Author: Lara Salinas
Project-based learning (PBL) is commonplace in design education, with a focus on creating meaningful learning experiences that provide graduates with first hand real world experience. Over the years and across courses, PBL often results on an intractable network of collaborations.
This chapter shares an online canvas designed to facilitate visual conversations with course teams and generate a comprehensive overview of the activities that underpin and the wider benefits of PBL. The main enquiry is into: How might service design approaches support strategic planning of project-based learning to support educators and enhance student experience?
Biography
Lara Salinas is a design researcher, practitioner and educator with over 10 years’ experience in design for public interest services and policies. Her expertise extends to facilitate collaborative design for innovation with complex multi-sector and multi-disciplinary collaborations, in the context of creative industries, public sector innovation and public engagement.
Read the latest interview with Lara about her impact on knowledge exchange in education.
Recent work:
Salinas, L. (2022) Designing for local policy: exploring preferable futures in the UK. Policy Design and Practice. [article]
Salinas, L and Kankovic, L. (2022) Net Zero Design: How can local communities play a role in cutting carbon emissions? In BBC Radio 3 Arts & Ideas, New Thinking. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dh7xkp.
Salinas, L. (2022) Practice Research in Social Design & Design for Sustainability. UAL Social Design Institute.
Salinas, L (2021) Sustainability by design: developing a model for design-led local government to achieve net zero by 2030. Design Exchange Partnership. [project]
Salinas, L and Lagedamont, M (2020) Sustainable Futures for Southwark.
Malpass, M and Salinas, L. (2020) AHRC Challenges of the Future: Public Services. AHRC. [report]
HCD in HE 