Discussion of IA education

["Daniel Stouffer" <joesph_daniels AT hotmail.com>]

Comments:

One of the concepts I've found very interesting and a great way to explore a "problem domain" relates to exploratory learning. I often started out trying to understand the problem with no real path to a solution. One might start out with a general path or goal to be accomplished during a course but no real path that must be followed to arrive at a solution. I've noticed myself traveling down very different yet valid paths in the pursuit of solutions. One would not think that biology has much to do with interactive design but if you dig deep enough some piece of knowledge acquired from the depths of a microscope can be the key to a great idea. Of course, I not being a teacher do not fully understand how to put in place the checks and balances necessary in a classroom. As far as self-directed learning goes, I found exploring and train-of-thought navigation very fulfilling.

- Dan 

>From: "Victor Lombardi"

>To:

>Subject: Re: [Aifia-education] Education is not about content

>Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:43:40 -0500 (EST)

>

>Great, so how do we do this? The first semester I taught, my students

>freaked out that the syllabus wasn't complete. Without knowing exactly

>what they had to do week to week they were very insecure.

>

>Another way of asking this is, how big of a fish to we teach them to

>catch? In between the general directive of "Go design" and explaining the

>specifics of Hick's Law there's a lot of levels of granularity at which we

>could stop feeding them and asking them to think.

>

>James Spahr said:

> > I'd say so. It's all about teaching a man to fish instead of just

> > giving him a meal.

> >

> > I'm a huge fan of teaching people how to think -- especially in the

> > field of IA, where for the immediate future, change is a certainty.

> > Teaching the how's of IA and not why we do the things we do is a sure

> > way to establish a non-evolving profession.

> >

> >

> > James.

> >

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