TEACHING UX DESIGN Internalizing UX
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Introductions can take up too
much time You still need to know who people are Share: • Name (name cards ROCK!) • One sentence (Or five words) What you want from today) INTRODUCTIONS @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

1. List things you want
2. Affinity sort to cover Teams POST ITS (One item 10 minutes sorting per) 10 minutes free listing Name groupings Soft skills? Software? EXERCISE: DEFINING WHAT WE’LL TEACH @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

What time does day start/stop?
When is lunch? When are breaks? Fill in time slots (30 min increments) Leave an hour at the start and finish unscheduled. Fill in agenda with topics Find a project that can be done across the topics 25 min EXERCISE: PLANNING A ONE DAY “FUNDAMENTALS” CLASS @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

9-10 HOLD 10-10:30 10:30- 11
11-11:30 11:30-12 12-1 LUNCH 1-1:30 1:30-2 2-2:30 2:30-3 BREAK 3-3:30 4-5 HOLD TEMPLATE @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Is UX too big? How
did you know what to cut? What to include? DISCUSS @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

9-10 Hellos, Late ppl, Intro
to UX 10-11 Make it Be Good Exercise 11-11:30 Introduce day’s project (Grocery store app), User research 11:30-12 Practice User Research 12-1 LUNCH & Research 1-1:30 Card sort findings, Share 1:30-2:15 IxD (with personas) 2:15-3 IA (with Candy!) 3-3:15 Break 3:15 -4 UI (sketching) 4-5 Presentations, discussion, wrap-up Presentations take longer than you think EXAMPLE @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Start by writing a 20
minute talk Then expand with exercises, discussion, examples FRACTAL DESIGN @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

More repetition Explaining things multiple
ways Redoing same exercise in different context Practice key skills TEACH LESS BETTER @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

HOW CAN STUDENTS INTERNALIZE LEARNING?
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WHAT ARE MY TEACHING TOOLS?
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34:28-37:25 http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/fearv/clips/indiegame-the-movie-edmund-mcmillen-discusses @cwodtke | cwodtke.com
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Scaffold Learning • • •
• @cwodtke | Introduce Safe practice (exercise) Applied practice (project) Practice in new context (new project) cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Pick a topic from your
day How will you introduce it– without a lecture! Design your first exercise 15 minutes EXERCISE @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

All learning happens here WALK
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Discussion Diary Papers Presentations Drawings??
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DRAW YOUR WEEK @cwodtke |
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How will students internalize? Diary?
Discussion? Drawing? EXERCISE: REFLECTION @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

What supporting information is needed
to complete exercise? Decide how you’ll deliver it. Lecture? Reading? Video? A Play? EXERCISE: HOW WILL YOU INTRODUCE THE KNOWLEDGE? @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Three examples • Pragmatic •
Compassionate • Cool STORYTELLING @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

POV WHAT I TEACH @cwodtke
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What was a good learning
experience? Why? What was a bad one? Why? ESTABLISHING RULES @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

I tried to teach Jesse
James Garret's Planes I had to Simplify Interaction Design User Research Information Architecture @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike Interface Design

Make it Be Good Exercise
1. Students are asked to come with a great user experience and a bad user experience. 2. Students share why great are great. As students share, instructor pulls out heuristics (error prevention, error recovery, set expectations meet expectations) 3. Students then share bad user experiences. 4. Student redesign bad into good What it Accomplishes Discuss what is good? Teaches some heuristics in context Creates a sense of competency Creates confidence Enables passion OPENING THE CLASS @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Start talking to users as
soon as you can Scaffolding again: • safe (with students) • daring (with ppl in building) • really scary (strangers) http://www.slideshare.net/cwodtke/user-research-101 UER @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Classification Natural organization fails Task
based Synonyms Thesauri (relational-upsell) Tags http://www.slideshare.net/cwodtke/information-architecture-fundamentals IA @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Body storming Goal directed design
Persona/scenarios/task analysis/use cases http://www.slideshare.net/cwodtke/interaction-design-and-goal-driven-designusing-personas IXD @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Understanding • Layout • Objects
• Type • Color • Line • Hierarchy • Relationships Use • Affordances • HUD • Feedback • Modes • Input • Navigation INTERFACE http://www.slideshare.net/cwodtke/designingthe-interface-for-use @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

UX Glue • Conceptual Models
• Top tens • Competitive analysis http://www.slideshare.net/cwodtke/conceptual-models-mental-models Discuss: what’s useful, but isn’t usually covered? @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Critiques can get out of
control Treat a critique like a secret santa; Everyone draws names they give feedback to Everyone gives 3 keeps and 3 changes to the person. CRITIQUE @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Scary & Hard Parts @cwodtke
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Seek first to understand, then
to be understood TEACHING WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Discuss: Can you teach someone
else’s slides? MAKING THE CURRICULUM YOURS @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Discuss CONFLICT ON TEAMS @cwodtke
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Discussion: Should we throw people
out? HOPELESS STUDENTS @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

HIDDEN BIASES STEREOTYPE THREAT @cwodtke
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Practicalities @cwodtke | cwodtke.com |
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SPACE @cwodtke | cwodtke.com |
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EQUIPMENT @cwodtke | cwodtke.com |
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Postits? Pens? Sharpies bleed through:
avoid! Whiteboards? Gator boards? MATERIALS @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

You Showtime! @cwodtke | cwodtke.com
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Energy: WW pose The gift
pose Self care Prep Clothing-as-story YOU ARE THE UI @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Do 3 keeps and changes
each time after you teach Update slides the next day with your changes KEEP GROWING @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

Make your sense of fun
infectious! Laugh at yourself! Love your students! TREAT TEACHING LIKE A DAY IN PARADISE @cwodtke | cwodtke.com | eleganthack.com | boxesandarrows.com | Creative Commons Share Alike

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