2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

(WIP) A New Curriculum Design in Aerial Computing: Teaching Ethical Decision Making with Drones through Socio-Scientific Inquiry

Presented at ERM WIP I: Methodological Applications in the Disciplines

This work-in-progress paper presents a new curriculum that introduces undergraduate students to drone-centric cybersecurity and ethics in Sky-of-Privacy-Things (SoPT). Using a Socio-Scientific Inquiry (SSI) approach, students enhanced their technical skills and ethical awareness. Data analysis demonstrated the curriculum’s effectiveness and its potential as a scalable model for integrating cybersecurity and privacy education into STEM fields.

Authors

Dr. Sungwon Shin Texas Tech University [biography]

Sungwon Shin is an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology at Texas Tech University.
Prof. Sunho Lim [biography]

He received his B.S. degree (summa cum laude) from Dept. of Computer Science and M.S. degree in the Dept. of Computer Engineering from Hankuk Aviation University (a.k.a., Korea Aerospace University), Korea, in 1996 and 1998, respectively. He received the
Prof. Suhkyung Shin Hanyang University [biography]

She is an associate professor at the School of Education, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea. Her expertise lies in using instructional technologies to enhance performance and establish learning communities. Her research interests include designing effective learning environments and fostering problem-solving processes in various learning contexts.

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