Tag: Design language
2.2 What might this ‘something’ be?
The help which is offered to teachers and designers in the Think Tank workshop involves the use of four decision-making aids. The aids, or referents as I would prefer to call them (because of how they function), are shown in Fig. 3. Continue reading 2.2 What might this ‘something’ be?
1.4 Where does the ‘design process’ begin and end?
The activities involved in designing a course or lesson are illustrated in Fig. 1. By name, they will be quite familiar to those of you who know and have used the so-called ‘systems approach’ at the micro level. Activity 4 in the activity cycle (Fig. 1) is the one which interests us most in this book. Continue reading 1.4 Where does the ‘design process’ begin and end?
1.5 Is there a special language of design?
The answer to this, for design decision-making at the micro level, is ‘yes’. Continue reading 1.5 Is there a special language of design?
1.8 Case study no. 1: The design of an educational encounter
Here is our first case study. It describes the designing of an educational visit to a doctor and to a patient at home. The substance of the story is from an article (Earl, Everwijn and de Melker, 1980) in Medical Education. It will introduce you step by step to the activities illustrated in Fig. 1. In this way you will have a better idea of where the learning experience design step fits into the whole picture of activities at the micro level of design decision-making. Continue reading 1.8 Case study no. 1: The design of an educational encounter