UK Exam Algorithm Controversy – Co-designing an Interactive Interface
Artist: Dario Veruari
Claire Benn is working with Kalervo Gulson from the University of Sydney and the Gradient Institute on the co-design project ‘UK Exam Algorithm Controversy – Co-designing an Interactive Interface’.
Project Description: This project is creating an online learning tool (e.g., an interactive webpage), using a participatory design approach, that people can use to explore how algorithms like this work, and their possible impact. The algorithmic example in this project is the 2020 UK Ofqual exam controversy. This project aims to explore tradeoffs in fairness in the use of algorithms in education, and how decision-making procedures – including automated ones – may focus on predictive accuracy.
This project is led by the Education Futures Studio (EFS) at the University of Sydney, working in collaboration with the Centre for Research on Education in a Digital Society (UTS), the Gradient Institute and ANU Humanising Machine Intelligence group.
Aligned with a ‘technical democracy’ (Callon et al, 2009) approach, EFS aims to support collective learning and experimentation about the role of automation, artificial intelligence, algorithms, and data across a range of education contexts. The interface developed from this project will be showcased on the EFS website and used as a resource for collective learning and experiments with diverse publics (e.g. students, communities, professionals, and researchers).