Workshop on the future of UX education

Together with the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), we organised a full-day workshop at AHO on the future of UX education. As far as we knew, it was the first time UX educators and professionals in Norway met to discuss these questions in depth.

The workshop was aimed at educators, researchers, practitioners wanting better training for their colleagues, and hiring managers looking for more qualified candidates. It addressed four questions: which competencies UX professionals will need and how to teach them; continuing education for working practitioners; how to increase the number of skilled candidates while raising quality; and how schools and industry can collaborate.

The facilitators were Joyce Yee, senior lecturer at Northumbria University's Design School, and Emma Jefferies of The Design Doctors, who shared findings from the Design Transitions project; Rachel Abrams of the School of Visual Arts and Turnstone Consulting; and Andrea Resmini of Jönköping International Business School, co-author of Pervasive Information Architecture. Participation was by invitation, with extra places set aside for our members.

Speakers

• Joyce Yee, Senior lecturer, Northumbria University Design School — Findings from the Design Transitions project
• Emma Jefferies, The Design Doctors; PhD, Northumbria University — Findings from the Design Transitions project
• Rachel Abrams, School of Visual Arts; Turnstone Consulting
• Andrea Resmini, Assistant professor, Jönköping International Business School

The original event page is on meetup.com.