[IxDA Discuss] Curriculum changes for Interaction Design program
Hello everyone, I am a graduate student Interaction Design at the Utrecht School for the Arts in The Netherlands. Today I've been asked to attend a seminar on the way the pre-graduate curriculum for Interaction Design should evolve in the coming years. Currently the curriculum is mainly focused on a practical form of Interaction Design and design of multimedia in particular. The last years the theoretical approach has been scaled down dramatically, for example a course into Cognitive Psychology has been pulled from the curriculum. Information on the Utrecht School of the Arts can be found here (most information is only available in Dutch, graduate school information is available in English): http://www.hku.nl/web/English.htm I am very interested in your vision and ideas on the way a pre-graduate Interaction Design curriculum should be constructed. Where would you put focus on? For example: I am going to talk about my experience with Alan Coopers goal directed design approach. Later on this year I am planning to host a symposium on the working field of Interaction Design and the different approaches of today and possibly the future. Any input on this will be more than welcome. Thanks in advance, Paul Reijnierse Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] KABK Netherlands and other IxD schools
Hi Vlad, I am currently finishing my Masters degree in Interaction Design at the Utrecht Shool for the Arts in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The program has been around for quite some time now (almost 15 years). The focus is very much on design, not on computer science and it looks like it will move even more towards design in the coming years as the curriculum is undergoing some changes for the next year. There is a BA and an MA program available. I don't know if you live in Holland, but if you do, I would encourage you to visit the school on saturday the 29th as there is a public showing for all the different programs on that day. Several workshops will be given and you get a chance to talk to students, teachers and policy makers at the school. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Good luck with your choice, Paul Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] How do you use different version control systems for your designs?
Hi everyone, I think a lot of people here that work in a team are familiar with the hassle of version control. Now of course there are several systems available for keeping your files and versions in sync and for some type of files this works fine. For instance we use subversion to manage all our code, this works perfect as conflicts can be resolved relatively easy and it is easy to keep track of different files and modules. Now we would love to have the same flexibility and control for our other documents that we use for our designs such as: word files, visio documents and of course files from the different adobe products. For the different adobe products there is the possibility to use Version Cue, but our experience with it so far has not been great. And for the other files we have not found anything that fits our needs. What are your experiences with this? How do you use different versioning systems in your projects? Any feedback would be great. Thanks, Paul Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] How do you use different version control systems for your designs?
Thank you guys for your valuable response! When I asked this question back in April the different systems mentioned here helped us during the design stages of our own new system, codenamed PEF. Whil PEF does not necessarily do version control at the moment, it does support some of the key reasons why some designers use version control systems, buit in a very different way: - It helps you to have all different stages of a design in a central place, in our case a zoomable timeline - It helps you with distribution, as PEF synchronizes with your colleagues - You can add context to a design and discuss it with colleagues. While we are still working very hard on PEF, I am interested to see what you think of it right now. You can see a screencast of the application in the way it was in September at http://www.deMonsters.com/pef/ I'm really curious to see what you think. GRAWH! Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35386 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
