Tag: reflection
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Lurning through Failur
This is a presentation that I prepared early in 2017 for a seminar at Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Communications, Art and Technology on the theme of Failure and Learning.
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Teaching Prototypically
As a teacher, embracing the values of prototyping has meant a solid commitment, understanding and breakdown of its underlying components that I renew through continuing my professional practice. From that practice, I believe that underlying assumptions of prototyping need to be reviewed and re-constructed with learners each time any prototyping process is facilitated. How else…
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Choice and the Role of the Coach in Presentation
The motivation to write this week is that I’ve seen too many novice presenters who have been turned off from presenting because of negative and/or unhelpful feedback they have received in the past. Rushing to the defence of the critic, it’s only human nature to yell “speak louder” or “I can’t hear you”. However, presenting…
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‘Learning Through Error’ when Solving Problems
In last week’s article ‘Improvisation Principles and Techniques for Design’, Gerber (2007), highlights five areas in which “improvisation applies to design work”. I asked learners to pick one and discuss how it might already apply to their own design process and why. I decided to tally the range of responses to see if there was…
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Reflections on Mentoring Projects 2015: V. 23
As the last semester came to a close, I too decided to perform the painful but rewarding activity that I’ve asked my students to do many times before: document a reflection of what I learned through mentoring projects. The more challenging part that I took on, is that I also wanted to make the reflection public. I’m balancing…
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Let Learners Influence the Design
If we are not in the classroom for the learners then should we be in there at all? The answer may seem obvious. And yet, what does it mean to be fully present and engaged for the learner? From my experience teaching for the past 15 years across learning environments, it means that you need…