Technisch-nachhaltiges Handeln als Bildungsaufgabe in der Ingenieurausbildung – Verbreitung des Leonardischen Eides über YouTube

INTRODUCTION
High-tech products are becoming increasingly complex and must be subject to more ecological, social and ethical values. For engineers, this means a corresponding technical competence that is also oriented towards the principle of sustainability. In the context of appropriate engineering training, the Leonardian Oath formulated by Dreher (Dreher 2015) as a professional ethos, which has been in force since 2015, should be mentioned:
Any engineering education must ensure that engineers are trained to use their professional design skills to fulfill their high design responsibility based on the principles of
- ethical legitimacy
- sustainability and
- the social controllability.
The question arises as to whether it is ensured that prospective engineers position themselves on the basis of the Leonardian Oath?
CENTRAL QUESTION
The aim of this study is to answer the question of whether the necessary (re)focusing of technical education on the aspect of sustainable action can be promoted through the production and distribution of corresponding YouTube videos. In order to determine the status quo in technical university teaching, an exemplary curriculum study is carried out on the basis of module manuals.
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH
A qualitative content analysis of selected module handbooks from technical universities is carried out to highlight the problem. Based on the deficits revealed, a six-part video series is produced and published on YouTube under the link https://www.youtube.com/@HeinzLeymann-LE. This will be evaluated both quantitatively via the number of hits (general interest) and qualitatively via the comments made (YouTube comment function and emails to the author) and the content of the interviewees.
OBJECTIVE
The aim is to determine whether the published videos have led to a discussion about the future of engineering education and, if so, in what way. The approaches of the interviewees in the videos to be produced in the context of the Leonardian Oath and the comments on YouTube are to be evaluated. In addition, the reach of the videos and shorts to be created should be measured.
RESULT
In the context of enabling engineers to act ethically in a digital working environment, the compulsory and elective subjects of three universities and three colleges were examined with regard to the categories of the principles of ethical, economic, ecological, social and sustainable
legitimacy. These are differently pronounced.
Examination of the six films
In the context of the dissemination of the Leonardian Oath, six films were created and published on YouTube.
In the quantitative acceptance of the six films, no effectiveness of the working hypothesis can be proven in the context of the number of views. It should be noted that the number of views decreases continuously from film 1 to film 6. In terms of the quantitative acceptance of the six films, the working hypothesis can be shown to be partially effective in the context of viewer loyalty. In terms of qualitative acceptance, the effectiveness of the working hypothesis is demonstrable, as the interviews and comments indicate approval of the implementa-tion of the Leonardian Oath.
Analysis of the five shorts
Each of the five shorts shows a higher effectiveness than the six video films in the quantitative acceptance study. However, the effect is unclear because there is only one comment in relation to the qualitative study of the five shorts, which does not allow any conclusion to be drawn in the context of the implementation of the Leonardian Oath in the engineering courses. The working hypothesis can be confirmed with regard to the number of views (quantitative) of the five shorts and the audience retention of Short 3, which is higher than normal. According to the YouTube analysis, the four other shorts do not have the usual viewer retention.
Films and shorts overall
For the six films, the quantitative analysis in the context of the implementation of the Leonardian Oath says less than the qualitative analysis of the comments. The reverse is true for the five shorts.