Post on 29-Jun-2015
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G U I S E P P E G E T TO
E A S T C A R O L I N A U N I V E R S I T Y
G E T TO G @E C U . E D U
Building Bridges to UX: Designing Better UX
Education
What I’ll Cover
What Is UX?
What Is UX Education?
What Do I Mean by “Building Bridges”?
Just Go Out and Do It!
What Is UX?
“[A] design practice focused on human outcomes,
particularly the level of engagement and satisfaction
that the user derives from a product or service and the
relevance of the experience to their needs and
context”
http://www.foolproof.co.uk/thinking/experience-design-
a-definition/
What Is UX?, cont’d
Some other definitions
http://uxdesign.com/about-user-experience-design/arti
cle/top-ten-seven-definitions-of-ux-design/24
What Is UX?, cont’d
What Is UX Education?
Training job-ready UX practitioners, meaning people
that can go from an academic or industry-based
program into a UX job
Getto, G. and Beecher, F. (Under Review). Towards a Model of
UX Education: Training UX Designers within the Academy and
Industry.
What Is UX Education?, cont’d
Why should we do this?
UX is one of the most sought after current design
specializations
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-career-advice/
http://www.onwardsearch.com/UX-Career-Guide/
What Is UX Education?, cont’d
Training them in what?
Design thinking
Deliverables
What Is UX Education?, cont’d
“The core elements of design thinking are solving
problems creatively to provide solutions that:
put humans and good user experience first
start with an understanding of goals—including customer, user,
stakeholder, and business goals—and create win-win
outcomes
are ethical, purposeful, pragmatic, and elegant”
http://bit.ly/1qAzTt6
What Is UX Education?, cont’d
Deliverables
Content audits
Content strategy guides
Wireframes
Sitemaps
Business Process Models
Taxonomies
Usability findings reports
Personas
Storymaps
What Do I Mean by “Building Bridges”?
Ranked from easiest to hardest
Asking me and other UX folks for help
Reading books and articles by UX thought leaders
http://guiseppegetto.com/ux-library
Going to UX conferences
http://finduxevents.com/
Doing UX research
What Do I Mean by “Building Bridges”?, c’d
Ranked from easiest to hardest
Building UX assignments into existing courses
http://www.guiseppegetto.com/engl7766ux/
Creating partnerships with UX practitioners
Building standalone UX courses
Building standalone UX programs
Working with developers to build web applications and
software
Just Go Out and Do It!