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HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN

PROJECT BACKGROUND 
 
Human-centered design is an interdisciplinary, problem-solving approach that identifies the unmet need of a population in order to collaboratively and iteratively develop solutions. While there are well known models that theorize the processes of human-centered design, they do not provide pedagogical guidance that articulates what this learning looks like and how to support it. Our project builds on these models and outlines pedagogical practice that operationalize how students enact this form of learning.
ROLE
Research Assistant
PROJECT OUTCOMES 
 
As part of a team at Siebel Center for Design, we have developed a human-centered design taxonomy that outlines five design spaces (understand, synthesize, ideate, prototype, and implement) and pedagogical practices that describe how students operationalize specific spaces.
 
This taxonomy was designed iteratively with designers, researchers, and teachers from multiple disciplines to develop a flexible taxonomy to be used across contexts. The goal of this taxonomy is for teachers and designers to develop curricula, learning objectives, and assessments based on what space they are teaching and the practices they want their students to achieve.
SELECTED PAPERS

Lawrence, L., Shehab, S., & Tissenbaum, M. (2024). Understanding non-designers' practices and processes in a human-centered design course. International Journal of Innovation in Education, 9(5), 1-27. https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJIIE.2024.10063914 

Lawrence, L., Shehab, S., & Tissenbaum, M. (2021). Human-centered design taxonomy: Case study application with novice, multidisciplinary designers. Symposium conducted at the 16th annual International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Bochum, Germany.

 

Shehab, S., Lawrence, L., & Tissenbaum, M. (2021). Integrating human-centered design in a food science capstone course: A case study. Symposium conducted at the 16th annual International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Bochum, Germany.

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Learn more on this project at: 

 

DesignCenter.Illinois.edu

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