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Development and Promotion of Educational Materials on Human-Centered Design

Authors:
Jun Iio
Ayano Ohsaki
Rika Waida

Keywords: Human-centered design; Educational materials; HCD cycle

Abstract:
Human-Centered Design (HCD) is the design principle that focuses on the users of services, systems, or products. The idea of HCD was proposed more than two decades ago, and it has been widely adopted in the Information Technology (IT) and design industries. However, entry-level educational materials are needed to increase the popularity of the concepts among consumers and students who study engineering and industrial design. The Human-Centered Design organization (HCD-Net) is a specific non-profit organization that promotes the concept of HCD in the Japanese industry. It has a Working Group (WG) whose members have been tasked to develop the required entry- level educational materials on HCD and to promote them to the industry. This paper describes some of its activities. As per the HCD cycle itself, we distinguish between the development and the promotion of the materials. The results of their efforts have been of great value to the people who have to teach the HCD concepts to newcomers.

Pages: 447 to 451

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: March 22, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-761-0

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from November 21, 2020 to November 25, 2020