Learning and Design in Context

3 credits · Peabody College - Professional

This course offers a deep dive into how different theories of human activity help us to see, understand, and design in different ways. The class focuses specifically on human activity in relation to contexts, with a specific focus on learning, in its many forms. Any theory frames the way we see the world, what we notice about it, and how we come to understand it. Theories also therefore influence the kinds of solutions, refinements, or suggestions that we offer about changing, improving, or revising the world. Although our emphasis in this class is on understanding how different theories account for and explain human behavior, we will also use those theories both as analytical and design tools. [3]