Organize community education events with participation-driven and voice-oriented settings covering time, location, hybrid access, transportation, and feedback channels¶

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Description¶

The article summarizes its event-design considerations into two categories: "participation-driven environment settings", covering time, location, hybrid, transportation, and room arrangement to accommodate community members' routines and accessibility needs, and "voice-oriented event settings", including surveys, interactive polling, and in-session discussion supported by technology that documents feedback. The session started around 5:30 PM, was held at a familiar community center, provided free rides, food, and sketchbooks for children, and ran in-person and via Zoom.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Collaboration with community partners who know members' working hours, neighborhood conditions, and accessibility needs
• Facilitators who actively monitor engagement and invite attendees who have not spoken

Constraints¶

• Stated for community-based sessions accommodating everyday life routines, family background, financial situation, and accessibility needs

Target Learners¶

• Adult community members, including those aged 55 or above and those needing transportation or accessibility support

Target Learning Goals¶

• Equalizing access to learning resources
• Empowering community members' voices during learning

Related Strategies¶

• Offering Multiple Options for Family Engagement
• Remove language and participation barriers by communicating with families in multiple languages through varied channels with interpreters available
• Remove practical barriers to family participation through flexible scheduling, translation, childcare, and material supports
• Zoom Family Hours

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Yao Lyu, Leonymae Aumentado, Holden Winton, Jared Lee Katzman, Sparkle Berry, Zachary Rowe, Kimberly Sanders, and Tawanna R. Dillahunt. 2026. Co-Designing Community-Centered AI Education for Adults: A Midwestern Case Study. CSCW Companion '26. https://doi.org/10.1145/3785651.3831486