Ethics in Computing: Real Ethics and Virtual Reality nominated for award

The educational video "Ethics in Computing: Real Ethics and Virtual Reality" has been nominated for an award in the prestigious Learning on Screen Awards held by the BUFVC.

The 2010 Awards will take place during the Learning on Screen Conference to be held at the Open University in Milton Keynes on the 27-28 April 2010.  The Awards celebrate and reward excellence in the use of moving image and related media in learning, teaching and research.

Ethics in Computing: Real Ethics and Virtual Reality has been nominated in the "Course and Curriculum-Related Content" category.




Ethics in Computing: Real Ethics and Virtual Reality from Mark Smith on Vimeo.
Playing video games can be an opportunity to suspend the moral rules we all live by, allowing us to identify with characters who behave in a way that we never would in real life. But does this mean that virtual worlds are a values-free zone, whose characters and situations are immune to scrutiny from a moral point of view?

In 2007, Manchester Cathedral threatened to take legal action against Sony over a violent game, Resistance: Fall of Man, which used the cathedral as a location. This short film examines that case and the many important ethical questions this raises. Can be used either for individual study or as a basis for classroom discussion.

Link to award nominations page - http://bufvc.ac.uk/learningonscreen/learning-on-screen-awards-2010

About the BUFVC

The British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) is a representative body which promotes the production, study and use of moving image, sound and related media in higher education and research.  It was founded in 1948 as the British Universities Film Council and became the British Universities Film & Video Council in 1983.  The Council is a related body of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and receives part funding as grant via the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).

http://bufvc.ac.uk/aboutus