The concept of Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSS) has been created to refer to systems that provide general support. This study focuses on the impacts of the BILEP system, an EPSS, on students’ learning in a computer ethics class. Realizing that there is lack of research done on evaluating EPSS in terms of educational value in relation to ethical decision-making skills and theoretical knowledge, this study sought to establish the effectiveness of EPSS in improving the skills. This research employed a quasi-experimental design, which included 40 participants grouped into the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group was taught using the newly developed BILEP system and the control group was taught in a traditional method. Knowledge was evaluated before and after the intervention regarding Ethical Decision Making (EDM) and Theoretical Computer Ethics (TCE). The t-tests and Mult-variate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) showed the significant improvement of both groups, while the experimental group demonstrated the greater improvement in ethical decision-making skills, but not in the TCE. We concluded that practices that are supported by EPSSs enhance ethical resolution skills, which is in line with the performance-based nature of EPSSs, and, at the same time, traditional approaches are as effective in enhancing theoretical knowledge. Therefore, our findings highlight the implementation of EPSS tools in ethics education to promote practical application skills.
Keywords
Electronic Performance Support System, Educational Evaluation, Educational Intervention, Internet-Based Communication Features, Multivariate Analysis of Variance, Ethical Decision Making.
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Anandakumar Haldorai, “Impact of EPSS Supported Instruction on Ethical Decision Making and Theoretical Computer Ethics”, Journal of Enterprise and Business Intelligence, vol.5, no.1, pp. 052-063, January 2025. doi: 10.53759/5181/JEBI202505006.
