The Ethical Digital Nation Collaborative Web App was designed to bridge the gap between academic engagement and Scotland’s Ethical Digital Nation initiative. By leveraging research and education, this platform empowers universities to actively contribute to ethical digitalisation efforts. The project integrates robust software engineering principles and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) practices, focusing on participatory and human-centric design to ensure the web application meets the needs of its stakeholders.
Key Features:
The platform supports academic collaboration on digital ethics, providing universities with the tools to participate in Scotland’s vision for an Ethical Digital Nation.
An agile development process was employed to ensure the web application evolved through continuous user feedback. Stakeholders from Scottish universities played a pivotal role in shaping the application through a participatory design approach. This iterative process allowed the team to remain responsive to user needs and requirements, ensuring the application stayed aligned with the ethical goals of the project.
The Ethical Digital Nation Collaborative Web App serves as a central platform for Scottish universities to engage with ethical digitalisation topics. Its collaborative tools foster academic cooperation, knowledge sharing, and event organisation around digital ethics.
This project contributes to the discourse on digital ethics in academia and provides a tangible tool to help universities align their digital practices with the Scottish Government’s Ethical Digital Nation vision.