Learner Centered Design Education

Soumitri Varadarajan
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Learner Centered Design Education

The course you design. The course you teach your students. Could be learner centered. Soumitri Varadarajan reflects upon 35 years of teaching Industrial Design. Examining what works. Wondering why he does things the way he does. Imagining that some of this could be useful to someone. Somewhere. Disclaimer: This is not a broadcast attempting to inform you. This is merely a portal into Soumitri's brain. Into his thought experiments. It is him questioning everything. It is him finding no answers. So go away! Do not listen to this! Stop being curious.

  1. Pure Design and Abloh

    05/12/2024

    Pure Design and Abloh

    https://rawslearn.wordpress.com/2024/05/12/pure-design-and-abloh/

    22 min
  2. First Person Singular

    05/09/2024

    First Person Singular

    For details look up - https://rawslearn.wordpress.com/2024/05/09/first-person-singular/

    25 min
  3. i.e. ID - That is Industrial Design

    05/08/2024

    i.e. ID - That is Industrial Design

    It is May 2024. I have mentioned the acronym i.e. ID. I have been asked to provide a voice note explaining this process.

    9 min
  4. Tell me about Material Culture

    04/23/2024

    Tell me about Material Culture

    Description section and resources coming soon.

    34 min
  5. Can you tell me about a Masters by Research and a PhD?

    01/01/2024

    Can you tell me about a Masters by Research and a PhD?

    Link: https://rawslearn.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/can-you-tell-me-about-a-masters-by-research-and-a-phd/ Site 'PhD with Soumitri': https://sites.google.com/view/phdwithsoumitri/home

    27 min
  6. Beatles and Keats in the Classroom

    11/12/2023

    Beatles and Keats in the Classroom

    I had a conversation with a friend. About the creative period. As being in the 20s. That the Beatles and Keats both had their best works in that period.

    14 min
  7. The Smeis Typology

    08/05/2023

    The Smeis Typology

    This is a podcast about project design. Or the typology of projects - aka what are the types of projects. Or what are the 5 types that all projects can be classified into. See more here - https://rawslearn.wordpress.com/2023/08/06/the-smeis-typology/

    1h 33m
  8. Is This The End For Consultants?

    05/05/2023

    Is This The End For Consultants?

    I have been reading Mariana Mazzucato. The Big Con is the book. Dont read it if you have a weak constitution or if you have a tendency to flame. I had to frequently put it down - it is that incendiary. LINK The title for this podcast is borrowed from here: LINK QUOTE "Cynicism around consulting is nothing new. That adage about a consultant “borrowing your watch to tell you the time” didn’t come from nowhere. But the problem is now stark. According to research by McKinsey, 70% of transformations fail." If the things I suggest gets you hot under the collar (don't wear a collar?) - then maybe start with LINK - "The ‘Big Con’ is possible in today’s economies because of the unique power that consultancies wield through extensive contracts and networks – as advisors, legitimators and outsourcers – and the illusion that they are objective sources of expertise and capacity." For John Maeda's Tech Reports: LINK - I have always found Maeda's comments useful. As a window into thinking about the US ecology of tech. In my world of tech - the crafts still exist, and not everything is about the top 1%. So amazing insights from Maeda? Yes. Increases my diversity map of potentialities? Absolutely. Soumitri

    26 min
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The course you design. The course you teach your students. Could be learner centered. Soumitri Varadarajan reflects upon 35 years of teaching Industrial Design. Examining what works. Wondering why he does things the way he does. Imagining that some of this could be useful to someone. Somewhere. Disclaimer: This is not a broadcast attempting to inform you. This is merely a portal into Soumitri's brain. Into his thought experiments. It is him questioning everything. It is him finding no answers. So go away! Do not listen to this! Stop being curious.

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