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SERC Contributors

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Spring 2026

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Activity Assignments

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), 6.864 Assignment 2 Task A

Editable Files

Active Learning Project Exploring the Functionalities, Data and Interfaces of a Modern Online Advertising System

Active Learning Project on Developing Codes on Conduct

Cyber Crisis Scenario

Design Decisions

Ethical Implications

Ethics Protocol: A Method for Designing Responsibly

Fritter User Test

Heuristic Evaluation

Module: Big Data and Personal Privacy

Moral Lenses Case Study

Laboratory Assignments

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), 6.036 Lab 1.pdf

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), 6.036 Lab 2.pdf

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), 6.036 Lab 5.pdf

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), 6.036 Lab 9.pdf

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), 6.390: Introduction to Machine Learning, Markov Lab

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), 6.390: Introduction to Machine Learning, Regression Lab

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), 6.390: Introduction to Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning Lab

Lecture Notes

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), STS.047 Quantifying People: A History of Social Science Lecture

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), 17.64 The Road to Crisis

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), 6.031 Moral Lenses

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), 6.031 Moral Lenses case study

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), 6.170 Ethics Protocol Lecture

Multiple Assignment Types

Design Decisions

Ethical Implications

Fritter User Test

Heuristic Evaluation

Module: Big Data and Personal Privacy

Social / Ethical Implications

Assignment Part 0

A1 Problem Statement

A1 Rubric

Part 1 HW2

Podcasts

Making Ethical Decisions in Software Design with Prof. Daniel Jackson & Serena Booth

The Human Element in Machine Learning w Catherine D’Ignazio, Jacob Andreas & Harini Suresh

The Human Element in Machine Learning with Catherine D’Ignazio, Jacob Andreas & Harini Suresh

Problem Sets

MIT_RESTLL008_17-806_pset1.zip

RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), 17.806 Problem Set 1 Questions

Course Info

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SERC Contributors

As Taught In

Spring 2026

Level

Non-Credit

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Learning Resource Types

Editable Files

Instructor Insights

Lecture Notes

Multiple Assignment Types

Podcasts

Download Course

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