,498 number of engineering undergraduate students– 369 number of engineering graduate students
uprm.edu
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Ethics Across the Curriculum at UPRM
What do we mean by EAC? Ethics across the curriculum is an approach to
ethics education that relies heavily on ethics modules integrated directly into mainstream business, science, and engineering courses.
Example:An engineering professor discusses an ethics case as part of a lecture on materials
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EAC is an effective approach to meet the ethics dimension of ABET accreditation
Standards Specifically Address Ethics Emphasis on integrating ethics into
engineering practice
4 Broad Themes of ABET EC 2005 ED: Ethics in Design (3c) MT: Multidisciplinary Teams (3d) ER: Ethical & Professional Responsibility (3f) GI: Global Impacts (3h)
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FacultyDevelopment
Workshops
EAC Resources (Cases, Exercises, Modules, &
Instructor Manuals)
SpecialActivities
e.g. Ethics Bowl
StandAlone
Course
EAC
EAC: A Hybrid Holistic ApproachEAC: A Hybrid Holistic ApproachInterrelated Activities to place ethics into and across the CurriculumInterrelated Activities to place ethics into and across the Curriculum
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15/85 EAC Concept: A Dual Lens Metaphor
Faculty
Faculty Committed
to EAC
Train/Mentor 15% of Faculty in EAC
Magnify efforts
Students with Ethics Awareness
(85+ %)
Students
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Results (Faculty Development and Resources)
84 BSE Ethics Cases
42 EAC modules for BSE classes 22 published in www.cnx.org
181 faculty participants from Puerto Rico, U.S., Canada, & Dominican Republic
Online: www.computingcases.org www.uprm.edu/ethics www.cnx.org
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Results (Grants) NSF SBR 9810252 (faculty development
workshop in EAC)
NSF SES 0551779 (Development of EAC Toolkit using Connexions as platform)
NSF EESE 0629377 (Graduate Research Ethics in Science and Engineering)
2 UPR – Central Administration Grants
4 Puerto Rico Humanities Foundation Grants
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We recognize the need to We recognize the need to coordinate various EAC elementscoordinate various EAC elements
Objectives (ABET 3c, 3d, 3f, 3h)Objectives (ABET 3c, 3d, 3f, 3h)
withwith
Activities (Ethics Infusions into the Activities (Ethics Infusions into the Engineering Curriculum)Engineering Curriculum)
andand
Levels (UPRM Moral Development Skills)Levels (UPRM Moral Development Skills)
to identify…to identify…
EAC Efforts, Challenges, and ProjectionsEAC Efforts, Challenges, and Projections
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EAC Matrix:Objectives vs. Activities vs. Levels
3c-Integrating ethics in design
3d-Multi-Disciplinary Team Skills
3f-Prof. & Ethical Responsibility
3h-Global and Social Impacts
Engineering ethics Mod-APattern Recognition and Power Engineering
Mod-B
ECE Capstone Design Courses
Awareness
Evaluation
Integration
Prevention
✔✔
✔✔✔
✔= Primary Focus= Primary Focus = Secondary Focus= Secondary Focus = Actual Outcomes= Actual Outcomes
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Objectives:ABET 3c, 3d, 3f, 3h
Ethics in Design (ED) 3c: an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet
desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
Team Skills (TS) 3d: an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams
Ethical Responsibility (ER) 3f: an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
Global Impacts (GI) 3h: the broad education necessary to understand the impact of
engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
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Activities:Ethics Infusions
Introductory Module “Creating Ethical Awareness in Electrical and
Computer Engineering Students: A Learning Module on Ethics” (FIE 2005 Proceedings, #1580)
Pattern Recognition and Power Engineering
EAC Module in Capstone Design Courses “Social and Ethical Implications of Engineering Design: A
Learning Module Developed for ECE Capstone Design Courses” (FIE 2006 Proceedings, #1439)
ECE Capstone Design Courses
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Levels: UPRM Moral Development Skills
Ethical Awareness
Ethical Evaluation
Ethical Integration
Ethical Prevention
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Ethics Integration Module / Activity Recognition & Documentation
Form
Course Module / Activity Description Time Focus ED ER TS GI EA EE EI EP
INEL
4407
Several short scenarios were presented to dramatize ethical conflicts and ethical violations:
Example: Case where engineers violate National Electrical Code in designing electrical systems to reduce costs
Primary
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Electrical Systems Design I
Secondary
✔
ED=Ethics in Design / ER=Ethical Responsibility
TS=Team Skills / GI= Global Impacts
EA=Ethical Awareness / EE=Ethical Evaluation
EI=Ethical Integration / EP=Ethical Prevention Skills
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Facilitate and accelerate EAC by empowering committed faculty
Faculty
Faculty Committed
to EAC
Train/Mentor 15% of Faculty in EAC
Magnify efforts with a Toolkit
Students with Ethics Awareness
(85+ %)
Students
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How can we accelerate EAC?
Share EAC resources cases, modules, exercises, assessment tools, etc.
Share Best Practices pedagogical strategies, faculty development, etc.
Build an EAC Community collaboratively develop resources and best practices interdisciplinary co-mentoring (BSE and Ethicists)
Develop an EAC “Intellectual Commons” advocate an “Open Source” approach share and build on existing resources and practices members contribute by enhancing or customizing
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What is the EAC Toolkit?
A web-based online environment… for interactive dissemination and development of EAC
resources and instructional best practices that complements existing online / offline resources that promotes community building and co-mentoring
resulting in an EAC repository that is self sustaining through the collaborative efforts of the EAC community
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EAC TOOLKIT Community
Ethics InstructorsEthics Instructors
BSE BSE InstructorsInstructors StudentsStudents
ProfessionalsProfessionals Industry / Industry / GovernmentGovernment
BrowsersBrowsers
CommentatorsCommentators
Authors / EditorsAuthors / Editors
MentorsMentors
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EAC Toolkit Template: to facilitate interactionEAC Toolkit Template: to facilitate interaction
Module Content (Core)Module Content (Core)
META-KNOWLEDGEMETA-KNOWLEDGE(How to effectively teach(How to effectively teach
the module content) the module content)
Case / ScenarioCase / Scenario
Online Resource (link)Online Resource (link)
Textbook Exercise (ref.)Textbook Exercise (ref.)
Video clip (ref.)Video clip (ref.)
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Module Content (Core)Module Content (Core)
Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives
Module ActivitiesModule Activities
AssessmentAssessment
Pedagogical CommentaryPedagogical Commentary
Supplementary InformationSupplementary Information
Background InformationBackground Information
References and LinksReferences and Links
Meta-Meta-knowledgeknowledge
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CNX.ORG by Rice UniversityCNX.ORG by Rice University
• CNX is an online environment for CNX is an online environment for the “open source” development and the “open source” development and sharing of educational modules, sharing of educational modules, courses and textbookscourses and textbooks
• Our project is to develop and test Our project is to develop and test an EAC Toolkit prototype built on an EAC Toolkit prototype built on selected CNX featuresselected CNX features
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Does this sound interesting? EAC Toolkit Project
NSF SES-0551779 Collaborative Development of Ethics Across the
Curriculum Resources and Sharing of Best Practices
How You Can Participate Browser Commentators (sign up in Connexions and provide
feedback through Open Learning Support Forum provided by Utah Valley State University)
Authors/Editors (sign up in Connexions and notify us to add you to our EAC Toolkit workgroup)
