Design a Feminist Chatbot

Online Course

Future Learn
Design a Feminist Chatbot

What is the course about?

Design a Feminist Chatbot
The course Design a Feminist Chatbot is an online class provided by UAL Creative Computing Institute through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Learn how to design and prototype a chatbot that doesn’t reinforce harmful gender stereotypes.

Course description
  • Explore how ideas from feminism can help you design chatbots for good
  • 4 weeks
  • We live in an age of conversations powered by artificial intelligence. From customer service chatbots to bots that help you meditate, conversational interfaces are becoming part of our everyday lives – some helping us to automate human work, and others aiming to improve wellbeing.
  • Yet chatbots can easily reinforce harmful gender stereotypes or promote discriminatory behaviour if their designers aren’t careful.
  • On this course, you’ll study feminism and its relationship to technology in order to help you build a feminist chatbot. You’ll learn feminist design tools and basic coding skills, before applying them to designing and programming a chatbot of your own.
  • Feminism and its relationship to technology
  • Feminist design tools
  • Feminist approaches to conversation design
  • Basic coding in a collaborative coding environment
  • Prototyping a feminist chatbot
  • Feminism and its relationship to technology
  • Feminist design tools
  • Feminist approaches to conversation design
  • Basic coding in a collaborative coding environment
  • Prototyping a feminist chatbot
  • Explore current uses of chatbots and how they work
  • Interpret concepts of feminism and their relationship to technology
  • Explore feminist design tools and how they can be applied to chatbot development
  • Design a chatbot conversation using Whimsical flowcharts
  • Produce a prototype of a chatbot using Glitch, a community programming environment
  • This course is for anyone interested in the social implications of technology, specifically the ethical issues surrounding chatbot design.
  • People curious about coding would benefit from this course, as would academics in the feminist or tech communities.
  • You might also be interested in the other courses in the Essential Creative Technologies collection from UAL Creative Computing Institute, Lancaster University and the Institute of Coding.
  • UAL Creative Computing Institute
  • The UAL Creative Computing Institute (CCI) offers innovative new courses, research opportunities and a public platform to explore computer science and creative practice.
  • Institute of Coding
  • The Institute of Coding is a family of learners, businesses and educators creating a new way to develop the digital skills needed at work and beyond.

Prerequisites & Facts

Design a Feminist Chatbot

Course Topic

AI and Robotics, Coding & Programming, IT & Computer Science, Politics & Society

University, College, Institution

UAL Creative Computing Institute

Course Skill Level

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

Degree & Cost

Design a Feminist Chatbot

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / UAL Creative Computing Institute you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
UAL Creative Computing Institute
Design a Feminist Chatbot
provided by Future Learn

Reviews

Share your experience

Design a Feminist Chatbot
UAL Creative Computing Institute Future Learn
Rate the course

Do you recommend the course? *
Here you can find information, reviews and user experiences for the course “Design a Feminist Chatbot“. The provider of the course – “UAL Creative Computing Institute” – will be glad to answer any questions you may have about the class, click here to use the offical support channels. It would be great if you could share your experience of participating in the course – Your honest review will surely help others to choose the right class!
School: UAL Creative Computing Institute
Topic: AI and Robotics, Coding & Programming, IT & Computer Science, Politics & Society