Building the Narrative Cloud: Reflection and Distributed Cognition in a Design Studio Classroom
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This document introduces a pedagogical approach using narratives in a design studio course. Students engage with "content-independent concepts" conveyed through stories gathered in a "narrative cloud," promoting self-reflection. This cultivates students' sense of agency and empowerment. The approach was tested in a Human-Computer Interaction and Design graduate studio.
Building the Narrative Cloud: Reflection and Distributed Cognition in a Design Studio Classroom
- 1. Building the Narrative Cloud Omar Sosa Tzec・Jordan E. Beck・Martin A. Siegel School of Informatics and Computing Indiana University drs // cumulus 2013 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers Oslo, 14-17 May 2013 Distributed Cognition in a Design Studio Classroom
- 3. Source: http://militaryblog.militaryavenue.com/ The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
- 4. How do we use narratives as teaching tools in a design studio to cultivate design agency in non-designers? Question
- 5. hci design studio o Observer i Instructor s s s s ss s s s s ss s s s s ss s s s s ss s s s s ss s s s s ss Students collaborating Methodology
- 6. Sketching and prototyping Content-Dependent Concepts Students sketching and prototyping Image by Sam Tian
- 7. Content-Dependent Concepts Affinity Diagramming Affinity diagram made by students Image by Sam Tian
- 8. Content-Dependent Concepts Usability Testing Students testing their prototype Image by Sam Tian
- 11. “You know, I couldn’t help but think that, she was so young and early in her career, inexperienced, really. A student still. And yet she still had the courage to believe in her design. I wonder if I could do that.” graduate student of hci/d studio Content-Independent Concepts
- 12. Content-Independent Concepts The Zen Dog by Edward Mocton - http://www.edwardmonkton.com Source: http://birchbeauty.blogspot.com/2011/01/zen-dog-made-me-do-it.html
- 13. Content-Independent Concepts The Zen Dog by Edward Mocton - http://www.edwardmonkton.com Source: http://birchbeauty.blogspot.com/2011/01/zen-dog-made-me-do-it.html perseverance
- 14. Content-Independent Concepts International student of the HCI/d program at IU Image by Sam Tian
- 15. diversity Content-Independent Concepts International student of the HCI/d program at IU Image by Sam Tian
- 16. Content-Independent Concepts Narratives act as catalysts for cultivating a sense of design agency HCI/d students during the lecture stage Image by Sam Tian
- 17. instructor students s s scontent-independent concept studio i reflection-in-narrative Content-Independent Concepts
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- 19. The Narrative Cloud The Narrative Cloud
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- 31. Summary •Content-Dependent Concepts •Content-Independent Concepts •The Narrative Cloud •Typology and Components for Narratives
- 32. We introduced an HCI/d pedagogical approach to be applied in a studio-based course. This approach employs narratives as a means to convey content- independent concepts. These stories gather in a conceptual space we call the narrative cloud, and they serve to engage students into self-reflection. The graduate students of the HCI/d studio in the Rite of Passage Image by Sam Maverick Conclusions
- 33. This self- reflection motivates achievement of two student goals: 1.Consciousness 2.Empowerment The graduate students of the HCI/d working at the studio Image by Sam Maverick Conclusions
- 34. •Student acceptance •Design principles •Best fit (curriculum/instructor) The graduate students of the HCI/d studio in the lecture session Image by Sam Maverick Conclusions
- 35. •How to build a framework for practical use? •When to consider the narrative cloud? •What are the implications of use? The graduate students of the HCI/d studio receiving a lecture of music Image by Sam Maverick Future Work
- 36. They strengthen and refine their sense of agency by composing their own life narratives. In the end, the students are the story.The graduate students of the HCI/d studio after their participation in the student design contest of the CHI Conference 2013 Image by Tony Pattin
- 37. Acknowledgements This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant Award no. 1115532. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the entire research team or the NSF. Other project team members include Erik Stolterman, Nathan Bilancio, Colin Gray, Minqi Luo, David Roedl, and Mengyao Zhao, all from Indiana University.