Ebook: Informatics and the Digital Society: Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues

SECIII-Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues of Informatics and ICT Welcome to the post-conference book of SECIII, the IFIP Open Conference on Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues of Informatics and ICT (Information and Communication Technology) which took place from July 22-26, 2002 at the University of Dortmund, Germany, in co-operation with the German computer society (Gesellschaft flir Informatik). Unlike most international conferences, those organised within the IFIP education community are active events. This wasn't a dry academic conference - teachers, lecturers and curriculum experts, policy makers, researchers and manufacturers mingled and worked together to explore, reflect and discuss social, ethical and cognitive issues. The added value lies in what they, the participants, took away in new ideas for future research and practice, and in the new networks that were formed, both virtual and real. In addition to Keynote Addresses and Paper Presentations from international authors, there were Provocative Paper sessions, Case Studies, Focussed Debates and Creative Exchange sessions as well as professional Working Groups who debated particular themes. The Focussed Debate sessions helped to stimulate the sense of engagement among conference participants. A Market Place with follow-up Working Groups was a positive highlight and galvanised participants to produce interesting reports. These were presented to the conference on its last day. Cross-fertilisation between the papers generated some surprising and useful cross-referencing and a plethora of social, ethical and cognitive issues emerged in the discussions that followed the paper presentations.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Key Issues in IFIP-SIG9.2.2 Approaches to Ethics of Computing....Pages 1-16
Informatics — The Science of Minimal Systems with Maximal Complexity....Pages 17-28
ICT in Education: Aspirations and Tensions....Pages 29-36
e-Learning Technology: Convergence with the Mainstream....Pages 37-50
Knowledge Management in Education....Pages 51-58
Learning and Teaching in Socio-technical Environments....Pages 59-71
Working Group Reports....Pages 73-84
Intelligent agents in an e-literate society: some ethical considerations....Pages 85-92
Critical thinking and an ethical approach to studying History — the case for ICT....Pages 93-100
A look at the impact of ICT on the informational power relationship between corporations and consumers....Pages 101-108
Exploration of Object-Oriented Models in Informatics Education....Pages 109-118
Learning Software Engineering with EASE....Pages 119-128
Object models of IT-systems supporting cognitive structures in novice courses of Informatics....Pages 129-140
Let’s teach informatics — empowering pupils, students and teachers....Pages 141-147
Key Decisions in Adopting Algorithm Animation for Teaching....Pages 149-156
Design Pattern — a topic of the new mandatory subject informatics....Pages 157-169
Learning to solve ICT/informatics-based problems....Pages 171-178
Development of multimedia animations — a contribution of informatics teaching to media studies....Pages 179-188
ICT: an aid to inclusion? Reflections on the potential of ICT for the changing role of the special school....Pages 189-196
Various modelling aspects of tutoring systems for people with auditory disabilities....Pages 197-206
Regional learning networks — building bridges between schools, university and community....Pages 207-214
Online knowledge communities: meeting places for continuing professional development....Pages 215-224
Distribution of Internet community knowledge based on traditional Communication Media....Pages 225-232
Taking the best from real teaching environments....Pages 233-240
A Role-Based Adaptive CSCL Environment for Intensive Hands-on Teaching and Learning under Rigid Time Constraints....Pages 241-250
KOLUMBUS: Context-oriented communication support in a collaborative learning environment....Pages 251-260
Teaching Social Informatics as a knowledge project....Pages 261-268
Using a lecturer’s personal Web site to enhance the social interchange among students in an academic course....Pages 269-276
Potential problems of computer-mediated school education....Pages 277-283
Modern curriculum development for Informatics (Computing Science)....Pages 285-296
Innovative pedagogical practices using ICT — results of the German SITES-M2....Pages 297-306
e-learning@alma-mater.de — Net-based distance education in the traditional university....Pages 307-314
Teacher training — the interplay of IT and society....Pages 315-322
Back Matter....Pages 323-327

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Key Issues in IFIP-SIG9.2.2 Approaches to Ethics of Computing....Pages 1-16
Informatics — The Science of Minimal Systems with Maximal Complexity....Pages 17-28
ICT in Education: Aspirations and Tensions....Pages 29-36
e-Learning Technology: Convergence with the Mainstream....Pages 37-50
Knowledge Management in Education....Pages 51-58
Learning and Teaching in Socio-technical Environments....Pages 59-71
Working Group Reports....Pages 73-84
Intelligent agents in an e-literate society: some ethical considerations....Pages 85-92
Critical thinking and an ethical approach to studying History — the case for ICT....Pages 93-100
A look at the impact of ICT on the informational power relationship between corporations and consumers....Pages 101-108
Exploration of Object-Oriented Models in Informatics Education....Pages 109-118
Learning Software Engineering with EASE....Pages 119-128
Object models of IT-systems supporting cognitive structures in novice courses of Informatics....Pages 129-140
Let’s teach informatics — empowering pupils, students and teachers....Pages 141-147
Key Decisions in Adopting Algorithm Animation for Teaching....Pages 149-156
Design Pattern — a topic of the new mandatory subject informatics....Pages 157-169
Learning to solve ICT/informatics-based problems....Pages 171-178
Development of multimedia animations — a contribution of informatics teaching to media studies....Pages 179-188
ICT: an aid to inclusion? Reflections on the potential of ICT for the changing role of the special school....Pages 189-196
Various modelling aspects of tutoring systems for people with auditory disabilities....Pages 197-206
Regional learning networks — building bridges between schools, university and community....Pages 207-214
Online knowledge communities: meeting places for continuing professional development....Pages 215-224
Distribution of Internet community knowledge based on traditional Communication Media....Pages 225-232
Taking the best from real teaching environments....Pages 233-240
A Role-Based Adaptive CSCL Environment for Intensive Hands-on Teaching and Learning under Rigid Time Constraints....Pages 241-250
KOLUMBUS: Context-oriented communication support in a collaborative learning environment....Pages 251-260
Teaching Social Informatics as a knowledge project....Pages 261-268
Using a lecturer’s personal Web site to enhance the social interchange among students in an academic course....Pages 269-276
Potential problems of computer-mediated school education....Pages 277-283
Modern curriculum development for Informatics (Computing Science)....Pages 285-296
Innovative pedagogical practices using ICT — results of the German SITES-M2....Pages 297-306
e-learning@alma-mater.de — Net-based distance education in the traditional university....Pages 307-314
Teacher training — the interplay of IT and society....Pages 315-322
Back Matter....Pages 323-327
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