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Designing Interactions / Experiences: Reflection in Action

This is the explanation of the “Reflection in Action” component of the completion criteria of the “Designing Interactions / Experiences” module I’m teaching at Köln International School of Design of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences, which I’m honored to give by invitation of Professor Philipp Heidkamp […]

This is the explanation of the “Reflection in Action” component of the completion criteria of the “Designing Interactions / Experiences” module I’m teaching at Köln International School of Design of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences, which I’m honored to give by invitation of Professor Philipp Heidkamp.

Learning Outcomes

You will learn the self-evaluation criteria as a component of module completion

Class Outline

  • The Reflective Practitioner
  • Documentation of Brainstorming and Ideas Generation
  • Design Development
  • Research & Analysis
  • Stages of Development
  • Final Outcome

“Reflection in Action” Slideshow

Recommended Reading

Schön, D. (1983), The Reflective Practitioner. How professionals think in action, London: Temple Smith

Capture Your Flag LLC (2012), “How Reflecting Benefits a Creative Career”, retrieved on December 11th, 2013 from http://www.captureyourflag.com/interview-library/how-reflecting-benefits-a-creative-career-jon-kolko.html

Participation, Power and Social Change Team (2013), Reflective Practice in “Participatory Methods”, retrieved December 11th, 2013 from http://www.participatorymethods.org/method/reflective-practice

By Itamar Medeiros

Originally from Brazil, Itamar Medeiros currently lives in Germany, where he works as VP of Design Strategy at SAP and lecturer of Project Management for UX at the M.Sc. Usability Engineering at the Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences .

Working in the Information Technology industry since 1998, Itamar has helped truly global companies in multiple continents create great user experience through advocating Design and Innovation principles. During his 7 years in China, he promoted the User Experience Design discipline as User Experience Manager at Autodesk and Local Coordinator of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) in Shanghai.

Itamar holds a MA in Design Practice from Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK), for which he received a Distinction Award for his thesis Creating Innovative Design Software Solutions within Collaborative/Distributed Design Environments.

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