Conceptualising an Open Design School
Transcript of Conceptualising an Open Design School
Objective
to investigate the challenges faced by traditional/institutional design education in a 21st century knowledge economy.
Objective
to produce a response to the ongoing debate around the impending irrelevance of traditional design education and the potential significance of the open-source ideology in this matter.
What is the prOblem?
Design education is not relevant to/doesn’t equip design graduates for work in the real world
the employer problem
1.
What is the prOblem?
Design education does not satisfy learners.
the student problem
2.
What is the prOblem?
classic design education is elitist and expensive to deliver.
the administrative problem
3.
hOW DiD that happen?
industrial economy
creative economy
hOW DiD that happen?
tangible products
intangible services
hOW DiD that happen?
production consumption
hOW DiD that happen?
form follows function
value follows experience
hOW DiD that happen?
simplicity complexity
hOW DiD that happen?
lone genius co-creation
hOW DiD that happen?
intellectual property
intellectual commons
enter Open eDucatiOn
cOllabOratiOn
interDisciplinarity
craft
cOnvergenceequality
respOnsibilitysOcial meDiasustainability
sharing
transparencyOpenness
recOgnitiOn
innOvatiOngenerOsity
entrepreneurialismusability
human centreD(agile/lean/iterative)prOcess aWare
human centreD(agile/lean/iterative)prOcess aWare
usability, respOnsibility, sustainability, cOllabOrative, interDisciplinary
Openfree (as in speech)
Openfree (as in speech)
transparency, Openness, sharing, sOcial meDia
grOWingfuture OrienteD
grOWingfuture OrienteD
entrepreneurialism, sustainability, innOvatiOn
valuableinstills a sense Of priDe
valuableinstills a sense Of priDe
craft, recOgnitiOn
Open Design schOOli.as a mOvement
schOOl Of thOughtrevOlutiOnary spirit
Open Design schOOl
Open Design schOOl
i.
ii.
as a mOvement
as a platfOrm
schOOl Of thOught
virtual institutiOn
revOlutiOnary spirit
cOmmunity
Open Design schOOl
seek to influence the design communityseek to influence academiaseek to influence (prospective) studentsseek to influence funders
i.as a mOvement
schOOl Of thOughtrevOlutiOnary spirit
Open Design schOOl
public voice (blogs, books, magazines, white papers, resources, conferences speaking)
i.as a mOvement
schOOl Of thOughtrevOlutiOnary spirit
Open Design schOOlii.as a platfOrm
virtual institutiOncOmmunity
Open Design schOOlii.as a platfOrm
virtual institutiOncOmmunity
Online tool to encourage/enable self-education.
What if …
learners can discover and pursue their learning aspirations through a scientific profiling methodology.
ahp* preferences action steps
*analytic hierarchy process
What if …
learners devise their own curriculum through suggested action steps and own iniatiative.
ahp* preferences action steps
*analytic hierarchy process
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curricula are crowd-sourced and validated through a community reputation system.
user suggested taxonomy and action steps
constantly evolving catalogue of learning outcomes
What if …
learners can “check in” whenever they engage with an educational resource (online and offline)
conference talkblog postOnline tutorialbooklecture…
bookmarkletsmartphone appembedded button
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learners can “check in” whenever they engage with an educational resource (online and offline)
check in reflect on experiencetrack engagement
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mentors can review progress, learners can become mentors themselves.
credit score (engagement measure)
mentorship
What if …
certification is based on engagement and process, not on outcomes. they reflect life-long learning.
print, download, embed personal certificates
reputation lending system with actual meaning
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membership is a statement.
“i’m responsible for my learning, i take my education into my own hands.”
What if …
membership is a statement.
member Of the Open Design schOOl
the Open Design schOOltO summarise
provides aspiring designers with the tools to pursue self-education more effectively
provides a reputation lending system backed by educational value
endorses efforts to reform design education through public engagement