TY - JOUR AU - Merrit, Timothy Robert PY - 2013/12/16 TI - Keynote: Reform: research and teaching group designing the shape of change JF - International SERIES on Information Systems and Management in Creative eMedia (CreMedia); No 2013/3 (2013): 2nd Workshop on (Re)Creating Lievely Cities Through Ambient Techn. in Arts, Culture, and Gastronomic Experiences KW - N2 - One of the challenges teaching interaction design in computer science departments is often a lack of focus on design in various contexts and across levels of scale. Our newly created research and teaching platform at the Aarhus School of Architecture provides design courses that address this challenge. This presentation reviews examples from the design courses we teach at the IT Product Design Bachelor and Master programs at the Aarhus University’s Department of Computer Science. These courses focus on interaction work that takes place away from the traditional screen and keyboard, and into the lives of people interacting in the physical world. The courses highlight the focus on the physical form, social interaction, attention to various levels of scale and solution sets that may include a mix of physical form, digital tools, and/or services. In this talk, examples are provided showing how sketching and prototyping early and throughout the process can open the design space when designing for people in the contemporary urban context. More details about the research platform can be found on the platform website: http://reform.aarch.dk UR - https://www.ambientmediaassociation.org/Journal/index.php/series/article/view/146