Computing Ethics Online Course

NewsU.org has an interesting course for bloggers.  This covers interesting issues like copyright, privacy, and libel.

Students should take the self-directed course , provided it is still free.

SOFT6008 Assignment 1 update

Some clarifications

PPSN "wife" exception does not form part of the basic minimum requirements. Dealing with it effectively would yield bonus marks

For all the check sums there is the possibility of the letter(s) being entered in uppercase or lowercase. But there is a JavaScript method to deal with that very easily

SOFT6008 Class 25 & 26 Lab B

Students worked on the exercises.

COMP6008 Class 27

I met with each student to see how much progress was being made.

We didn't discuss any new material

SOFT6008 Assignment 1 Deadline

The deadline for Assignment 1 is 1715 31 March 2011.

Students may

1. hand deliver the assignment  to me during any SOFT6008 class before then
2. e-mail a ZIP file containing all of the html pages (avoid large images)
3. e-mail a URL with the location of the front page (Dropbox tends not to work well for this)
4. hand deliver a CD / DVD / USB stick to my office C123c before the deadline

The above options are listed in order of preference.

SOFT6008 Class 25 & 26 Lab A

Students worked away on the exercises.

I think that mot students are not making sufficient progress and are behind schedule. And those are the students who are actually here. I've no idea what's going on with the missing students.

I suspect that some students will resort to cheating in order to get the work in on time.

Computing Ethics Class 18

[Friday 11 March]

We looked at the different kinds of privacy

Computing Ethics

Interesting article from The Atlantic Magazine

Corporations Want to Know You Better Than You Know Yourself

SOFT6008 Class 24

We looked at a webpage that read information form a form and modified elements of the page depending on the input.

Phone numbers page

Computing Ethics Class 17

We had a brain storming session and tried to answer the question what is privacy?

Computing Ethics Class 16

[Tuesday 8 March]

We talked about what happens when obligations to employers and ethical obligations conflict. We looked at the conditions when whistle blowing might be justified.

We discussed the forklifter case

SOFT6008 Class 21 & 22 Lab B

Students worked awy on the exercises and assignment.

I gave out printouts of the bars.html example and a printout of the Assignment 1 specification. Any spares I have left over are in C128.

SOFT6008 Class 23

We looked at some very simple games of chance built using variations on the random image theme.


Dice
Snap
Slots

Computing Ethics Killer Robot Handout

I e-mailed students the case of the Killer Robot. Students should read this before the start of Week 06.

SOFT6008 Class 21 & 22 Lab A

Attendance was poor.

I gave out printouts of the bars.html example

I gave out a printout of the Assignment 1 specification.

Computng Ethics student blogs

The window of opportunity for getting marks for the Week 04 blog entry is now closed.

Computing Ethics Class 15

We discussed bribery and how it is not a simple as someone turning up with a suitcase of money.

We used a case study to tease out some of the issues.

SOFT6008 Class 20

We looked at two code examples
bars.html
javascript4-scores.html

We discussed the specification for Assignment 1                

Computing Ethics Class 14

We looked at a professional ethics case study.

http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/Delegating.aspx

Computing Ethics Class 13

We discussed a professional ethics case.

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