RMCAD and Markit on Demand collaboration

RMCAD + Markit on DemandEric Lennert - Creative Director Markit on Demand

Prototyping Education:A Case Study in IxD Instruction

Friday, September 30, 2011

How to Teach 14 Students with 30 Designers


Hello?

RMCAD


Hello?

RMCAD

Hey

Markit on Demand


14 Interaction Design Students


First things first...(Who are you guys and why did Fred Murrell call you?)


MARKIT ON DEMAND on map


+ Founded in 1992 on Madison Ave. NYC

+ 400 Person design driven technology company

+ Focused on the display and delivery of complex data

+ 30 Designers creating interactive and visualization work for web, desktops, media and mobile




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GS - REDI app pages


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INFOVIS


In 2005 we began an internship program with RMCAD


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Back to the class...(How do we go about teaching Interaction Design?)


“Teamsource”



Continuity?


Continuity?Participation?Participation?


Continuity?Participation?Curriculum?


Continuity

Continuity

Who’s leading the class, where’s the relationship?


Participation

Participation

Shared Teaching ResponsibilitiesMentor Groups


Curriculum

Curriculum

What’s the right subject matter?


Curriculum

Curriculum

What’s the right subject matter?

4D’sCurriculum?Participation?


Define

Design

Develop

Deploy

Define

Design

Develop

Deploy

Identify a problem to solve, who the solution is for, and why you’re creating it.

Identify a problem to solve, who the solution is for, and why you’re creating it.


Translate a strategy & goals into something tangible.

Define

Design

Develop

Deploy


Translate design ideas into a built solutionTranslate design ideas into a built solution

Define

Design

Develop

Deploy

Define

Design

Develop

Deploy


Convey your design to an audience, while considering the technological and economic implications of the solution.

Define

Design

Develop

Deploy


Class Goals+ Develop an understanding of interaction design methods & incorporate those methods into a flexible design process.

+ Develop design skills through modeling, diagramming and other means of rapid prototyping to help explain systems, interactions and behaviors.

+ Understand the complete lifecycle of an idea and learn how design can lead concepts through a project’s entire lifecycle.

+ To design interactions for products, experiences and applications that demonstrates an understanding of structure, narrative and human-computer interaction principles.

+ To gain experience evaluating design ideas from an economic point of view and to understand the full effect of a design solution along with its positioning and presentation.


Define

Design

Develop

Deploy

Creating a conceptMapping ideasUnderstanding UsersEvaluation (at MOD)

Outlining a processPrototypingSketching with codeEvaluate & refineAssess economics & realities (at MOD)

Interaction modeling & display on the webPhysical interfaces & interactionsCreating a documentation to communicate solutions

Presenting & implementationListening to your usersFinal presentation strategies (at MOD)

Week 1234

Week 56789

Week 101112

Week 131415


Mapping IdeasMapping Ideas


Understanding UsersUnderstanding Users


Outlining A ProcessOutlining A Process


Rapid PrototypingRapid Prototyping


Physical InterfacesPhysical Interfaces


Class Case Study: Sketching with Code

Sketching with CodeSketching with Code


Team ProjectsTeam Projects






Final PresentationsFinal Presentations




CritiqueCritique


How’d it go?(Everyone learned something new)


Student Feedback

“Awesome class with lots of opinions and views”

“I really liked how the class was laid out”

“You guys should do this more often - I learned alot”


Student Feedback

“Wish we had more time to work”

“It’s really difficult for some students to go to Boulder for event presentations”

“Needed more in-class work time”


What might we do differently next time?

+ Hone the syllabus - more work exercises, less lecture time.

+ Better coordinate hand-offs from class to class for better continuity.

+ Incorporate more individual projects in conjunction with group work.

+ Plan for a better evaluation system for each class session.


Was it worth it in the end? YES!

+ Our design team was motivated to get out of the office and into the classroom.

+ Helped us formalize some elements of our design process.

+ We were able to meet new designers and learn from them.

+ We gained two new designers!


Thank you.
