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Building The Narrative Cloud: Reflection And Distributed Cognition In A Design Studio Classroom, Omar Sosa Tzec, Jordan E. Beck, Martin A. Siegel
Building The Narrative Cloud: Reflection And Distributed Cognition In A Design Studio Classroom, Omar Sosa Tzec, Jordan E. Beck, Martin A. Siegel
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Education in Human-Computer Interaction Design (HCI/d) aims to instill a human-centered perspective among its students, encouraging a designerly way of thinking that allows them to develop creative solutions that consider the implications and consequences of people interacting with technology. It has been known that a practicum (Schön, 1987) environment contributes to developing this way of thinking by means of reflection (Schön, 1987). We present in this paper a pedagogical approach based on narratives to be employed in studio-based courses for HCI/d. We discuss how oral and multimedia narratives support in conveying content-independent concepts that affect the learning experience. We propose …
Agile Thinking In Motion Graphics Practice And Its Potential For Design Education, Jonathan Hamilton
Agile Thinking In Motion Graphics Practice And Its Potential For Design Education, Jonathan Hamilton
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Motion Graphics is relatively new subject and its methodologies are still being developed. There are useful lessons to be learnt from the practice in early cinema from the 1890's to the 1930's where Agile thinking was used by a number of practitioners including Fritz Lang. Recent studies in MA Motion Graphics have accessed some of this thinking incorporating them in a series of Motion Graphic tests and experiments culminating in a two minute animation “1896 Olympic Marathon”. This paper demonstrates how the project and its design methodology can contribute new knowledge for the practice and teaching of this relatively new …
Sketching Design Thinking: Representations Of Design In Education And Practice, Colin M. Gray, Martin A. Siegel
Sketching Design Thinking: Representations Of Design In Education And Practice, Colin M. Gray, Martin A. Siegel
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Research on design pedagogy has shown that students progress through a variety of barriers on the path to becoming a successful design practitioner, and that frameworks for explicit reflection can be beneficial to the development of design students. Schön uses the concept of reflection-on-action to describe one form of reflection on design practice, with the eventual goal of improving design processes and judgment. In this study, sketching is used as a form of reflection-on-action in a first semester intensive course in interaction design (IxD). This sketch reflects the student’s current understanding of the “whole game” or holistic view of design …
Informal Peer Critique And The Negotiation Of Habitus In A Design Studio, Colin M. Gray
Informal Peer Critique And The Negotiation Of Habitus In A Design Studio, Colin M. Gray
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Critique is considered to be a central feature of design education, serving as both a structural mechanism that provides regular feedback, and a high stakes assessment tool. This study utilizes informal peer critique as a natural extension of this existing form, engaging the practice community in reflection-in-action due to the natural physical co-location of the studio environment. The purpose of this study is to gain greater understanding of the pedagogical role of informal critique in shaping design thinking and judgment, as seen through the framing of Bourdieu’s habitus. The methodology of this study is informed by a critical theory perspective, …