U3 A2: The Reflect Phase

U3 A2: The Reflect Phase

Surprising thing learned by participating in the course Creating a digital learning resource (DLR) is a task larger and longer than the course was; nevertheless, a meaningful tool is the result. The most surprising was in the course process how challenging it is to...
U2 A3: Developing a Design Plan

U2 A3: Developing a Design Plan

Description The purpose of the digital learning tool (DLR) is to assist students, age between 23-40, with a few years of work experience, in transition to the web development (WD) field, reaching the end of their Web Development Certificate program (WDCP), with...
U2 A2: Selecting Promising Ideas

U2 A2: Selecting Promising Ideas

The Empathy and Define stage did not cause as much anxiety as this stage and also pushed me to test to narrow down the ideas. The choice of the right tool is vital to the learning outcomes and impact on the students. I found it interesting to review the different...
A4: Define Phase (and reflection)

A4: Define Phase (and reflection)

I initially selected a combination of human-centred needs assessment methods. Both IDEO (2015) and Kouprie and Visser (2009) describe and recommend that the best way to understand the thoughts and desires of the end-user is by talking with them directly. I had no...
A2-3: Empathy Phase

A2-3: Empathy Phase

My design challenge is how to ensure the web developer students spend valuable and efficient time on planning and developing their professional portfolio website geared toward their after-program goals, provide the guidance what they look for, without overwhelming...