Teaching Civic Tech and Algorithms for Social Good @ Bard College
I designed and am teaching a course Civic Technology & Algorithms for Social Good, which introduces students to normative, technical, and evaluative foundations for design and impact assessment of public interest tech.
The course grew directly out of my experience as a tech person in NYC's local government and the World Bank. Technology is used more and more in shaping our lives, often through algorithmic decision-making systems, non-profit tools, or commercial projects. In this course, we slow that down and ask what "good" actually looks like, what trade-offs these systems create, and how we can assess their impact on society and democracy.
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