I’ve been sketching some new ideas for undergraduate design courses, and, although I came up with these with a particular program in mind, they could
Category: design methods
human-centered design education
I piloted an in-class activity with my human-centered design class today. In preparation for class, students read Don Norman’s essay, Human-Centered Design Considered Harmful. Then,
the first design problem
There’s a great line in a recent exploration of near-future UX issues. It goes: Design is about solving problems. And deciding how to solve a
Revised HCD Syllabus
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
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
