TY - GEN
T1 - Planning to enhance student learning outcomes on innovation design projects
AU - Shih, Yi Teng
AU - Sher, Willy D.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Design studio is the central learning environment for students in design schools. For the major design project, various topic selections can lead to dissimilar design journeys. This module was taught for the first time at one of the international universities in China campus in the 2015 spring semester. After completing the teaching, students suggested that more critiques help them to acquire design knowledge and manage their time more effectively. We adopted their suggestions. However, the learning outcomes in 2016 were not as good as those of the preceding year. To address this issue, we proposed Kolb’s experiential learning cycle as a framework to develop assessment strategies for various design stages, and we argued that assessment strategies designed based on this framework enhance student learning outcomes. We illustrated how the stages of Kolb’s model can be incorporated into the major design project and results presented in the paper.
AB - Design studio is the central learning environment for students in design schools. For the major design project, various topic selections can lead to dissimilar design journeys. This module was taught for the first time at one of the international universities in China campus in the 2015 spring semester. After completing the teaching, students suggested that more critiques help them to acquire design knowledge and manage their time more effectively. We adopted their suggestions. However, the learning outcomes in 2016 were not as good as those of the preceding year. To address this issue, we proposed Kolb’s experiential learning cycle as a framework to develop assessment strategies for various design stages, and we argued that assessment strategies designed based on this framework enhance student learning outcomes. We illustrated how the stages of Kolb’s model can be incorporated into the major design project and results presented in the paper.
KW - Design critique
KW - Design education
KW - Experiential learning
KW - Major design project
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060332323&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-13-5977-4_76
DO - 10.1007/978-981-13-5977-4_76
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:85060332323
SN - 9789811359767
T3 - Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
SP - 913
EP - 923
BT - Research into Design for a Connected World - Proceedings of ICoRD 2019 Volume 2
A2 - Chakrabarti, Amaresh
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 7th International Conference on Research into Design, ICoRD 2019
Y2 - 9 January 2019 through 11 January 2019
ER -