This study reports on the development of a 3D printer and its implementation in Product Design Education as a tool for prototyping and supporting students in the design process. First, it is presented the design and ...

We argue that visual representations of design processes contribute toward social and material practices of design(ing). They are used as didactic devices. We will discuss them using metaphors to illustrate that they are ...

This paper discusses the role that education has in the shaping of the professional designer in the broader context of national and regional systems of design, i.e. in the varying constellations of the main actors and ...

The development of teaching materials is a complex activity that aims at the production of a work routine, the creation of a product and an evaluation of use. Similarly, a problem arises in the creation of Open Educational ...

A framework for learner experience (LX) design of eLearning systems in neo-tropical animal production is proposed. For assessment and design of learner experience a checklist is developed. By a ridge-regression-based model ...

The design of products for people with disabilities requires the understanding of a wide range of factors related to users' health, functional abilities, needs, expectations and preferences. Such multifactorial perspective ...

We argue that visual representations of design processes contribute toward social and material practices of design(ing). They are used as didactic devices. We will discuss them using metaphors to illustrate that they are ...

In low-GDP countries, such as Brazil, many older people and people with disabilities rely on the public health system for access to assistive devices, which are important to support them to live healthy and dignified lives. ...