education

CIID Interaction Design Programme & Summer School

Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design is currently accepting applications for their one-year Interaction Design Programme (entry Jan 2012) and a 3-week summer school (July 2011).

Interaction Design Programme

Curious and creative? Enthusiastic about design and working in a cross-disciplinary environment? Interested in the connections between education and interaction design practice?

Design guidelines for an interactive whiteboard

Hey everyone,

Recently I was asked to help design an interactive whiteboard application for the classroom. it is going to be a playful educative application about the basics of music production. The teacher is going to use it mostly, but the children also have to use it in some cases. One of the core teaching methods is collaboration.

My question is if there are any guidelines how to design such an application? The do's and don'ts? It also would be great if someone knows some good examples.

What's next in my learning and how do I get it?

I thought I'd get people talking about what it is they are looking to learn and where they are hoping to learn it kinda question.

There's a lot of formal EDU in IxD being created all around the world, but obviously, not everyone can jump into a 1-2yr program. So my question is what do you think you need to learn to be a better practitioner of IxD and how do you want to learn it?

-- dave

reading recommendations please

Hi all:  I'm transitioning to Interaction Design.  I'm currently pursuing a Masters in Library and Information Science. 

I think I need to do some self-study to suppliment what I'm learning in my program.  So I am soliciting suggestions for books to read; topics might include:

Interaction Design -- and I'm interested in materials that touch on ID beyond the computer.

Cognitive Psychology

Color Theory

General design books that might be helpful

Simplifying Needs and Requirements Description

I am thinking about a way which is easy-top-apply for  turning (user) research into Requirements, Needs and Goals – so the prerequisites for the actual design process.