Career change is not something undertaken lightly. There are many emotions wrapped up in the process—uncertainty, anxiety, doubt. Students come to professional development courses like General Assembly’s because they need help and support to reach their career goals. Instructors join because they find it gratifying to help these students grow as designers.
What happens when all those instructors have to redirect their efforts to lesson planning, because the curriculum is too bare bones? Students have wildly inconsistent experiences, and the barrier to entry for new instructors becomes very high. It becomes harder for everyone involved to succeed. How might we redesign the student experience to better reflect the experience of working as an interaction designer? Is there a way to better equip all instructors for success?
Jessica Greco will share how she redesigned General Assembly’s part-time User Experience Design course curriculum to reflect significant changes in context for both students and instructors, and the lessons she learned along the way.
