Equality and Participation in Technology Development

This Expert Track allows you to meet with industry leaders and gain the practical and critical tools to advocate for more equitable technology.

After you have completed the three courses, you will be able use the tools that you've learned to promote equality in your local community. You'll be able to advocate for technology development and implement it, regardless of whether you are in marketing or recruitment user research.

This course will explore the ways technology can reproduce gender stereotypes and inequalities in society. It also explains how you can combat this. The course will cover a variety of inclusive design methods, from research and development to testing the implementation and hearing the voices of amazing advocates for gender equality.

This course will take you on a journey through historical examples of racism in tech to current examples of technology that promotes anti-racism. This course will teach you how to consider race in every step of the process, from user research and recruiting to the implementation of a product to launch it.

This second course will teach you about diverse innovation and how it can benefit society and the economy. Learn how to foster diverse cultures at work and how to increase the voices of those who aren't represented.

This ExpertTrack was created by The Creative Computing Institute with the support of a number top experts. These important topics will be discussed with Charlene Hunter, CEO of Coding Black Females Mark Martin MBE cofounder of UK Black Tech, and Andrew Mallinson cofounder of Feminist Internet.

After completing this ExpertTrack, you will be able advocate for anti-racism diversity innovation and gender inclusion in technology development. You will also be able use the techniques and tools you have learned in your personal and professional life, regardless of what industry you are in.