creating communities for collaboration

In my current position as co-director of InnovationSpace at Arizona State University’s Design School, I spend the bulk of my days working with students and professional and academic colleagues, reimaging what education can do as an agent of change. As I do this, I tend to find cool designs worth sharing. Sometimes, a lot of thoughts fly through my head. This is where these thoughts and ideas finally land. All opinions are mine and mine alone.

LSU

November 14, 2017

Cool stuff found while wasting time on the internet.

MAD Searches

September 19, 2017

New finds on the internet!

The design studio class as seen by an online course author

Today's Online Teaching Challenge, or "give us time to work it out"

December 5, 2016

Learning online is nothing like learning onsite. And neither is teaching.

The line between physical and virtual is not as soft as we'd like it to be

The Funhouse Mirror, or "my face is a book"

November 17, 2016

We can't know how to build a better online environment until we know why our previous efforts are still falling short.

what I'm reading

November 17, 2016

A brief summary of a couple of things that have caught my reading attention. This week, it's all about the future.

Dealing with the Hardest Critique of All, or “don’t touch me, I’m a real live wire.”

November 10, 2016

Sometimes our projects fall flat. Even our political projects. And it can knock the wind out of us. But maybe, just maybe, we should listen to the critique and figure out what went wrong.

Hydra, by John Humphries — *Hydra,* by John Humphries

The Trouble with Hydras, or “how many people do you think I am?”

October 26, 2016

Writing and developing online class materials is like battling a weird beast. There are numerous factors that must be considered, including the continued isolation encountered by your student audience. It’s tempting to write as if you were teaching the class in person. But you won’t be. So don’t.

So much equipment for one woman talking about books.

Fighting My Inner Wallflower, or “you may find yourself in another part of the world”

October 19, 2016

Sometimes, hours upon hours of free time on a plane can lead to rambling. This time, I ramble about why I'm on a plane. Hint: it's the students, and what I'm doing right now to make them feel less isolated at 3 am.

The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes, or "watch out, you might get what you're after"

October 12, 2016

Why I spent the better part of a month updating my professional website when I'm not actually looking for a new job.

Thoughts on Space, or "I may ask myself 'how do i work this?'"

October 5, 2016

Designers make connections between seemingly unrelated ideas, such as "space" and anything else at all. Or, "my kid is far more intelligent than I give him credit for being."