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Organizing metaphors for design methods
Design students must develop competence in a wide range of areas in order to be successful in their future practice. Increasingly, knowledge of design methods is used to frame both a designer’s repertoire and ...
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Students’ perceptions and reasoning patterns about the ethics of emerging technology
Discussions around the unethical use of emerging technology have become increasingly common in our society. Despite previous research acknowledging the importance of including societal-level discussions in eng...
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Building an Ethnographic Toolbox: Engaging Analog and Digital Tools in Virtual and Physical Spaces
Studio pedagogy has been used as a comprehensive approach to prepare students to practice within their chosen discipline of design. However, little is known about how students experience these learning environ...
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Conceptions of design by transdisciplinary educators: disciplinary background and pedagogical engagement
In this study, we describe similarities and differences in how faculty members from across disciplinary backgrounds conceptualize design. The study is situated in an innovative transdisciplinary undergraduate ...
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Democratizing assessment practices through multimodal critique in the design classroom
Critique is a primary method of assessment and feedback used in design education, yet is not well understood apart from traditional instructor-led activities in physical learning spaces. In this study, we anal...
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Using creative exhaustion to foster idea generation
Numerous studies have shown the value of introducing cognitive supports to encourage the development of creative ability, and researchers have developed a variety of methods to aid in generating ideas. However...
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Inscribing ethics and values in designs for learning: a problematic
The exponential growth in technological capability has resulted in increased interest on the short- and long-term effects of designed artifacts, leading to a focus in many design fields on the ethics and value...