conceptualising an open design school

Objective

to investigate the challenges faced by traditional/institutional design education in a 21st century knowledge economy.

Objective

to produce a response to the ongoing debate around the impending irrelevance of traditional design education and the potential significance of the open-source ideology in this matter.

What is the prOblem?

Design education is not relevant to/doesn’t equip design graduates for work in the real world

the employer problem

1.

What is the prOblem?

Design education does not satisfy learners.

the student problem

2.

What is the prOblem?

classic design education is elitist and expensive to deliver.

the administrative problem

3.

hOW DiD that happen?

industrial economy

creative economy

hOW DiD that happen?

tangible products

intangible services

hOW DiD that happen?

production consumption

hOW DiD that happen?

form follows function

value follows experience

hOW DiD that happen?

simplicity complexity

hOW DiD that happen?

lone genius co-creation

hOW DiD that happen?

intellectual property

intellectual commons

enter Open eDucatiOn

cOllabOratiOn

interDisciplinarity

craft

cOnvergenceequality

respOnsibilitysOcial meDiasustainability

sharing

transparencyOpenness

recOgnitiOn

innOvatiOngenerOsity

entrepreneurialismusability

human centreD(agile/lean/iterative)prOcess aWare

human centreD(agile/lean/iterative)prOcess aWare

usability, respOnsibility, sustainability, cOllabOrative, interDisciplinary

Openfree (as in speech)

Openfree (as in speech)

transparency, Openness, sharing, sOcial meDia

grOWingfuture OrienteD

grOWingfuture OrienteD

entrepreneurialism, sustainability, innOvatiOn

valuableinstills a sense Of priDe

valuableinstills a sense Of priDe

craft, recOgnitiOn

Open Design schOOli.as a mOvement

schOOl Of thOughtrevOlutiOnary spirit

Open Design schOOl

Open Design schOOl

i.

ii.

as a mOvement

as a platfOrm

schOOl Of thOught

virtual institutiOn

revOlutiOnary spirit

cOmmunity

Open Design schOOl

seek to influence the design communityseek to influence academiaseek to influence (prospective) studentsseek to influence funders

i.as a mOvement

schOOl Of thOughtrevOlutiOnary spirit

Open Design schOOl

public voice (blogs, books, magazines, white papers, resources, conferences speaking)

i.as a mOvement

schOOl Of thOughtrevOlutiOnary spirit

Open Design schOOlii.as a platfOrm

virtual institutiOncOmmunity

Open Design schOOlii.as a platfOrm

virtual institutiOncOmmunity

Online tool to encourage/enable self-education.

What if …

learners can discover and pursue their learning aspirations through a scientific profiling methodology.

ahp* preferences action steps

*analytic hierarchy process

What if …

learners devise their own curriculum through suggested action steps and own iniatiative.

ahp* preferences action steps

*analytic hierarchy process

What if …

curricula are crowd-sourced and validated through a community reputation system.

user suggested taxonomy and action steps

constantly evolving catalogue of learning outcomes

What if …

learners can “check in” whenever they engage with an educational resource (online and offline)

conference talkblog postOnline tutorialbooklecture…

bookmarkletsmartphone appembedded button

What if …

learners can “check in” whenever they engage with an educational resource (online and offline)

check in reflect on experiencetrack engagement

What if …

mentors can review progress, learners can become mentors themselves.

credit score (engagement measure)

mentorship

What if …

certification is based on engagement and process, not on outcomes. they reflect life-long learning.

print, download, embed personal certificates

reputation lending system with actual meaning

What if …

membership is a statement.

“i’m responsible for my learning, i take my education into my own hands.”

What if …

membership is a statement.

member Of the Open Design schOOl

the Open Design schOOltO summarise

provides aspiring designers with the tools to pursue self-education more effectively

provides a reputation lending system backed by educational value

endorses efforts to reform design education through public engagement