Human-Centered Design / Practice
Equitable co-design
Definition
Co-design that deliberately lowers barriers to participation, includes underrepresented perspectives, accounts for intersecting identities and needs, and gives practitioners or users meaningful influence over design decisions.
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Equitable co-design treats participation, accessibility, autonomy, and representation as design conditions rather than as checks performed after a technology has been built.
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Sources and evidence
- CIRCLS / Digital Promise — Unveiling the Value of Exploration — PDF p. 40 · report p. 40 — Enabling equity in co-design and practice — intersecting identities, practitioner participation, lived experience, and underrepresented voices (direct)
- CIRCLS / Digital Promise — Unveiling the Value of Exploration — PDF p. 41 · report p. 41 — Equitable co-design with practitioners — lowering technical barriers and sustaining teacher involvement in development (direct)