2022
Antle, Alissa N., Murai, Yumiko, Kitson, Alexandra, Candau, Yves, Dao-Kroeker, Zoe Minh-Tam, Adibi, Azadeh
“There Are a LOT of Moral Issues with Biowearables” ... Teaching Design Ethics through a Critical Making Biowearable Workshop Proceedings Article
In: Interaction Design and Children, pp. 327–340, Association for Computing Machinery, Braga, Portugal, 2022, ISBN: 9781450391979.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Biowearables, children, Critical making, design ethics, ethics, teaching ethics, wearables, youth
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title = {“There Are a LOT of Moral Issues with Biowearables” ... Teaching Design Ethics through a Critical Making Biowearable Workshop},
author = {Alissa N. Antle and Yumiko Murai and Alexandra Kitson and Yves Candau and Zoe Minh-Tam Dao-Kroeker and Azadeh Adibi},
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year = {2022},
date = {2022-01-01},
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pages = {327–340},
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abstract = {There has been an increasing focus on teaching youth about design ethics as part of technical literacy. Biowearables are an emerging technology in which devices worn on children's bodies are used to track, monitor and provide feedback about their biological processes. In this paper we describe an online critical making workshop designed to enable students in middle school years to develop technical literacy skills that include reflection on issues related to design ethics. We investigated if and how our workshop enabled eleven youth, aged 12-14, to reflect through processes of making their own biowearable, on potential negative impacts of biowearables on their developing senses of identity, agency, autonomy and authenticity. The workshop elements included facilitated activities using custom created biowearable-tangible kit and ethics cards. Through qualitative coding and thematic analysis of moments of reflection captured with video, chat, and design journals we gathered evidence of the feasibility of promoting critical making as a means to cultivate technical literacy in youth. Our findings suggest the potential of teaching design ethics through critical making workshops and reveal a range of ways that reflection on ethical issues can be supported during making. We interpret our empirical evidence to further explore how workshop elements supported, or failed to support, learning outcomes and generalize our interpretations to propose preliminary guidance about workshop mechanisms that might be used to support ethical reflection during making.},
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There has been an increasing focus on teaching youth about design ethics as part of technical literacy. Biowearables are an emerging technology in which devices worn on children's bodies are used to track, monitor and provide feedback about their biological processes. In this paper we describe an online critical making workshop designed to enable students in middle school years to develop technical literacy skills that include reflection on issues related to design ethics. We investigated if and how our workshop enabled eleven youth, aged 12-14, to reflect through processes of making their own biowearable, on potential negative impacts of biowearables on their developing senses of identity, agency, autonomy and authenticity. The workshop elements included facilitated activities using custom created biowearable-tangible kit and ethics cards. Through qualitative coding and thematic analysis of moments of reflection captured with video, chat, and design journals we gathered evidence of the feasibility of promoting critical making as a means to cultivate technical literacy in youth. Our findings suggest the potential of teaching design ethics through critical making workshops and reveal a range of ways that reflection on ethical issues can be supported during making. We interpret our empirical evidence to further explore how workshop elements supported, or failed to support, learning outcomes and generalize our interpretations to propose preliminary guidance about workshop mechanisms that might be used to support ethical reflection during making.
