John wrote - "I am interested in teaching interaction design through problem setting..... I envision giving these problems out so that the Student works on them in their own time, then meeting to discuss their solutions and approach and try to draw out the underlying lessons".
Hi John, Just wanted to say that within the field of design, where the designer is involved in reflective practice, the problems are set by the designers themselves. Even when designers are given a problem by their clients, they do not accept the problem as given. Instead, they view the problem given as an ill defined problem which is then solved by setting and resetting the problem. In this process, the design problem as well as solution evolve together. In fact, while the activity of design involves problem solving, it also involves finding the 'right' problem (in designer's opinion) to solve. I have used this process to teach interaction design at the University of Limerick, Ireland for last four years and I have seen very encouraging results. I'll be happy to discuss more on this should you have any questions or comments. regards, parag ________________________________________________________________ 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
