In "Teaching", we've provided many teaching resources related to design education, engineering, research, and reflection. The activities here can be a powerful resources for all subjects, not just design and engineering.
You'll find teaching activities which you can use in your classroom, workshops for educators, workshops for students & practitioners, and full courses on design awareness and reflection. Many of the activities were created by the Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching, and have been used in universities around the world to teach students new ways to plan, act, and reflect in their work. The Design Signatures in the Wild team has also been instrumental in the creation of these activities.
Check out Creating for methods and activities where students practice design and create design signatures.
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A collection of 180 ideas about what good designers do, from 35 educators and researchers. Includes 3 activities to guide learning.
A classroom activity that can help students see design everywhere, and see themselves as designers.
Activity time: 35 minutes
A classroom activity that can help students practice design awareness through reflection and questioning.
Group size: 3-4 students
Activity time: 35 minutes
A classroom activity that can help students understand the breadth and depth of design processes.
Group size: 3-4 students
Activity time: 25-30 minutes
A classroom activity that can help students practice seeing different perspectives in art and daily life.
Group size: 3-4 students
Activity time: 60-70 minutes
Workshops that can help learners and practitioners develop design awareness.
Workshops that can help educators teach design process awareness to their engineering students.
A 10 topic course on developing design awareness and crafting a personal "design signature".
A 10 topic course on using design awareness to adapt to challenges in the design process.
