FemTechNet A global network of scholars and artists who work at the intersections of feminism, 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

Initial Commitments Key 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 Commitments Key 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

DOCC: An Alternative MOOC Distributed 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

Feminist Learning Design 2013 DOCC: Dialogues in Feminism and Technology Approaches the creation of a MOOC from 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 Design Thinking Boundary Objects That Learn: BOTLs Approaches the creation of LEARNING OBJECTS from 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 Theory Haraway: Refraction Theory and Subjugated Histories Star & Greisemer: Boundary Objects and Translation

Feminist Learning Design VIDEO DIALOGUES Archive Body Difference Discipline Ethics Labor Machine Place Race Sexualities Systems Tranformation

DOCC: Opportunities How You can Participate Join the listserv: Teach a NODAL course Contribute BOTLs Fundraise Publicize the effort Extend the network

Thank You Discussion Anne Balsamo: Alex Juhasz: Background and MORE information: documents/ dialogues-technology-part-i dialogues-technology-part-ii