Introduction to the Ethics in Design Special Section

Stephanie Moore; Ahmed Lachheb

doi:10.18357/otessaj.2024.4.3.102

Authors

Stephanie Moore The University of New Mexico https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5545-1894
Ahmed Lachheb University of Kansas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4046-6385

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18357/otessaj.2024.4.3.102

Keywords:

ethics, learning design, instructional design, educational technology

Abstract

We are pleased to publish four design cases in this special section focusing on ethics in design. These design cases were part of the inaugural OTESSA conference, Ethics in Design Showcase—a special conference strand where we gathered design examples and design cases that illuminate how designers are incorporating different ethical considerations into either their design processes or designed artifacts (tangible, spatial, digital, or otherwise).

Author Biographies

Stephanie Moore, The University of New Mexico

Stephanie L. Moore, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Organization, Information and Learning Sciences at the University of New Mexico. She presently teaches on adult learning, learning theories, online learning, ethics of educational technology, technology and society, and ethics and AI. In 2018, she received the Casteen Teaching Fellowship, named for the former president of the University of Virginia, andan accompanying grant from the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life to further develop her work on ethics of educational technology. She has published multiple books, many articles, and given many invited talks and keynotes on topics such as ethics and technology, online learning, and institutional planning for learning and resilience including several years working with the US State Department to meet with foreign embassies on online learning and institutional leadership. Her work has received numerous grants including a current NSF grant on AI education and ethics (RAISE project at UNM).

Dr. Moore is presently the Editor-in-Chief of a top-ranked educational research journal, the Journal of Computing in Higher Education. She presently serves as Vice President of the Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association (OTESSA). She has served as President of the Division for Systemic Change in the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), President of the AECT Foundation, and has served on or chaired several AECT committees. Recent awards include the AECT Presidential Award for Excellence and Award for Distinguished Service to the Change Division. She has also received the APEX 2021 Award for Publication Excellence for the co-authored article on "The Difference Between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning" in EDUCAUSE Review, been named one of the 30 Higher Ed IT Influencers to follow by EdTech Magazine, and selected as a Fellow with both the Barbara Bush Foundation and the Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research (LASER) Institute.

Ahmed Lachheb, University of Kansas

Dr. Ahmed Lachheb is an internationally award-winning design scholar, practitioner, and educator with extensive professional experience in learning design in diverse contexts. His research focuses on learning design practice, with a particular focus on designers’ design knowledge and actions, design theory, and design pedagogy. Dr. Lachheb earned his Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University Bloomington with a minor in Human Interaction and Design and his master’s degree in Educational Technology from Grand Valley State University. He is the Managing Executive Editor of the International Journal of Designs for Learning (IJDL) and a Board Member for the inaugural Advisory Board for the Association for Educational Communications and Technology’s (AECT) new Center of Excellence for Publishing. More about his work can be found on his website: lachheb.me.

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