Exploring the learning problems and resources usage of undergraduate industrial design students in design studio

Wenzhi Chen*, Hsien Hui Tang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Design is a power weapon of modern companies. It is important to have excellent designers for the industry. The purpose of this study is to explore the learning problems, and the resources that students used to overcome problems in undergraduate industrial design studio courses. The survey with open type questionnaires was used to collect data. There were 189 undergraduate industrial design students from 3 universities participating in this study. The results demonstrated that the most difficulties design tasks included concept generation, design presentation, and design research. The learning resources used to solve the learning problems included 4 categories: people, object, method, and environment. This information can increase the understanding of the learning process of students, and provide the reference for teaching planning and the setting of the learning resources in design education.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDesign, User Experience and Usability
Subtitle of host publicationTheory, Methods, Tools and Practice - First International Conference, DUXU 2011, Held as Part of HCI International 2011, Proceedings
Pages43-52
Number of pages10
EditionPART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event1st International Conference on Design, User Experience and Usability: Theory, Methods, Tools and Practice, DUXU 2011, Held as Part of 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2011 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: 09 07 201114 07 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 1
Volume6769 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Design, User Experience and Usability: Theory, Methods, Tools and Practice, DUXU 2011, Held as Part of 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period09/07/1114/07/11

Keywords

  • Industrial design
  • design studio
  • learning problems
  • learning resources

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