About the project
The purpose of UX Pedagogy is to understand and improve how we teach user experience. As a grant-funded and IRB approved project, UX Pedagogy has four main goals:
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- Researching existing teaching practices
- Gathering teaching materials like assignments and syllabi
- Developing evidence-based teaching practices
- Creating community by bringing together instructors to share insights, ideas, and experiences
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While UX is a multidisciplinary field, our primary focus is on Technical and Professional Communication Programs.
About the Facilitators
Emma Rose is an Associate Professor in Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington Tacoma with an adjunct appointment in Human Centered Design & Engineering at UW Seattle). She teaches courses in user-centered design, usability, and technical communication. Her research interests include participatory and human-centered design and developing methods to engage communities in the design process. Prior to becoming a professor, she spent 10 years as a user experience consultant helping organizations bring a human-centered approach to their processes.
Heather Noel Turner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Santa Clara University, where she teaches social justice in user experience (UX), professional writing, and technical communication. She researches and uses rhetorical approaches to collaboratively design more accessible information products and more inclusive experiences. Her scholarship has been published in academic journals like Technical Communication and The Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.
About the Community
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