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| Class | Themes/Spaces | Design Principles and Activities | Readings | Notes/Deliverables |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue. April 3 | Intro Design Activity; Goals of Course | |||
| Thur. April 5 | Learning Discussions | * How People Learn, Executive Summary and Chapter 2, * How Experts Differ from Novices Rogoff, B. (2003). The Cultural Nature of Human Development, Pp 37 - 62. Learning Space Design, Theory and Practice Malcolm Brown, Educause Review, vol 40 no. 4 July/August 2005. | Reflection on How People Learn & Rogoff readings * Distribute Project 1 description | |
| Tue. April 10 | Design Skills | Brainstorming | Principles of Brainstorming - IDEO Presentation | |
| Thur April 12 | Museums: science and discovery | * Packer, J., & Ballantyne, R. (2005) Solitary vs. Shared Learning: Exploring the Social Dimensions of Museum Learning. Curator: The Museum Journal. Vol.48 (2). Pp. 177- 192. * Crowley, K., Callanan, M.A., Tenenbaum, H.R., & Allen, E. (2001). Parents explain more often to boys than to girls during shared scientific thinking. Psychological Science, 12 (3), 258-261 * UCMP News (2005) A Mammoth is Discovered in San Jose. Newsletter of the Univ. of California Museum of Paleontology | Reflection on Best Museum experiences; Visit Cantor Arts Center (Stanford) | |
| Tue. April 17 | Museums Part 2 | * Allen, S. Designs for Learning: Studying Science Museum Exhibits that do More Than Entertain. Science Education Vol. 88. No. 1 pp 17-S33. 2004. * Michalchik, V.S. (1997). The display of cultural knowledge in cultural transmission: Models of participation from the pacific island of Kosrae. In G. D. Spindler (ed.) Education and Cultural Process: Anthropological Approaches. Waveland Press, Inc. Prospect Heights, IL. Pp. 393 – 426. | Add comments to at least 2 other student pages re: museum post; react to the comments on own page | |
| Thur. April 19 | Design Skills, Part 2 | Personas, & Participatory Design | * Wikipedia Personas * Don Norman article on Personas * Cooper Interactive Article Goodwin, Kim. Perfecting Your Personas. Cooper Interactive Newsletter. July/August 2001 | Introduce Project 2 and form teams; $2 creativity experience - inspire creativity in a classmate |
| Tue. April 24 | Project 1: Poster Session; | |||
| Thur. April 26 | Higher Education | Scenarios | Scenarios for Wallenberg Hall Design * Carroll, John M. (1999). 5 Reasons for Scenario Based Design. Proceedings from 32nd Annual IEEE Conference on Systems Sciences. * Scenarios Overview LDT Class 2002 | Small Group Evaluation with CTL |
| Tue. May 1 | K-12 Spaces | Panel Discussion with local K-12 schools | Shulman, L. Making Differences: A Table of Learning. From the e-library of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching | 3 minute team updates. Goals, Questions, etc. |
| Thur. May 3 | Zoos | Designing, Operating and Measuring Zoo spaces | National Zoo Proposal on Asia Trails Exhibit. Kara Blond 2006 | Bring one question from the reading to class |
| Tue. May 8 | Cafes, Airports, public wireless spaces | Building P3 Evaluation Matrix pt1 | * Unwired Portland : Article on free wireless project in Portland Oregon; * Wireless in Mountain View Google's project in Mountain View | Project 2: Present Needs, Approach, Benefits, Competition, (NABC) analysis |
| Thur. May 10 | Libraries | TBD | * Campbell, J.D. (2006). Changing a Cultural Icon: Academic Library as a Virtual Destination. Educause Review, Pp. 16-30. * Cochrane, L.S. (2007). If the Academic Library Ceased to Exist, Would We have to Invent it? Educause Review e-content, Pp. 6-7. *Lougee, W.P. (2002). Diffuse Libraries: Emergent Roles for the Research Library in the Digital Age. Prepared for the Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, D.C. | Campus Library Observation and Visit |
| Tue. May 15 | Constraints | Richard Saenz, Director Machine Shop, San Quentin | * Collins, et al. (1991) Cognitive Apprenticeship: Making Thinking Visible, American Educator, Washington DC. * Lawrence, et al.(2002) The Practice and Promise of Prison Programming. Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center, Washington, DC. * De Anza Community College Machine and CNC Homepage * Stanford Product Realization Lab | |
| Thur. May 17 | Playgrounds | Building P3 Evaluation Matrix pt2 | New York Tries to Think outside the box New York Times article describing innovative playground design | |
| Tue May 22 | Community Based Organizations | Ownership of space – social construction of space, stakeholder, youth development | * Board on Children, Youth, and Families (November 2004). Community Programs to Promote Youth Development, Report Brief. National Academies, Washington, D.C. * Nicolopolou, A., & Cole, M., (1993). Generation and transmission of shared knowledge in the culture of collaborative learning: The Fifth Dimension, its play-world, and its institutional contexts. In E. A. Forman, N. Minich, & C.A. Stone (Eds.), Contexts for learning: Sociocultural dynamics in children’s development (pp.283-314). New York: Oxford University Press. * Vandeboncouer, J.A. (2006) Engaging Young People: Leraning in Informal Contexts, Review of Research in Education (30) 239-278. | |
| Thur May 24 | Work Session | Project 2: Present Scenarios or Personas | ||
| Tue May 29 | Team Project Presentations: T'enna, CDM, Nueva | |||
| Thur May 31 | Team Project Presentations: CHES, SCC | |||
| Tue June 5 | Whole Class Project 3 | Reflection, Wrap-up | ||
| Thurs June 7 | OPTIONAL FIELD TRIP :TBA |
We will post the Course schedule and readings here. To view last year's course schedule visit: 2006 course website