This talk on “Considering design: Research based teaching activities” will actively engage in methods used with students to:
1) Explore what counts as Design
2) Examine multiple models of Design Processes, and
3) Study how students and experts engage in design
It will also consider how these activities can be incorporated in the teaching domain.
What counts as design? What does design look like? How do designers spend their time scoping out a problem, developing alternative solutions, evaluating and communicating about their designs? What design models are useful for understanding design processes? This talk will address all of these Questions!
By the end of the webinar, participants should be able to:
- Describe the broad nature of design
- Identify various design process models and describe their uses
- Describe expert design behaviors
- Incorporate some of these activities into their teaching
Cynthia J. Atman is the founding director of the Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT), a professor in Human Centered Design & Engineering, and the inaugural holder of the Mitchell T. & Lella Blanche Bowie Endowed Chair at the University of Washington.
Dr. Atman is co-director of the Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE), funded by the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. She was director of the NSF-funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE), a national research center that was funded from 2003-2010.
Her research focuses on engineering design learning, considering context in engineering design, and the use of reflection to support learning. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the ASEE. Dr. Atman holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.