The paper contributes to the engineering ethics literature by describing how experiential learning techniques based on lived experiences can provide a way to increase interest and engagement in engineering ethics, and thus teach the subject more effectively.
It also contributes to the wider work on learning technologies by suggesting that the social digital technologies can be used both as a platform and a topic of education delivery.
The paper is therefore relevant to current debates about the role of technology in the classroom, and how best to educate the ‘net generation’.