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Exploring Generative Models with Middle School Students

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Applications of generative models such as Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) have made their way to social media platforms that children frequently interact with. While GANs are associated with ethical implications pertaining to children, such as the generation of Deepfakes, there are negligible eforts to educate middle school children about generative AI. In this work, we present a generative models learning trajectory (LT), educational materials, and interactive activities for young learners with a focus on GANs, creation and application of machine-generated media, and its ethical implications. The activities were deployed in four online workshops with 72 students (grades 5-9). We found that these materials enabled children to gain an understanding of what generative models are, their technical components and potential applications, and benefts and harms, while refecting on their ethical implications. Learning from our fndings, we propose an improved learning trajectory for complex socio-technical systems.

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Exploring Generative Models with Middle School Students

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PUBLICATION DETAILS

Type
Article
Author
S. Ali
D. DiPaola
I. Lee
J. Hong
C. Breazeal
Publisher
ACM Digital Library
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Publication Year
2021
Discipline(s)
Other