Practising responsibility: Ethics in NLP as a hands-on course

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Hauptverfasser: Nissim, Malvina, Patti, Viviana, Savoldi, Beatrice
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author Nissim, Malvina
Patti, Viviana
Savoldi, Beatrice
author_facet Nissim, Malvina
Patti, Viviana
Savoldi, Beatrice
contents As Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems become more pervasive, integrating ethical considerations into NLP education has become essential. However, this presents inherent challenges in curriculum development: the field's rapid evolution from both academia and industry, and the need to foster critical thinking beyond traditional technical training. We introduce our course on Ethical Aspects in NLP and our pedagogical approach, grounded in active learning through interactive sessions, hands-on activities, and "learning by teaching" methods. Over four years, the course has been refined and adapted across different institutions, educational levels, and interdisciplinary backgrounds; it has also yielded many reusable products, both in the form of teaching materials and in the form of actual educational products aimed at diverse audiences, made by the students themselves. By sharing our approach and experience, we hope to provide inspiration for educators seeking to incorporate social impact considerations into their curricula.
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spellingShingle Practising responsibility: Ethics in NLP as a hands-on course
Nissim, Malvina
Patti, Viviana
Savoldi, Beatrice
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
As Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems become more pervasive, integrating ethical considerations into NLP education has become essential. However, this presents inherent challenges in curriculum development: the field's rapid evolution from both academia and industry, and the need to foster critical thinking beyond traditional technical training. We introduce our course on Ethical Aspects in NLP and our pedagogical approach, grounded in active learning through interactive sessions, hands-on activities, and "learning by teaching" methods. Over four years, the course has been refined and adapted across different institutions, educational levels, and interdisciplinary backgrounds; it has also yielded many reusable products, both in the form of teaching materials and in the form of actual educational products aimed at diverse audiences, made by the students themselves. By sharing our approach and experience, we hope to provide inspiration for educators seeking to incorporate social impact considerations into their curricula.
title Practising responsibility: Ethics in NLP as a hands-on course
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24825