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?
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?
What cognitive styles do you use to interact with technology? PRE-REQ: https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/87536 LAST UPDATE: Changed title
Reflection assignment about cognitive styles used to interact with technology. Includes reflection questions about relating to the GenderMag personas.
Heuristic evaluation peer activity using GenderMag Cognitive Style Heuristics.
Although CS Education researchers and practitioners have found ways to improve CS classroom inclusivity, few researchers have considered inclusivity of online CS education. We are interested in two such improvements in online CS education- besides being inclusive to each other, online CS students also need to be able to create inclusive technology.
To avoid "gender-inclusiveness bugs" in technology
What cognitive styles do we use to interact with technology? The GenderMag Project has identified five cognitive facets we bring to our use of technology.
A complete homework assignment in which students (1) create a paper prototype of a software design, (2) reflect on their GenderMag cognitive styles, (3) evaluate their prototype using heuristics based on GenderMag cognitive styles, and (4) revise their prototype.
You can use an iframe to embed this interactive tool into websites. Students can use the slider to select the cognitive styles they use to interact with technology. If they need to submit their cognitive styles to you, they can take a screenshot.
Extra credit assignment about the Cognitive Style Heuristics reading: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/reading-cognitive-style-heuristics
Handy quick-reference summarizing the three GenderMag personas.
One-page definitions sheet.
Active learning lecture involving identifying cognitive styles for technology usage. Includes team cognitive styles discussion. LAST UPDATE: Changed cover image
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.
Example of how instructors can share their cognitive styles with their class, with template.
A slider tool students can use to reflect on how their cognition affects how they interact with technology.
A reading about the GenderMag Cognitive Style Heuristics (CSH) with embedded examples and quizzes.
Example of how instructional team can share their own cognitive styles with students. Coaches students on how to share their cognitive styles. Shows diversity within instructional team. Could be incorporated into lecture slides.
What cognitive styles do you use to interact with technology? PRE-REQ: https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/87536