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ERIC Number: EJ1119540
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-1431
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Practicing Design Judgement through Intention-Focused Course Curricula
Fernaeus, Ylva; Lundström, Anders
Design and Technology Education, v20 n1 p47-58 2015
This paper elaborates on how design judgement can be practiced in design education, as explored in several iterations of an advanced course in interaction design. The students were probed to address four separate design tasks based on distinct high-level intentions, i.e. to 1) take societal responsibility, 2) to generate profit, 3) to explore a new concept, and 4) to trigger reflection and debate. This structure, we found, served as a valuable tool in our context for bringing important topics to discussion in class and for actively practicing design judgement. We discuss what we see as the main qualities of this approach in relation to more conventional course structures in this area, with a focus directed more towards aspects of methodology, specific interaction techniques, and design principles more generally.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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