We Also Use UX to Teach Programming
summary
A talk describes a women-only initiative that uses UX design principles to teach programming with Django, addressing gender imbalance and learning barriers in IT education. It explains how female developers who overcame those obstacles created a dedicated teaching and learning space for Django to encourage more women to start and persist in programming.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Theme introduction
- 1:37Women in tech landscape
- 2:42Women-only courses difference
- 4:07Course design with UX
- 6:18T-shirt as empowerment symbol
- 8:06Course location and representation
- 9:31Inclusion and belonging theory
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