design education

Learn Interaction Design and Social Entrepreneurship in Austin - 3 weeks till applications are due

Hi,

If you are considering going back to school in the fall, I would like to invite you to apply to Austin Center for Design. AC4D is located in Austin, Texas, and our program is one-year long; classes are held on nights and weekends, and the program is an affordable $12,000. We offer a unique combination of courses in interaction design and in social entrepreneurship, and many of our students go on to found and run their own double-bottom-line businesses. 

Looking for a Mobile App UX/UI designer in South Florida to speak to my class.

Hello,

I am teaching a mobile app graphic design class at Florida Atlantic University this semester. We would love to have someone with mobile app design experience come and talk to us about the design process, careers, and the mobile app industry. I am not sure we have any sort of budget for this yet, therefore I am reaching out to those already living/working in South Florida to volunteer to spend and evening with our class.

Please let me know if you are interested, or if you know someone that might be. Thank you!

Brittany Schade (brittanyschade@gmail.com)

Studying at the Open University

I am about to start studying at the Open University (opens in new window), and picking modules that will increase my knowledge and progress my career as a UX designer. The modules cover cognitive psychology, technology and design. This is what I am looking at so far:

Level 2 modules

IxD/ Human Centered Design Curricula and Philosophy

I am currently dealing with the question what students should be taught in in Interaction Design/ Human Centered Design and how the teaching should be done. For that reason I am in search for curricula and the philosophy behind them. Do you know of any resources?

For HCI there is e.g. the suggestion by the SIGCHI, which provides an extensive overview, but I could not find something like this for a design course.

How do your skills as an interaction designer help you outside of work?

Wednesday, 9/29 will be beginning of our 10 week after school program, Project: Interaction, where we'll teach high school students about design and creative thinking skills.