Re: Teaching IxD through design challenges: Which challenges?

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
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