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S.P.O.T: A Game-Based Application for Fostering Critical Machine Learning Literacy Among Children

Authors:

Ibrahim Oluwajoba Adisa,

Tolulope Famaye,

Deepika Sistla,

Cinamon Sunrise Bailey,

Katherine Mulholland,

Caitlin Marie Lancaster,

Golnaz Arastoopour IrgensAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '23: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference

Pages 507 - 511

https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3593884

Published: 19 June 2023 Publication History

Abstract

This paper describes S.P.O.T., a game-based application for promoting children's practical understanding of ML concepts and applications. Current tools for teaching ML in K-12 engage students in playful exploration of ML mechanisms and teach ML from a cognitive perspective. However, in S.P.O.T, learners interact with ML within real-life sociopolitical contexts and examine how ML predictions impact their daily lives and communities. Through the immersion of stories that mirror children's lived experiences, S.P.O.T. provides elementary school aged children with opportunities to learn how machine learning applications function and develop children's abilities to critically examine, question, and reimagine the consequences of ML decisions in the real world.

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