Re: Digital support for teaching as a design science

brainysmurf, April 20, 2012

In my experience, teaching as a design profession includes the design of many products (curricula, physical/virtual learning spaces, lessons, examples, models, aids, guides and assessment tools).

The actual design functions, for any of the above products, include:
- fully analysing the needs of the audience and the objectives of the products you want to create
- developing a range of possible solutions
- reviewing previous designs (one's own or others' ) for inspiration and to borrow elements that fit the new design
- testing the possibilities, refining the design
- using tools and technologies to create the products

I also think that showing students how to design is a fantastic idea. See this text Nuffield Design and Technology for design examples related to agriculture, textiles, mechanics and other topics:
http://books.google.ca/books/about/Nuffield_design_technology.html?id=iT0gPwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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