Reflection assignment about cognitive styles used to interact with technology. Includes reflection questions about relating to the GenderMag personas.
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An example homework that runs students on the personas and how to use them in the GenderMag Walkthrough.
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Students mark on the continuum where they think their persona's cognitive styles are likely to fall.
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Editable template and example of how a GenderMag persona (Pat) can be used within a user journey map. Used in a graduate-level online human-computer interaction course (computer science). Sign in via your Google Account to download our resources.
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Do you sometimes feel that you do not belong in this program, or some of its courses? The instructors assure you that you do belong! To help combat that sense of imposter syndrome that you might be feeling, let's explore the notion that your cognitive styles of learning are similar to your peers' learning styles. You may already know that OSU and other universities have studied course materials and technical tools to make improvements that level the playing field amongst you and your peers. Programs such as Cognitive Style Heuristics and GenderMag/InclusiveMag study differences in how people problem-solve while learning new technical skills. The projects' core methods of finding bias bugs in software and materials is to apply personas that represent different sets of cognitive facets. Explore the Facets and Personas by clicking on the tabs at the top, then analyze which persona fits you best, by taking the Survey. Your selection data will disappear after refreshing the page, or closing the browser. It will not be saved and collected.
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Curriculum guidelines for undergraduate degree programs in Computer Science.
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Curriculum guidelines for undergraduate degree programs in software engineering.
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Example of how to introduce cognitive styles to students, student teams, or any group. Cognitive styles = cognitive differences influencing how people prefer to interact with technology. Applicable and adaptable to engineering, computing, technology, computer science, college-level, high school, and corporate teams. Icebreaker. Diversity awareness. Theory of Mind. Meta-cognition.
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Very short form for collecting in-class questions and comments about GenderMag.
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Two-page summary of the GenderMag walkthrough method.
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One-page definitions sheet.
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Handy quick-reference summarizing the three GenderMag personas.
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What are your facet values when using software? What's one situation when your facet values might change? How did identifying your facet values affect your understanding of how you use software?
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What are your facet values when using software? What's one situation when your facet values might change? How did identifying your facet values affect your understanding of how you use software?
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Extra credit assignment about the Cognitive Style Heuristics reading: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/reading-cognitive-style-heuristics
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32-slide lecture about inclusive design and the GenderMag Walkthough
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GenderMag lecture for interface design course.
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Teaches how to run a GenderMag walkthrough session.
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This document gets you started on planning what GenderMag content to incorporate into your senior-level CS/IT/EE/CE/Other courses.
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Pedagogical content knowledge for teaching inclusive design.
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