Design-oriented Course Research Articles

Gamification of design process in interior architecture education: Who? with whom? where? how?

The design process in Interior Architecture education is the basis of all the studio courses and design-oriented courses. In this process, it is important for students to develop their creative thoughts and find different ideas. Students find it difficult to produce creative design ideas. As well as producing ideas, students also have difficulty in determining problem status and performing user analysis. In this respect, implementation of different methods and activities are important in the process. One of these methods is the integration of gamification into the design education. This education method was conducted as a workshop with a group of Interior Design students during the Spring term of 2018–2019 in İstanbul Şehir University. The students who took the project course for the first time were included in the research. In the workshop, firstly, the game ”Who? With Whom? Where? How?" was played manually, and the user ID was defined. Secondly, the results of the game were converted to the function scheme. After the study, a survey was conducted with the students. It was observed that the method of gamification increased the motivation of the students and offered more than one alternative in design process compared to the traditional thinking methods.

Using blogs to support participative learning in university courses

In this paper, we present our experience with a blog as support for our design-oriented courses at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. The experience has been very satisfactory, showing a quantitative and qualitative improvement in students' participation in the learning experience. By adopting the consolidated viewpoints of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Communities of Practice (CoPs) researches to interpret the results of our experience, we aim to underline the appropriateness of blogs and their most relevant features in supporting collaborative, participative learning.

A Pilot Study of Role-Interplay in a Web-Based Learning Environment

This paper examines how an individual enhances their learning about design and interacts dynamically in the Web-based learning environment. The idea of individuals playing different roles assists their thinking about design in different contexts and enables them to explore possible responses to design challenges. The World Wild Web (WWW) provides unlimited sources, fast information exchange and many spaces for exploring teaching methodology, especially in design-oriented courses. Nevertheless, the traditional design studio still plays a crucial role in design education. One-on-one sessions in traditional design studios remain the most significant aspect of the architectural curriculum. The main difference between traditional design studios and other non-design subjects is that design cannot be regularized in a sequential process of learning patterns. While there may be some similarity among the design outcomes for the same design project, the processes of achieving them might be totally different. Thus, design instruction is usually based on individual experiences. This paper presents the concept of a web-based learning environment where all users (participants) could not only interact dynamically by playing multiple roles among themselves but also communicate freely by using electronic media to transform their design thinking to expression of words, 2D graphic images and 3D modelling. Une étude pilote sur les interactions dan un environment éducatif en ligne. Cet article montre comment il est possible d'interagir sur un environnement éducatif en ligne. Internet offre des ressources infinies, des possibilités d'échanges d'informations et de nombreuses données méthodologiques, spécialement utiles aux cours de dessins. Néanmoins, les traditionnels ateliers de dessins jouent encore un rÔle majeur dans l'enseignement de l'architecture qui est habituellement basé sur l'expérience individuelle. La principale différence entre l'enseignement classique de dessin et l'enseignement en ligne est que l'apprentissage ne peut plus être ordonné en séquences d'apprentissage. Ce papier décrit un project d'enseignement en ligne où tous les participants ont eu la possibilité, non seulement de jouer des rÔles multiples entre eux, mais aussi de communiquer et d'interagir en utilisant les médias électroniques pour exprimer leur pensée créative avec des mots, des images À deux dimensions ou des modelages en 3D. Eine Pilotstudie über das Rollenspiel in einem auf dem Web basierenden Lernumfeld. Dieser Artikel untersucht, wie der Lernende seine Kenntnisse im Grafikbereich erweitert und innerhalb des Web-Lernumfeldes dynamisch interaktiv wird. Die Vorstellung, dass jeder Einzelne eine unterschiedliche Rolle spielt, hilft ihnen über das Design in unterschiedlichen Zusammenhängen nachzudenken und ermöglicht ihnen so, denkbare Lösungen für neue DesignAufgaben zu untersuchen. Das World Wide Web (www) liefert grenzenlose Quellen, schnellen Informationsaustausch und viele Möglichkeiten, Lehrmethoden zu untersuchen, insbesondere innerhalb der Grafikkurse. Das herkömmliche Design Studio spielt weiterhin eine führende Rolle in der Design-Unterweisung. Einzelunterricht in den traditionellen Grafik Studios bleibt der wichtigste Faktor des Architektur Lehrplans. Der grösste Unterschied zwischen herkömmlichen Design Studios und anderen Unterrichtsfächern besteht darin, dass Design sich nicht in das Aufbaumuster eines Lernprozessen preseen lässt. Es mag gewisse ähnlichkeiten in den Designergebnissen für ein bestimmtes Projekt geben, aber der Lösungsweg ist total unterschiedlich. Deshalb gründet sich der Design-Unterricht im allgemeinen auf individuelle Erfahrungen. Dieser Bericht stellt das Konzept eines auf dem Web basierenden Lernumfeldes vor, an dem alle Beteiligten nicht nur interacktive eingreifen können, indem sie vielfältige Rollen untereinander übernehmen, sondern auch frei kommunizieren können auf der Grundlage von elektronischen Medien um ihre Gedanken in Worten, 2D Graphik Bildern und 3-D Modellen auszudrücken.

Heat Transfer as a Design-Oriented Course: Mechanical Supports as Thermal Insulators

Four problems are used to show how the following objectives can be pursued in a heat transfer course: the introduction of design principles along with heat transfer science, the interdisciplinary character of heat transfer engineering, and the relationship between heat transfer and other engineering disciplines. The problems address the design question of how to select the shape and material of a mechanical support that must be a good thermal insulator at the same time. They show that the mechanical and thermal functions of the system compete against one another, and that it is possible to balance these competing objectives into an optimal design.

Design-oriented DSP courseware-hardware, software, and simulation

Strategies and tactics for teaching DSP at CalTech are discussed, and the role of design-oriented courses in undergraduate engineering education is briefly considered. Courseware for an applications-oriented course and design laboratory for advanced undergraduate student is described. Several projects carried out by students and the products developed and created by them are presented to illustrate students' performance. >

Applying engineering cost analysis in a microprocessor system design course

Engineering design is a crucial component of the under-graduate engineering curriculum. The design process should include not only synthesis based on performance criteria, but also consideration of economic and other factors to achieve cost-effective results. The author discusses the incorporation of engineering cost analysis into a design-oriented course. Specifically, cost analysis for microprocessor system design is discussed, but many of the concepts can be applied to design courses in other areas of engineering. The influence of economic factors on microprocessor system design is discussed and a simple cost analysis model is presented. This integration of cost analysis and use of the model in a course is described. The model is simple enough so that it can be understood with a minimal background in economics, but is complete enough and its use in the course is such that students can study design tradeoffs and gain an understanding of cost analysis in design.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>