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Supporting ethical and cultural competency development in cross-disciplinary information education in Germany

Pierson, Cameron M.

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Title
Supporting ethical and cultural competency development in cross-disciplinary information education in Germany
Author(s)
Pierson, Cameron M.
Issue Date
2023-09
Keyword(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cross-disciplinary Education
  • Cultural Competency
  • Curriculum
  • Ethical Competency
  • Information Ethics
  • Information System Design
  • Pedagogy
  • Teaching Practice
Abstract
This paper discusses development, teaching, and learning of a graduate level course on information ethics in a German academic setting. It provides an overview of student and course learning objectives, course design, approach to student engagement, assessment, and educational activities. The educational environment was cross-disciplinary between library and information science informed information ethics and computer science concepts and applications. Learning and teaching were contextualized to AI in medical domains, to support focus of educational environment. Ethical and cultural competencies were incorporated into course design to support application of information ethics in design choices, alongside European and United States guidelines on ethical AI. This paper also discusses experienced challenges to balancing disciplinary perspectives and European and North American pedagogical approaches. Specific, identifiable opportunities for future course expansion to support interdisciplinary, ethically, and culturally informed professional education are discussed.
Series/Report Name or Number
Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference, 2023
Type of Resource
text
Language
eng
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/123163
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2023.1312
Copyright and License Information
  • Copyright 2023 Cameron M. Pierson
  • This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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Bridge the Gap: Teaching, Learning, Practice, and Competencies