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Spring 2024: March 18 - April 19.

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Spring 2024: March 18 - April 19.

Instructors:
Dr Joëlle Bitton
joelle.bitton@zhdk.ch 

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The module takes place from March 18 - April 19, over 5 weeks, from Monday to Friday each week, 9.00-17.00 - See detailed hours in calendar below (room info in Evento(On Monday mornings, the Method class takes place with transitions to the Process class, and Friday mornings are for your BA theory courses) - See detailed hours in calendar below (room info in Evento). 
*Some sessions may take place via Zoom (although sessions happening both in Zoom and in presence at the same time will not be possible).

Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, home assignments and independent study blocks.

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This course is project-based and will allow students to have a hands-on experience.
Organised in groups, students will develop innovative design concept for a product, a service or an experience. 

Topic

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• Week 4: Stories and users 
  How is your work being evaluated? 
  Methods: forms of evaluation, from user-testing to narratives enacting scenarios
  
  
• Week 5: Production 
  Independent study week: working on your production assignment and setting your own agenda
  (Exceptional mentorings could be available during this week, although you are mostly on your own)
  Finalising the project 
  
  
• (Week 6? : Polishing details/Final Documentation)

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Mandatory Assignments

• Final Work

The final outcome of the class is a project proposal in the form of a is a working prototype, user-tested and represented to an external audience in the form of a film and/or a medium of your choice (installation, website, demo, etc...)and demoed/exhibited and presented in context in a short film. For this class, there will be an emphasis on the film narrative as a way to disseminate your proposal.

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Interval group presentations/check-ins each week present the advancement of the group's project and highlight the specific requirements of that week. For some presentations, all the class attends and for 'check-ins', the session is with each group (see calendar below for details).
Each presentation are structured so that each group member will introduce an aspect of the projectproject (all group members are required to attend). On average, the presentation should be 5-7 minutes.
The format is open: 

• • Live sketching
  • Demo with prototyping
  • Classic Slides presentation
  • etc.
    
    
• Week 2 Presentation Check-ins requirements:
  Name of group/project
  Knowledge Inquiry
  5 related works
  Lessons learned from the field / probes
  Where do you want to go
  How do you get there (identify roles, needs, actions)
  Prototype 1.0
  
  
• Week 5 First cut of video
  Delivered by Tuesday 16.4 midday on  morning on server

• Journal/Blog

A separate 'Journal' is developed by each student that reflects on learnings from the seminar. It should be in the form of an online blog (ie. WordPress, Tumblr or other):

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Grades will be based on group presentations, class participation, home assignments, documentation (journal) and final work. 
Contributing to constructive group feedback is an essential aspect of class participation.
Regular attendance of 80% is required , whether in class or group workin all contact sessions. Two or more unexcused absences will affect the final grade. Arriving late on more than one occasion will also affect the grade.

Final work & documentation 50%

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Journal Documentation 20%

Any mandatory assignment (see above) that remains unfulfilled, the student receives a failing grade.  

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The course IAD Design Methods provides the background literature for this class.
Additional readings can be provided as the class progresses.

Teams projects

Team Guru
Team Bias
Team Ecosystem
Team Sensory Experience

Calendar

JB: Dr. Joëlle Bitton, NF: Nicole Foesterl

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