2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Preparing IST Students to Respond to Global Bio-ethical Challenges: A Public OCW-based Educational Platform
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20K00831
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
ゴヴォルノワ アリョーナ 大阪大学, 大学院人文学研究科(言語文化学専攻), 特任准教授(常勤) (30783328)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | Bioethics / Philosophy of Science / AI ethics / Human Significance |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
PI Govorounova has continued developing an OCW on bioethics with the help of the international team of experts in bioethics and professional web developers. She was forced to rethink and revise some of her strategies in creating educational courses on bioethics in the light of recent developments in the applications of AI to education. She conducted a new series of seminars with her undergraduate science and medical students at Osaka University on “AI and Bioethics Education” and "Risks and Benefits of AI." Her students recorded original video and audio materials, mini-films and presentations.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
Face-to-face interactions have not been fully resumed until March, 2023, which slowed down the progress of the project and resulted in revising and rechanelling of some of the original ideas and ambitions articulated in the research proposal. Nevetheless, even with revisions, the project has been progressing rather smoothly. The need to adjust to the unconventional circumstances of the pandemic required creative solutuions and resulted in developing new strategies for the creation of the OCW.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
We will continue finalizing the OCW with the help of our domestic and international colloborators and keep soliciting feedback from our undergraduate and graduate students at Osaka University. This year we will attempt to expand technical capabilities of the OCW in the light of the application of new educational technologies released in late 2022.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Due to the novel coronovisur pandemic of 2020-2023 all international and most domestic travel and face-to-face human interactions were canceled. The remaining amount will be used to cover travel expenses in 2023-2024 and to finalize the creation of OCW.
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