Announcement of an NSF-Sponsored
     Workshop on Teaching "Ethics and Computing"
   
   
      Sunday August 8 -- Friday August 13, 1999
                Tampa, Florida
   
   
Target audience.

Like the 1998 workshop, this workshop targets faculty who are 
or soon will be teaching "ethics and computing" material to 
Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems 
majors.  The explicit aim of the workshop is to develop teaching 
materials that have concrete relevance to undergraduates about 
to enter the computing profession.  The orientation is to have 
a level of technical depth that is relevant to CS/CE/IS majors.

Some participants may have already taught such a course, but want 
to improve on what they have done and pick up new ideas.  Others 
may be planning to teach such a course in the future, and looking 
for approaches to the course as well as topics to be covered.  
Still others may be looking for ethics-related modules that can 
be integrated into different traditional core Computer Science
courses.

Goal.

The purpose of this workshop is to help faculty to develop and
teach "ethics and computing" materials that provide rigorous,
relevant and effective learning experiences.

Participants will receive a notebook of resource materials at 
the beginning of the workshop.  The major part of the workshop 
is devoted to developing specific topical material relevant to 
ethics and computing.  There will also be sessions on the use 
of modern, effective teaching methods.  Participants will develop 
model activities and assignments to use in their own teaching 
and share with others.  The materials developed will become 
part of a web-based resource for faculty.

Schedule.

The Workshop on Teaching "Ethics and Computing" is scheduled for
Sunday, August 8-th through Friday, August 13-th of 1999.  

The workshop will begin with a dinner session on Sunday August 8,
and end with a dinner session on Friday August 13.  The workshop 
will take place on the campus of the University of South Florida.
Participants will receive support for housing and meals during 
the workshop, plus a stipend of $50 per day for five days.
Participants will be responsible for their own travel to and from 
the workshop. Attendance is limited to 24 participants.  

The workshop is funded by the National Science Foundation, Division 
of Undergraduate Education, Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement grant
DUE-9752792, to Professor Bowyer at the University of South Florida.
Opinions expressed are those of the organizers/participants and not
necessarily those of the Foundation.

Application.

Potential participants should send a one-page application to 
kwb@csee.usf.edu by 30 April 1999.   The statement should 
describe the course(s) being taught or to be taught, the degree
program (CS/CE/EE/IS) in which the course is taught, and indicate
that the participant will be able to attend the entire workshop.

Questions.

Questions should be directed to Professor Kevin Bowyer, Computer
Science and Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
33620.  kwb@csee.usf.edu  813-974-3032 (phone) or -5456 (fax).