I’m close to stabilizing the 2019 version of my human-centered design course. This is an 300-level undergraduate course that I teach here at Penn State’s
Author: jordanbeck
sketching discourse
I’m tinkering with metaphors to explain/teach discourse analysis to an undergrad human-centered design class. One way to explain it might be in terms of an
The Design Exchange
Today I discovered the design exchange. Think Wikipedia but for design methods and case studies. It seems like a great resource for students (and practitioners) curious
Technological Solutionism
If computer-supported interconnection (CSI) will never *substitute* face-to-face negotiation, long-term collaboration, and the hard work of living together, then we ought to focus on how
conversations for vision
Another new pre-print dropped this week. This paper is a first draft of our findings from an interview study conducted with a fascinating group of
Typography Class
I’m going to be teaching a class on typography next week, and here’s how I’m planning the class: after a brief recap of the assigned
