(I am posting this on behalf of the International Journal of Designs for
Learning)
An invitation to share your designs for learning spaces
Environments for learning take diverse forms and include schools, colleges
and universities,
libraries, museums, and also virtual spaces where learning occurs.
Creating these spaces
involves complex decision-making and significant process of thought and
planning. You are
invited to share your knowledge in an article to be published by the
International Journal
of Designs for Learning that describes your professional experiences in
designing a space
where knowledge is imparted and lives changed.
International Journal of Designs for Learning
Special Issue
Designs of Spaces for Learning
Guest Editor: Jill Pable, Ph.D.
The International Journal of Designs for Learning is a multidisciplinary,
peer-reviewed online
journal is dedicated to publishing descriptions of artifacts, environments
and experiences created
to promote and support learning in all contexts by designers in any field.
The IJDL Library of
Congress ISSN is 2159-449X.
The journal provides a venue for designers to share their
knowledge-in-practice through rich
representations of their designs and detailed discussion of
decision-making. The aim of the
journal is to support the production of high-quality precedent materials
and to promote and
demonstrate the value of doing so. Audiences for the journal include
designers, teachers and
students of design and scholars studying the practice of design. This
journal is a publication of
the Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
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Articles will be written as 'design cases'. A design case is somewhat
similar to a trade journal
case study, but is more in-depth, more focused on an issue of interest, and
written from the
narrative perspective of someone who knows the project first-hand as a
design participant or
close, ongoing observer.
What is a design case?
-Is a description of a real artifact or experience that has been
intentionally designed. It describes
a precedent element or situation that have the potential to offer teaching
and learning
opportunities.
-Offers in-depth explanations of design rationales and actions taken within
the parameters of the
5000 word limit of the text. Transparency of the design process through
detailed description is
important such that the reader can deeply understand and potentially
empathize with the
situation, realizing relationships to their own understanding. Detailed
description asks and
responds to questions which might include:
--What key decisions were made?
--At what points in the design process did these decisions arise?
--Who was involved in the making of these decisions?
--What was the rationale or reasoning behind these decisions?
--How were key design decisions judged to be useful or not?
--What key changes were made during the design process?
--Why was the proposed design solution believed to be the best?
--Addresses an element of the case that makes it particularly interesting
and that is emphasized
or covered in detail.
--Author is often a participant (instead of an outsider), and deeply
involved in the design process
as a member of the design team or as a solo designer. Or, if the author is
not the designer, the
author is immersed in the project while it is happening or via other means
(such as study of its
artifacts and records, discussions with stakeholders/ participants, and/or
experiencing what has
been designed) over a period of time. The degree of author involvement is
clearly described.
--May discuss its parallels to a framework, theory or other guiding
influence, but does not have to
reference such a source, nor arise from it.
For an example of an architectural design-oriented design case, see
http://scholarworks.iu.edu/ijdlcontent/ijdlfiles/IJDL_4_1_Racek_Smith.pdf.
For further deep description of design cases from which the above
description was derived, see
Boling, E. (2010). The need for design cases: disseminating design
knowledge. International
Journal of Designs for Learning 1(1).
http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ijdl/article/view/919/978
Smith, K. (2010). Producing the rigorous design case. International Journal
of Designs for
Learning 1(1).
http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ijdl/article/view/917/980
Howard, C. (2011). Writing and rewriting the instructional design case: a
view from two sides.
International Journal of Designs for Learning 2(1).
http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ijdl/article/view/1104/1315
Further design case articles on the topic of instructional technology and
learning are located at
http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ijdl/issue/archive
Writing and submitting a design case
Author Guidelines are available at
http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ijdl/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
.
Articles should be submitted using the article template available at
http://scholarworks.iu.edu/ijdlcontent/ijdlfiles/IJDLTemplate.doc
Suggested headings or structure (recognizing these are not strict and can
be evolved/interpreted
with exception of abstract):
(adapted from Labov, W. (1982). Speech actions and reactions in personal
narrative. In Analyzing
Discourse: Text and Talk, edited by D. Tannen, 219-247. Washington, D.C.:
Georgetown
University Press, 1982. & Dohr, J. & Portillo, M. (2011). Design Thinking
for Interiors. NY: Wiley.)
--Abstract
--Orientation and context of the situation
--The design intervention or development narrative
--Evaluation, significance and meaning
--Resolution or outcome
--Coda, summation or relevance to readers
--References (optional)
Principal articles of 3000-5000 words, including notes and references, with
up to 5 illustrations
are invited, and should be submitted by June 1, 2013 to
http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ijdl/information/authors.
Questions on submittals may be directed to Dr. Jill Pable at
[log in to unmask] 850-645-6831.
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Erik Stolterman
*http://transground.blogspot.com/
<http://www.organizationaldesigncompetence.com/>
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