are more likely to use cellphones, laptops, games consoles and social networking sites than any other age group (Pew Research Center 2010; Zickhur 2011).
Educators have explored the use of new learning technologies which make the most of students’ increased technological engagement (Greenhow et al. 2009; Jelfs and Colbourn 2002; Mason and Weller 2000) and many universities are now incorporating blogs, chat-rooms and wikis as instructional tools (Patchin and Hinduja 2010).
These technologies also offer valuable opportunities for developing engineering ethics curricula which is relevant and meaningful for students.