Wo kshop
Recommended ci a ion: Chance, S. (2025). E hical Enginee ing: Co-C ea ing
Class oom Inno a ions. In Kangaslampi, R., Langie, G., Jä inen, H.-M., & Nagy,
B. (Eds.), SEFI 53 d Annual Con e ence. Eu opean Socie y o Enginee ing
Educa ion (SEFI), Tampe e, Finland. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17631411.
This Con e ence Pape is b ough o you o open access by he 53 d Annual Con e ence
o he Eu opean Socie y o Enginee ing Educa ion (SEFI) a Tampe e Uni e si y in
Tampe e, Finland. This wo k is licensed unde a C ea i e Commons
A ibu ion-NonComme cial-Sha e Alike 4.0 In e na ional License.
ETHICAL ENGINEERING
:
CO-CREATING CLASSROOM INNOVATIONS
S. Chance
Technological Uni e si y Dublin, Dublin, I eland, 0000-0001-5598-7488
& Uni e si y College London, London, UK
Con e ence Key A eas: Enginee ing e hics educa ion, Cu iculum de elopmen and
eme ging cu iculum models in enginee ing
Keywo ds: E hics, Teaching Me hods, Ac i e Lea ning, Cu iculum De elopmen
ABSTRACT
Con e ence a endees a i ed a his wo kshop eady o ene gize hei s uden s’
lea ning o enginee ing e hics! This high- ol age, in e ac i e wo kshop helped unlock
he powe o The Rou ledge In e na ional Handbook o Enginee ing E hics Educa ion
(RIHEEE)—an open-sou ce easu e o e o cu ing-edge knowledge and ac i e
lea ning s a egies. The 60-minu e hands-on session has been designed o
educa o s who wan o in use hei cou ses wi h inno a i e, discipline-speci ic e hics
lea ning me hods. Th ough c ea i e b ains o ming and collabo a i e p oblem-sol ing
(using a p oblem-based lea ning ac i i y conduc ed in small g oups), pa icipan s
walk away wi h p ac ical s a egies o in eg a ing e hics in o hei own eaching.
1 BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
This ac i e lea ning wo kshop d aws inspi a ion and con en om The Rou ledge
In e na ional Handbook o Enginee ing E hics Educa ion (RIHEEE), a p ojec
published by SEFI’s Special In e es G oup (SIG) on E hics in 2025. The SEFIO
2025 wo kshop (which he acili a o had p e iously o e ed and honed a
con e ences a he Uni e si y o A ei o, EDUCON, and PAEE/ALE) opened wi h an
o e iew o he handbook (explaining i s s uc u e, pu pose, and con en ), hen
zoomed in on eaching me hods explo ed in he handbook o help eache s embed
e hics educa ion in un and engaging ways. Wo king in g oups, pa icipan s we e
encou aged o apply case s udies (He zog e al., 2025), p ojec - and challenge-
based lea ning (Rou he e al., 2025), a s-based app oaches (Hi e al., 2025), and
e lec i e and dialogical app oaches (Ma in e al., 2025). Teaching app oaches o
alue-sensi i e design (Gammon e al., 2025) and se ice- and humani a ian-
lea ning (Daniel e al., 2025) we e also b ie ly desc ibed, as hese a e co e ed in he
handbook.
Du ing he wo kshop, we assembled in g oups o 3-4 o a b ains o ming game
whe e pa icipan s p ac iced combining e hics concep s wi h enginee ing opics using
a ge ed ac i e lea ning pedagogies.
Figu e 1: Ou Tampe e Uni e si y mee ing oom p o ided an ideal en i onmen o
his ac i e lea ning wo kshop.
2 WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
The handbook consis s o six sec ions: (1) ounda ions o enginee ing e hics
educa ion, (2) in e disciplina y con ibu ions o enginee ing e hics educa ion, (3)
e hical issues in di e en enginee ing disciplines, (4) eaching me hods in
enginee ing e hics educa ion, (5) assessmen o di e en aspec s o enginee ing
e hics educa ion, and (6) acc edi a ion and enginee ing e hics educa ion.
The wo kshop ocused on applying ac i e lea ning pedagogies ( ea u ed in he
sec ion on eaching me hods) in a ious disciplines (also ea u ed in he handbook)
o enhance enginee ing e hics educa ion in p ac ice.
2.1 Ta ge audience
The wo kshop aimed o amilia ize pa icipan s wi h he handbook, p omo e i s u ili y
o educa o s, and p o ide a pla o m o unde s anding and applying concep s om
i s chap e s. Pa icipan s wo ked collabo a i ely o iden i y e hical issues and apply
chosen me hods o enginee ing modules, os e ing c i ical discussion and planning
o e hical in eg a ion. This wo kshop has been designed o educa o s wan ing o
ene gize hei class ooms wi h mo e ac i e lea ning app oaches, and o in use hei
cou se lessons and assignmen s wi h meaning ul and e hically o ien ed discussions
and ac i i ies.
