This unit examines the historical and social context of programming and the maker movement while surveying current citizen development platforms, governance models, and no-code/AI tools. Students learn fundamentals and collaborative strategies to plan, evaluate, and enable safe, ethical citizen automation projects that prepare them for applied work in the final unit.
Learning Objectives
- Analyze the evolution of programming languages, the maker movement, and citizen science to identify trends that shape modern citizen development and automation
- Evaluate citizen technology platforms and governance models (centralized, federated, and decentralized) for usability, scalability, security, and ethical risk
- Apply fundamental design, testing, and collaboration practices to plan a citizen automation solution using no-code/low-code platforms and generative AI tools
- Demonstrate strategies for enabling adoption—including stakeholder engagement, fusion teams, and social approaches—while addressing privacy, security, and governance concerns
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 17 Lessons
- 30 hours
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- Unit 3 — Citizen Automation and Governance17
- 1.1The Evolution of Programming Languages20 mins
- 1.2Notes20 mins
- 1.3An Emerging Third Party20 mins
- 1.4Fork 3: Revolution or Evolution20 mins
- 1.5Fork 6: Centralize or Federate20 mins
- 1.6Monarchy, Federalism, or Anarchy?20 mins
- 1.7The Maker Movement20 mins
- 1.8Citizen/Professional Collaboration and Fusion Teams20 mins
- 1.9The Origin Story of Broad Automation Adoption20 mins
- 1.10Current Citizen Tools and Platform Landscape20 mins
- 1.11“Governance” of Citizen Technologies20 mins
- 1.12Starting Strong with the Fundamentals20 mins
- 1.13Enabling a Successful Voyage20 mins
- 1.14Like Seemingly Everything Else, Citizen Development Is Social20 mins
- 1.15The Growth of Citizen Science—Starting with Ornithology20 mins
- 1.16Generative AI as a No-Code Solution20 mins
- 1.17Who Is a Citizen Automator?20 mins
Instructor
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