User:Mxrwho/The Final Project/Part II/Workshop

In order to proceed to the second part of the project I will conduct a workshop on the topic of biases:

Part I (25'): Introduction regarding my project and the colloqium (10') and quiz (15')

The workshop will begin with a (Kahoot!) quiz, challenging common knowledge about what biases are and how they affect us.

Possible questions:

(1) How many types of biases are generally recognized?

(2) How many types of cognitive biases are there?

(3) Are biases negative, positive or both?

(4) Are biases innate or learned?

(5) What are biases in science and engineering?

Part II (30') Discussion

A few words regarding relevant research and discussion with the group. This part can become integrated to the quiz in Part I. In this sense, the quiz can be used as a prompting mechanism for providing information and for further discussion.

Part III (60') Interviews

The participants will be asked to record their answers to a series of questions regarding biases and upload them to a relevant wiki page. (Parts of) their answers will be used in the songs that will be the 'material' outcome of this part of the project.

The questions:

(1) What are biases according to your personal experience?

(2) In what ways have you been exposed to biases?

(3) How do they make you feel.

(4) How do you deal with them?

(5) What are your own biases?

Part IV (35') Discussion and closing

I would like to discuss how this session and these questions have affected the participants' understanding of biases. I would also like to point out to them that their understanding and answers may have been affected due to our opening quiz and discussion and that every little thing may contribute to the building up or the dismantling of biases.