Method-Resonance Heuristics Ethics Tool Template

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“Method Heuristics'' is an evaluation-based activity where practitioners will be provided with designed method heuristics tags to evaluate existing ethics-focused methods designed for design work.

According to the A.E.I.O.yoU model (part of the bigger toolkit), this activity seeks to evaluate ethics-focused supports at an artefact (A) level.

STEPS

Familiarize yourself with the Method Heuristics provided to evaluate a method.
Select/ Identify an ethics focused method that you want to evaluate or currently using in your team. Here is a list of ethics focused methods.
Evaluate the method using this worksheet by:
- Placing Intention Cards and matching them to the Design Phase (cards) the method can be used in.
- Bookmarking on the method with Ecology Heuristic Tags and Artefact Heuristic Tags.
Reflect, tweak, and edit to identify how the method can be tweaked to be used in your ecological setup for ethical decision making.

Tools in the whole toolkit:

Trace the Ethical Complexity (“I want to see my ethical position within my organization map.”): https://miro.com/miroverse/trace-the-ethical-complexity-ethics-tool/
Ethical Tension Cards (“I want to filter ethical tensions I have been facing in my everyday design work.”): https://miro.com/miroverse/filter-ethical-tensions-ethics-tool/
Dilemma Postcards (“I want to share my story around some ethical dilemmas I faced in my workplace.”): https://miro.com/miroverse/dilemma-postcards-ethics-tools/
Methods-Resonance Heuristics (“I want to evaluate a method I want to use to build ethical design products.”): https://miro.com/miroverse/method-resonance-heurisitics-ethics-tool/

Shruthi Chivukula

Educator/ Researcher@Pratt Institute [School of Information]

I am an Assistant Professor at School of Information, Pratt Institute (Manhattan, New York). My interest lies in the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience Design, Ethics and Values, and critical qualitative research. My quirky side, I am a doodler who named her doodles "Shruudles", a Carnatic Classical Singer, a plant mom, a Formula1 follower who does not know how to drive, and a great cook (trust me!).