Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Students who complete this module can:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• explain different technological innovation concepts, -methods, -tools, -perspectives and -strategies
• explain how innovation and change processes can affect design of technology or design of products
• present principles and methods for developing user-oriented and user-involving design processes. 

• explain theories of user-designer relations.

Skills

• draft an actor oriented innovation and design strategy
• plan and conduct a user/actor-involving design game or workshop.
• identify appropriate tools, materials and techniques for facilitation and documentation design processes
• produce a mock-up, prototype, scenario, sketch or other kind of material intermediary outcome of a design process

Competences

• plan, facilitate and organize design processes
• communicate the results of the innovation and design process and the results of the design game or workshop.

Exam

Exams