I recently tweeted some details of my progress with redesigning CMPT 363 for the Fall term, and I thought I would share them here:
Hard to believe it's 3 years since I started developing my courses in the open, and I can't imagine ever stopping. https://t.co/pvYWEY1V8R
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
For the Fall 2016 offering of CMPT 363 I've been sharing WIP course environments plus using @WorkFlowy to share in-progress plans/outlines.
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
While it may sound minor, one of the biggest surprises was the subtle change from course topics to course questions: https://t.co/QCOrLOLKxf
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
Here's the orig topic list for CMPT 363:
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
Design Research
User-Centered Design
Interaction Design
Multi-platform Design
Usability Evaluation💤
Any other educators with experiences of shifting from course topics ➜ questions? Changes rolled down to schedule: https://t.co/aUxwgZsTqx
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
Next rant: the importance of positioning 'open' as a gradient versus a binary switch.
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
(1/6) I myself often fall into the trap of looking at educational resources/activities in terms of 'closed' vs. 'open'.
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
(2/6) For example, I love the (pedagogical) approach of students editing Wikipedia articles in the open for a writing assignment…
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
(3/6) but find this process a daunting one to do properly within 13 weeks of a third year Computer Science UX design course.
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
(4/6) So, the 'partially open' approach I will try this term is having students choose a UX topic of interest, write summary articles…
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
(5/6) which will be peer-reviewed and then place all students papers in a shared space within #CanvasLMS during the term…
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
(6/6) to be used by all students within the course as additional learning resources for the last phase of their term project work. Comments?
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
Oh, and here is the W.I.P. #UX topics list I've created for my CMPT 363 students as a starting point: https://t.co/7mBhplPWvX
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
Next rant: getting 3rd year Computing Science students taking an intro UX course to get involved with open source projects! But first, lunch
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
(1/5) Next up, contributing to open source projects! I've been thinking about having students in my intro UX CMPT 363 course…
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
(2/5) contribute to open source projects, with the caveat that their UX skill levels would vary greatly. After discussing this with…
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
(3/5) various past CMPT 363 students who now work in the industry I will be offering students groups to choose an open source project…
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
(4/5) to contribute concrete UX improvements to. However, students will have the choice to publicly share their project suggestions.
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
(5/5) Hopefully, this will self-regulate the quality of contrib to projects. Draft project choice form: https://t.co/K7Yabsfe2j Thoughts?
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
Mini-rant: Students are not just taking your course, but others too. Visualize course activities to lessen overload👍 pic.twitter.com/xiZJOPdknM
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) August 15, 2016
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