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The evolution of bonded design: From elementary school to higher education

  • SUNY Buffalo
  • University of Waikato

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Abstract

This paper introduces an alternative model of the participatory design (PD) methodology, Bonded Design (BD). Bonded Design originated from research investigating the use of participatory design methods to foster collaboration between two potentially disparate groups, adult researchers/designers and elementary school children. Previous work has shown that by using design techniques selected from various existing PD models, executed in a particular order, the Bonded Design methodology can successfully empower two distinct groups of participants to conceive ideas for innovative technologies they could not have produced alone. For these reasons the BD methodology was chosen as the framework for a university-wide initiative of a Research 1 university to foster meaningful communication and interaction between faculty and IT professional staff with the intent to create innovative technology solutions. Findings from this study indicated that while several Bonded Design features were useful in achieving the end goal, modifications needed to be made to the methodology as a whole to accommodate not only the increased sophistication and knowledge base of the adult participants, but also the design of a tangible final deliverable that could be directly implemented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSustainable Digital Communities - 15th International Conference, iConference 2020, Proceedings
EditorsAnneli Sundqvist, Gerd Berget, Kjell Ivar Skjerdingstad, Jan Nolin
PublisherSpringer
Pages892-900
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783030436865
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event15th International Conference on Sustainable Digital Communities, iConference 2020 - Boras, Sweden
Duration: Mar 23 2020Mar 26 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12051 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Sustainable Digital Communities, iConference 2020
Country/TerritorySweden
CityBoras
Period03/23/2003/26/20

Keywords

  • BD
  • Bonded Design
  • Participatory cultures
  • Participatory design
  • Technology solutions

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