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If you’re interested in learning what design and ethics challenges commonly occur when developing AI products and services, and how to practically address them, then this webinar is for you. During this hour you’ll get a brief primer on AI and its use in design, a list of the major ethical pitfalls that occur during the design of AI services and products and, most importantly, a list of AI ethical design principles, developed by forward-thinking companies such as IDEO, Microsoft and IBM. Presenter: Ovetta Sampson ​As a Design Lead and Design Researcher at IDEO, Ovetta works to amplify the voice of people while inspiring design. Following her passion for people and data, analytics and design, she focuses on the intersectionality …

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​Interested in learning about life beyond academia? How to translate your knowledge and skill set to a career in UX? Join UXPA and our panel of UX professionals, as they discuss their career trajectory, share their post graduate experiences, and making the transition from academia to UX. Presenters: ​Elizabeth Allen (Brazen) Elizabeth is the Principal of Brazen, a UX research and training consultancy based in Toronto, Canada. At Brazen, she helps companies identify and solve critical UX problems in digital and physical products, and trains design teams on how to do their own research. Her previous experience includes UX research roles at Shopify, Prosper, and Centralis, as well as a PhD in Cognitive Psychology. Elizabeth lives in Toronto with her …

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If you’ve ever chatted with UX professionals about their careers and how they got started in UX, you will often find that the path to UX is not straightforward and there isn’t just one. UX is one of the fastest growing industries and comprised of practitioners with varying backgrounds, education and skills. We’ve invited four UX professionals, with specializations in Content Writing and Content Strategy, to join us and share their experiences breaking into the field of UX and succeeding at it. Want to ask questions and hear great advice? Join us on Feb 15th at 9 am PT/Noon ET. Presenters: Elissa Lerner (Google) Elissa Lerner is a Senior UX Writer at Google where she works on Google Cloud Platform. Before …

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On June 5th, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced a major update to its Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the world’s most widely accepted technical standard for digital accessibility. The new version, WCAG 2.1, expands the guidance provided in the previous iteration, WCAG 2.0, to include more coverage of mobile accessibility and provisions for people with low vision and cognitive and learning disabilities. With these updates, WCAG 2.1 helps organizations to improve inclusion and better serve a wider audience. In this session you will learn: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: A brief history of the W3C, WCAG and how people with disabilities use the web WCAG 2.1: Discovering what’s new and how to use the new success criteria when testing …

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Are you designing boxes to be filled up with content or are you creating usable designs for the content? Content is the whole point of the digital products you create. But many teams struggle with how to get content up front. Whatever your role, you need to worry about content – or work with someone who does. When we start with context and give structure to the content, we can create multiple windows into a world. Flip the process. Design structure first. Work in layers to make interface designs that help people make better sense of the information they need. This webinar will provide an introduction to a content-first design process that starts with content, not pixels. Come explore the …

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