Designing with care

As our world continues to change and grow, how we work together with people and communities will become more important as a designer. In this second paper, you will learn a range of methods to engage people in fun and creative ways that get everyone working together towards a solution. Each class is designed to step you through the process of developing a tool or activity that could be used to help people share their experiences in meaningful ways, which is the assignment for this semester.

DESN613

Points:

15

Level:

6

Learning Hours:

150

Start Dates:

2024

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Content

Explore different perspectives and ways of thinking to challenge existing assumptions. Course content will introduce how empathy can be used as a strategy for playful, curious and meaningful design in health collaborations. Awareness is developed and supported to consider how ‘evidence’ is used in different contexts and how to communicate the value of design to divergent communities.

Learning Outcomes

1. Investigate and evaluate a range of design for health concepts, ideas and their practical application.

2. Engage with analytical and critical methods to evaluate and synthesise practice.

3. Contribute to a community of practice, founded on the principles and practices of mātauranga Māori, of manaakitanga (care), motuhaketanga (self-determination) and kōrero pono (speaking truthfully).

4. Engage and apply a range of appropriate technologies or processes for the Design for Health minor.

Designing with care

As our world continues to change and grow, how we work together with people and communities will become more important as a designer. In this second paper, you will learn a range of methods to engage people in fun and creative ways that get everyone working together towards a solution. Each class is designed to step you through the process of developing a tool or activity that could be used to help people share their experiences in meaningful ways, which is the assignment for this semester.

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Content

Explore different perspectives and ways of thinking to challenge existing assumptions. Course content will introduce how empathy can be used as a strategy for playful, curious and meaningful design in health collaborations. Awareness is developed and supported to consider how ‘evidence’ is used in different contexts and how to communicate the value of design to divergent communities.

Learning Outcomes

1. Investigate and evaluate a range of design for health concepts, ideas and their practical application.

2. Engage with analytical and critical methods to evaluate and synthesise practice.

3. Contribute to a community of practice, founded on the principles and practices of mātauranga Māori, of manaakitanga (care), motuhaketanga (self-determination) and kōrero pono (speaking truthfully).

4. Engage and apply a range of appropriate technologies or processes for the Design for Health minor.

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DESN613

Points:

15

Level:

6

Learning Hours:

150

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