2.2 Expec ed lea ning ou comes
By pa icipa ing his wo kshop, one should lea e able o:
• a icula e wha e hics means in he con ex o enginee ing educa ion,
• iden i y a ange o issues ele an o enginee ing e hics educa ion,
• iden i y se e al ac i e lea ning me hods used o each e hics in enginee ing,
• a icula e a plan o using one o he ecommended eaching me hods o
in eg a e a new/addi ional aspec o e hics in o one o he modules hey each,
• c i ically e alua e and discuss ac i i ies p oposed by o he s o in eg a ing
e hics using ac i e lea ning me hods, and
• desc ibe he e hics handbook and name some o he opics co e ed in i .
Figu e 2: G oup engagemen du ing he SEFI 2025 wo kshop.
3 WORKSHOP DESIGN
This wo kshop guides pa icipan s h ough a un, in e ac i e, bu s uc u ed p ocess
o cu iculum de elopmen , as ollows:
3.1 Handou / Scena io
Following he in oduc ion, each pa icipan ecei ed a handou o he s ep-by-s ep
plan as well as desc ip ions and p omp s ega ding each eaching me hod.
Con ex :
You a e an enginee ing p o esso , and you’ e being asked o in eg a e a new e hics
opic (e.g., a mo al dilemma, en i onmen al o social sus ainabili y opic, o
EDI/equi y, di e si y, o inclusion issue) in o one o he cou ses you each using
ac i e lea ning pedagogies.
S ep 1:
Please iden i y one e hics opic ha you al eady co e in one o he modules o
cou ses you each.
• Desc ibe i he e:
• Wha main echnique (i.e., pedagogy o and agogy) do you cu en ly use o
each his? Do you u ilize any ac i e lea ning me hods (as opposed o lec u e-
based wi h exam assessmen ) when eaching his opic?
S ep 2:
Please iden i y a new e hics opic ha you can in eg a e in o a module o cou se you
each. I o he s in he oom each simila subjec s, please ind hem and wo k
oge he .
Please pick one om his lis and ci cle i :
• en i onmen al sus ainabili y opic
• social sus ainabili y opic
• equi y, di e si y, o inclusion (EDI) opic
S ep 3:
Please iden i y an ac i e lea ning echnique ( ea u ed in he o hcoming handbook)
ha would wo k well o engaging s uden s wi h his opic. The pa ag aph a he op
o each o he a ached pedagogy handou s may help. Please pick om his lis and
ci cle he one you i :
• Case S udies
• Se ice-Lea ning & Humani a ian
• A s-Based
• Re lec i e & Dialogical
S ep 4:
Look o inspi a ion in he lis o hings o conside (on he handou o he a ge ed
pedagogy) and e ine you plan.
• Wha speci ic opic will ocus on wi hin he heme you selec ed in S ep 2?
Please desc ibe i b ie ly he e:
• How can you use he pedagogy iden i ied in S ep 3 o acili a e lea ning?
S ep 5:
We had ne e used his s ep be o e, bu based engagemen in he oom, he
acili a o added a new s ep. The p omo e was o please:
Gi e you new ac i i y a ca chy name
( o sha e wi h e e yone o he las ew minu es)
Figu e 3: G oups engaged in cu iculum de elopmen .
3.2 Time plan
This unning sequence was:
Table 1. P oposed ime plan
Run ime
Ac i i y
No es
10 min
In oduce he wo kshop and he book
Whole g oup
Scena io
05 min
S ep 1: iden i y an e hics opic ha you al eady co e
G oup wo k:
acili a o s
p o ide he
eams wi h
coaching
10 min
S ep 2: iden i y a new e hics opic ha you can in eg a e
and ind (guided by he acili a o ) o he s you can wo k
wi h on he opic
05 min
S ep 3: selec an ac i e lea ning echnique oge he
20 min
S ep 4: de elop a plan oge he
10 min
S ep 5: summa ize
sha e he ca chy name, g oup by g oup, and p o ide a
e y b ie explana ion; hen o e o he bes p oposal
Whole g oup
4 WORKSHOP RESULTS
This was he i s ime he wo kshop included he eques o gi e a name o he
g oup’s p oposal. Feedback p o ided by pa icipan s a he end o he session was
e y posi i e abou his addi ional s ep. Pa icipan s said ha i helped hem
c ys alize he concep , and i b ough an e ec i e sense o closu e o he ac i i y.
5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In p epa ing he p oposal o his wo kshop, he acili a o used se e al gene a i e AI
applica ions (Mic oso Wo d, G amma ly P emium, and Claude) o check g amma
and e ine ou deli e y; howe e , he con en epo ed is he own.
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