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title = "Practising responsibility: Ethics in {NLP} as a hands-on course",
author = "Nissim, Malvina and
Patti, Viviana and
Savoldi, Beatrice",
editor = {A{\ss}enmacher, Matthias and
Biester, Laura and
Borg, Claudia and
Kov{\'a}cs, Gy{\"o}rgy and
Mieskes, Margot and
Serrano, Sofia},
booktitle = "Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop on Teaching Natural Language Processing ({T}each{NLP} 2026)",
month = mar,
year = "2026",
address = "Rabat, Morocco",
publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics",
url = "https://aclanthology.org/2026.teachingnlp-1.14/",
pages = "88--108",
ISBN = "979-8-89176-375-3",
abstract = "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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%0 Conference Proceedings
%T Practising responsibility: Ethics in NLP as a hands-on course
%A Nissim, Malvina
%A Patti, Viviana
%A Savoldi, Beatrice
%Y Aßenmacher, Matthias
%Y Biester, Laura
%Y Borg, Claudia
%Y Kovács, György
%Y Mieskes, Margot
%Y Serrano, Sofia
%S Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop on Teaching Natural Language Processing (TeachNLP 2026)
%D 2026
%8 March
%I Association for Computational Linguistics
%C Rabat, Morocco
%@ 979-8-89176-375-3
%F nissim-etal-2026-practising-responsibility
%X 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.
%U https://aclanthology.org/2026.teachingnlp-1.14/
%P 88-108
Markdown (Informal)
[Practising responsibility: Ethics in NLP as a hands-on course](https://aclanthology.org/2026.teachingnlp-1.14/) (Nissim et al., TeachingNLP 2026)
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