Hi, We will be hosting a discussion on IxD university education at Interaction10 in Savannah: http://interaction.ixda.org/program/sessions/whos-gonna-teach-the-next-generation/
In this discussion we would like to address the gap that seems to be emerging between academia and the profession. The central question we would like to answer is: how do we train graduates who can ‘hit the ground running’ in professional settings while also ensuring that we keep a steady flow of researchers and academics who will keep academia alive and vibrant? We have already prepared a list of issues that we would like to discuss at the conference, but we would also like to invite IxD professionals, lecturers, academics, researchers, ... in this forum to tell us about things they would like to be addressed in the discussion. Are you experiencing this gap? Where or how? Do you sometimes feel that university graduates are too academic, lacking practical skills? Do you think there should be more academics in the field of IxD? How can academia and industry better exist side by side? ... We will keep and publish notes from the discussion, hopefully providing answers or directions for most of the issues, after the conference. (Link will be published here later.) Thanks, Martin and Jeremy. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