2021
Murai, Yumiko, Antle, Alissa N., Kitson, Alexandra, Candau, Yves, Adibi, Azadeh, Dao-Kroeker, Zoe, Desnoyers-Stewart, John, Jacobs, Katrien
Facilitating Online Distributed Critical Making: Lessons Learned Proceedings Article
In: FabLearn Europe / MakeEd 2021 - An International Conference on Computing, Design and Making in Education, Association for Computing Machinery, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2021, ISBN: 9781450389891.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Biowearables, Critical making, Critical reflection, design ethics, design thinking, Maker-centered learning, Online learning, Online workshop, quantification of self, teaching ethics, wearables, youth
@inproceedings{10.1145/3466725.3466759,
title = {Facilitating Online Distributed Critical Making: Lessons Learned},
author = {Yumiko Murai and Alissa N. Antle and Alexandra Kitson and Yves Candau and Azadeh Adibi and Zoe Dao-Kroeker and John Desnoyers-Stewart and Katrien Jacobs},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3466725.3466759},
doi = {10.1145/3466725.3466759},
isbn = {9781450389891},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
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abstract = {The global pandemic has brought numerous challenges for educators who take a maker-centered approach, whose instruction involves direct engagement with materials through collaborative and exploratory social interactions. Many educators have found creative ways to address the obstacles of being remote. However, inciting critical reflection through making, already difficult during in-person settings, has become an even greater challenge in remote settings. This paper reports on the lessons learned from a two-week online afterschool maker workshop where participants worked on a maker project being in remote locations, while engaged in critical reflections on ethical implications of biowearable devices. The results showed preliminary evidence that participants were able to produce a prototype and engaged in critical reflection on the ethical issues of biowearables. We also found that while online environments offer limited social cues and flexibility, access to multiple communication channels enabled just-in-time facilitation for critical reflection.},
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The global pandemic has brought numerous challenges for educators who take a maker-centered approach, whose instruction involves direct engagement with materials through collaborative and exploratory social interactions. Many educators have found creative ways to address the obstacles of being remote. However, inciting critical reflection through making, already difficult during in-person settings, has become an even greater challenge in remote settings. This paper reports on the lessons learned from a two-week online afterschool maker workshop where participants worked on a maker project being in remote locations, while engaged in critical reflections on ethical implications of biowearable devices. The results showed preliminary evidence that participants were able to produce a prototype and engaged in critical reflection on the ethical issues of biowearables. We also found that while online environments offer limited social cues and flexibility, access to multiple communication channels enabled just-in-time facilitation for critical reflection.
Antle, Alissa N., Kitson, Alexandra, Murai, Yumiko, Desnoyers-Stewart, John, Candau, Yves, Adibi, Azadeh, Jacobs, Katrien, Dao-Kroeker, Zoe
Opportunities and Scaffolds for Critical Reflection on Ethical Issues in an Online After School Biowearable Workshop for Youth Proceedings Article
In: FabLearn Europe / MakeEd 2021 - An International Conference on Computing, Design and Making in Education, Association for Computing Machinery, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2021, ISBN: 9781450389891.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Biowearables, Critical making, design ethics, ethics, teaching ethics, youth
@inproceedings{10.1145/3466725.3466762,
title = {Opportunities and Scaffolds for Critical Reflection on Ethical Issues in an Online After School Biowearable Workshop for Youth},
author = {Alissa N. Antle and Alexandra Kitson and Yumiko Murai and John Desnoyers-Stewart and Yves Candau and Azadeh Adibi and Katrien Jacobs and Zoe Dao-Kroeker},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3466725.3466762},
doi = {10.1145/3466725.3466762},
isbn = {9781450389891},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
booktitle = {FabLearn Europe / MakeEd 2021 - An International Conference on Computing, Design and Making in Education},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {St. Gallen, Switzerland},
series = {FabLearn Europe / MakeEd 2021},
abstract = {The rapid adoption of biowearables, such as smartwatches, raises ethical issues as youth are increasingly being tracked, monitored and given feedback on a growing number of measures. To address this pressing need, we investigated how to support youth to understand and explore these ethical issues grounded in the processes of prototyping during an afterschool online critical making workshop. The main contribution of this paper is our critical reflection framework, consisting of three interrelated components: ethical issues, technical opportunities, and reflection scaffolds. We focus on ethical issues related to the potential for biowearables to negatively impact six constructs taken from child development. We describe how we created a biowearable-tangible prototyping kit that has under-determined design decision points, creating technologically-mediated opportunities for reflection during the iterative prototyping process. Third, we present a set of critical reflection cards created to support youth to explore the ethical issues related to those decision points. We provide two scenarios from a pilot study that illustrate our framework in action, providing preliminary validation for our approach in an online environment.},
keywords = {Biowearables, Critical making, design ethics, ethics, teaching ethics, youth},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
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The rapid adoption of biowearables, such as smartwatches, raises ethical issues as youth are increasingly being tracked, monitored and given feedback on a growing number of measures. To address this pressing need, we investigated how to support youth to understand and explore these ethical issues grounded in the processes of prototyping during an afterschool online critical making workshop. The main contribution of this paper is our critical reflection framework, consisting of three interrelated components: ethical issues, technical opportunities, and reflection scaffolds. We focus on ethical issues related to the potential for biowearables to negatively impact six constructs taken from child development. We describe how we created a biowearable-tangible prototyping kit that has under-determined design decision points, creating technologically-mediated opportunities for reflection during the iterative prototyping process. Third, we present a set of critical reflection cards created to support youth to explore the ethical issues related to those decision points. We provide two scenarios from a pilot study that illustrate our framework in action, providing preliminary validation for our approach in an online environment.