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Designing With And For Youth: A Participatory Design Research Approach For Critical Machine Learning Education, Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, Ibrahim Adisa, Cinamon Bailey, Hazel Vega Quesada
Designing With And For Youth: A Participatory Design Research Approach For Critical Machine Learning Education, Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, Ibrahim Adisa, Cinamon Bailey, Hazel Vega Quesada
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As big data algorithm usage becomes more ubiquitous, it will become critical for all young people, particularly those from historically marginalized populations, to have a deep understanding of data science that empowers them to enact change in their local communities and globally. In this study, we explore the concept of critical machine learning: integrating machine learning knowledge content with social, ethical, and political effects of algorithms. We modified an intergenerational participatory design approach known as cooperative inquiry to co-design a critical machine learning educational program with and for youth ages 9 - 13 in two after-school centers in the southern …