I am offering my 2cents on this topic from the other perspective. I am a former hopefully successful student of Jon Kolko's. I am currently working in UED/UX for an insurance company.
The program was fairly new at SCAD during my time there. But Jon definitely helped grow the program. A handful of us also tried to pass along the importance of this program to other students. I believe Jon made sure we were challenged and working hard. I believe he graded hard but fairly. As a few times struggled myself, but looked for ways to do my best and improve. There were students that did not adapt to the program as well as others. I believe we had plenty of beneficial discussions and round table question and answer sessions. I thought the program was structured well (even as a student who took a few classes out of their proper sequence). I think the bottom line is that if you work hard and are passionate about the subject it is easier to improve the subtle details. The students who understood that, I believe are doing well. There were some disagreements, between students and between students and Jon, myself included. But from the overall perspective, I learned a lot from the program. I also have much of that because Jon took the time to address individual concerns and help us succeed as long as we were putting in the effort. For that I thank him graciously. With that said, I think it mainly has to do with classes that hinge on real world application, professors that don't mind giving some individual attention, student work ethic and excitement to some extent. Again, I owe many thanks to Jon Kolko. His book Thoughts on Interaction Design is a great resource to share with those less familiar with Interaction Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34437 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
