National Institute forTechnology in Liberal EducationOnline Seminar

Speakers:Alexandra JuhaszProfessor of Media StudiesPitzer College, Los Angeles

And

Anne BalsamoDean of the School of Media StudiesNew School for Public Engagement, New York

Event Hashtag: #FemTechNet

FemTechNetA global network of scholars and artists who work at the intersections offeminism, science and technology

Key Objectives

•To develop innovative uses for digital technologies that serve important cultural and social needs

•To involve women and girls in discussions about the history of feminist engagement with technology

•To demonstrate feminist contribution to technological innovation

•To contribute to the digital archive of the history of technology

DOCC: An Alternative MOOCDistributed Online Collaborative Course

Key Objectives

•Recognizes and engages expertise DISTRIBUTED throughout a network

•Approaches learning as a MIXED-MODE and BLENDED experience

•Designed through COLLABORATIVE peer-to-peer process

•Collaborative creation of HISTORICAL cultural archive

•Collaborative EXPERIMENT in use of online pedagogies

Initial CommitmentsKey Challenges

•Cultural ignorance of the general history of technology and science

•Wide-spread ignorance of the historical relationship between women and technological innovation

•Lack of understanding about the contribution of feminist theory to technocultural innovation

•Authoritative structure of institutionalized MOOCs

•Persistent difficult in engaging women and girls in STEM fields & projects

Initial CommitmentsKey Opportunities

•Extensive global network of feminist experts in science and technology

•Deep history of innovative feminist engagement with technology

•Cross-disciplinary dispersion of feminist expertise

•Feminist design thinking

•History of innovative pedagogical practice among feminist teachers

•New digital technology infrastructures

Feminist Learning Design2013 DOCC: Dialogues in Feminism and Technology

Approaches the creation of a MOOCfrom the perspective of feminist STS and media arts

Ten Week Course: September – November, 2013

Ten – Twelve VIDEO DIALOGUES

Shared Learning Materials: BOTLs

Collaborative Learning Activity: STORMING WIKIPEDIA

Differential Participation: NODAL classes

Feminist Learning DesignVIDEO DIALOGUES

ArchiveBodyDifferenceDisciplineEthicsLaborMachinePlaceRaceSexualitiesSystemsTranformation

Feminist Design ThinkingBoundary Objects That Learn: BOTLs

Approaches the creation of LEARNING OBJECTSfrom the perspective of feminist STS

Learning Objects as BOUNDARY objects:“abstract or concrete frameworks that are adaptable to

different viewpoints yet robust enough to maintain a provisional identity over time and across different worlds”

Learning Objects that LEARN:.learning materials that are transformed through use when

participants annotate materials based on experience and context

Harding: Standpoint TheoryHaraway: Refraction Theory and Subjugated HistoriesStar & Greisemer: Boundary Objects and Translation

Feminist Design ThinkingDifferential Participation: NODAL CLASSES

NODAL CLASSES: > Fifteen “embodied” courses

Independent Studies

Self-Directed Learners

Drop-In Learners

Ad-hoc Instructors

Peer-to-Peer Discussion

DOCC: 1st Iteration ScheduleDialogues in Feminism & Technology

Fall 2012: Networking, Fundraising, Wikipedia analysis

Spring 2013: Beta Courses

Spring 2013: Prepare Video Dialogues

Summer 2013: Material Preparation, Instructors’ Workshop

Sept – Nov 2013: DOCC Launch

DOCC: OpportunitiesHow You can Participate

Join the listserv:

Teach a NODAL course

Contribute BOTLs

Fundraise

Publicize the effort

Extend the network

Thank YouDiscussion

Anne Balsamo: BalsamoA@newschool.edu

Alex Juhasz: Alexandra_Juhasz@pitzer.edu

Background and MORE information:http://fembotcollective.org/

http://fembotcollective.org/femtechnet/femtechnet-useful-documents/

http://dmlcentral.net/blog/liz-losh/learning-failure-feminist-dialogues-technology-part-i

http://dmlcentral.net/blog/liz-losh/learning-failure-feminist-dialogues-technology-part-ii