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Passion-Based Learning
How to start using more visual cues in your work and tune into your creative side
Maria Mikkonen 08/12/2017At best, visuals can help covey a message more effectively, build empathy and help to get everyone on the same page in a project. But how to get started? These few tips will help you get tuned into your creative side and help you to incorporate more visuals into your everyday work.
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Read on for insights from the d.confestival and d.safari in September 2017 on how design thinking can be brought to large companies.
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#InsideDF – Irena Bakić
Katariina Helin 13/05/2016What is Aalto Design Factory about? What do people do here? Our most important asset is the people in DF, the community. In the #InsideDF blogpost series we familiarize you with the people who frequently come to DF.
In the fourth blogpost we have Irena Bakić, who has a long history at DF.
Andreas Dahin writes about what makes a good – or bad – poster in science communication.
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Design Factory Teacher Resources
Marcela Acosta 09/03/2016Looking to shake up your course? Take a look at the tools offered in Design Factory!
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Alongside the pedagogical development services currently offered at Design Factory through courses, we sometimes get special request for pedagogical development workshops. Recently ADF was happy to welcome a group of Korean high school teachers looking to improve their pedagogical skills in an environment fostering entrepreneurship.
The workshop, in which the teachers reflected on what good teaching is, and what are some entrepreneurial skills, was based on the work by Tua Björklund, Elina Kähkönen and Maria Clavert.
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Researchers’ breakfast 8.3.
Tua Björklund 01/03/2016Come celebrate Women’s Day, share breakfast and listen to what our power ladies have been up to studying teaching development! ADF’s Maria Clavert will talk about pedagogical change agency, and prof. Katrina Nordström and Anni Laakkonen will tell about their course pilot and learning goal assessment.
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What works: Research-based handy tips and tricks for the curious professor – Part 9
Marcela Acosta 09/02/2016Series part 9: Facilitated feedback sessions
Facilitated feedback sessions throughout a course doing group work is a great tool to reduce assumptions, resolve problems, and promote communication. Satu Rekonen, from Design Factory developed the “I like/I wish” method for facilitating a feedback session in a safe and comfortable environment. Visit http://ilikeiwish.org/ for more information on how to run it in your classroom, and make sure to click on the video for students’ testimonials on the experience. For questions, please contact maria.clavert@aalto.fi, tua.bjorklund@aalto.fi, or senni.kirjavainen@aalto.fi.
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What is Aalto Design Factory about? What do people do here? Our most important asset is the people in DF, the community. In the #InsideDF blogpost series we familiarize you with the people who frequently come to DF.
In the first blogpost we have Jonas Eklöf, one of the Project Managers in the Product development Project course in Design Factory.