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Teaching ethics and technology with Agora, an electronic tool.

Simone van der Burg1, Ibo van de Poel

  • 1University of Technology Eindhoven, Department of Technology Management, the Netherlands.

Science and Engineering Ethics
|May 27, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Ethics and technology courses are now compulsory, presenting didactic challenges. A new web-based program, Agora, helps students develop ethical reasoning and skills for professional practice.

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Area of Science:

  • Ethics Education
  • Technology Ethics
  • Higher Education

Background:

  • Compulsory ethics and technology courses at Dutch technical universities face didactic challenges due to increased student enrollment.
  • Teachers require innovative solutions to effectively engage students in ethical reasoning and skill development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the development and features of Agora, a web-based program designed to enhance ethics education.
  • To provide students with a platform for active moral reflection and the development of professional ethical competencies.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a flexible, web-based computer program named Agora.
  • Avoidance of a prescriptive 'cookbook' approach to applied ethics.
  • Focus on fostering student and teacher creativity in moral reflection.

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Main Results:

  • Agora enables extensive exercise of ethical understanding and skills.
  • The program facilitates active participation in moral reflection and reasoning.
  • Agora offers advanced features beyond typical case-exercise models in applied ethics.

Conclusions:

  • Agora successfully addresses didactic challenges in ethics education.
  • The program promotes the development of essential moral competencies for future professionals.
  • Agora provides a flexible and engaging platform for teaching ethics and technology.