AECT 2008 - Ethics and AHS

Luca Botturi, University of Lugano, Switzerland, presented on Ethics in Eudcational Technoloties, specifically dealing with Adaptive Hypermedia Systems, that is, systems that pay attention to what you are doing and modify how they present things too you accordingly. Like the way Amazon.com decides what books to recommend to you. Or, in Luca's case, the way three computer programs, Push, Inspire and Adlego, modify how they present information to you based on your own previous behavior or preferences. Ethical questions are raised when automated systems decide how best to teach you. A thought provoking presentation.