Version 2 December 2009
This is a schedule for the quarter. Writings on readings are due the first class session of each week except where otherwise noted and are left off the schedule for readability. Readings are referred to by their first author and the start of the title. If there is no hyperlink, the paper is in the course e-reserves. Viewpoint papers (see syllabus) are indicated as such and also put in italics. I reserve the right to change a reading up to one week in advance of when the reading is due.
Topic: Technology, ethics, policies
Resources: Photos
Topic:What is computer ethics?
Read: Moor: "Computer Ethics", Winner: "Do Artifacts Have Politics?", Viewpoint: Fu, Implantable medical devices
Resources: Classroom Norms Exercise | Moor's Comp. Ethics Def | Technosocial system | Public Policy | Computer Ethics map | Gehringer's "Ethics in Computing" | Meyer-Hanchey Computer Ethics Links | Tavani's Computer Ethics bibliography | Comments on writings | Plagiarism exercise
Topic: Guest workers in US IT, Arguments
Read: Booth: selections from Craft of Research, Waldinger: "Temporarily foreign?", Viewpoint, Cromwell: Friend or foe, Viewpoint: Matloff: Should the US
Resources: Popper on argument
Topic: The programmer experience, Hiring in IT
Read: Yourdon: "Deathmarch", Coupland: Microserfs
Due: v1 (Oct 19), Hiring exercise (Oct 21 - bring hardcopy of the worksheet and the scenario description to class)
Resources: Discussion Questions
Topic: Professional ethics, source analysis, library research
Read: Johnson: "Professional ethics", ACM CoE (read this!), Viewpoint: Winner, "Engineering Ethics"
Resources: 325 Class Guide | Research Guide - Finding Articles | Source Analysis | Ulrich's| Rats: Mass media | Rats: scholarly | Scholarly vs Popular | EARS system
Topic: E-waste, acknowledgement/response
Read: Widmer: "Global perspectives on e-waste", Short: Taking back the trash, Viewpoints: "Stop dumping", Seattle PI: State debates who should pay (provide just the industry response)
Resources:V1 comments | UVA writing center Ack/reponse
Topic: Virtue Ethics
Read: Benkler: "Commons-based peer production"
Due: Term paper, version 2 (Nov 9)
Resources: Nagel on Ethics | Scoouwa | Frederick Douglas
Topic: Philosophical ethics
Read: Tavani, "Ethical Concepts", Viewpoint: Stallman Why open source misses
Due: Term paper reviews (Nov 18)
Resources:Utility Principle | CI Procedure | Comparing ethical theories
Week 9: Nov 23-25
Topic: Computing 4 Good
Read: Dias: "How computer science serves", Kraemer: One laptop per child, Morelli, "Revitalizing computing education", Blevis, "Using Computer Science"
Week 10: Nov 30-Dec 2
Topic: Wrap-up, Making presentations
Read: Searle: Presentation tutorial, Viewpoint: Tufte, Powerpoint is evil
Due: Term paper version 3 (Dec 2)
Resources: Example Concept Map | Gettysburg address | Gettysburg as powerpointWeek 11: Dec 7-9
Topic: Student presentations
Due: Student presentations
Changelong
- 3 December 2009. Added link to concept map for week 10.
- 23 November 2009. Changed "Programming 4 good" to "Computing 4 good" for week 9.
- 12 November 2009. Fixed link to Dias paper.
- 2 November 2009. Added link to version 1 comments.
- 28 October 2009. Added link to Class Guide, week 5.
- 19 October 2009. Added link to discussion questions, week 4.
- 8 October 2009. Fixed hyperlinks, weeks 2,3.
- 5 October 2009. Added "resource" links, week 2.
- 30 September 2009. Original version (adapted from previous terms).