1. Using alien-centered design for teaching
iteration in the design process in
undergraduate design courses
John Mendoza Garcia1, 2, Monica E. Cardella1
1Purdue University, IN
2Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá,
Colombia, South America

2. Agenda
• Introduction
• Educational Context
• Getting information about the aliens and the design
process
• Impact
8/28/2015 Tool to Assess Interest in PP 2

3. Engaging students in design Process
8/28/2015 Tool to Assess Interest in PP 3
• Introduction
• Summary of
literature
• Research
Approach
• Impact
Informed
designers
Facilitate
becoming
ABET
Why?
Technology
User
Human
Centered
informed
designers

4. Alien Centered Design
• Introduction
• Summary of
literature
• Research
Approach
• Impact
How?

5. Alien Centered Design
• Developed
– MIT – 195x
– John Arnold
– Earthlings traveling to another
planet
• Implementation at Purdue
– Empathy for users not like them
– More user centered designers
• Introduction
• Summary of
literature
• Research
Approach
• Impact

6. Introduction
8/28/2015 Tool to Assess Interest in PP 6
• Introduction
• Summary of
literature
• Research
Approach
• Impact
High order
thinking skills
Technical
knowledge
• Creativity
• Critical
thinking
• Design thinking
• Problem
solving
• Systems
thinking

7. 8/28/2015 Tool to Assess Interest in PP 7
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