About this course
This class introduces students to theories regarding how in democratic societies, the demographic complexity presents fundamental design challenges for planners and other professions that engage the public.
This course is dedicated to enhancing and developing your English language proficiency in your expertise field. MIT and its educators are here at the head of the service. You would learn design principles for making public engagement techniques to build inclusive civic infrastructure in cities. This free online course suggests that most cities don't have the main infrastructure to support the demographically public in the way of democracy.
The course also give the opportunity to examine strategies and techniques for engaging communities in demographically complex settings.
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This class introduces students to theories regarding how in democratic societies, the demographic complexity presents fundamental design challenges for planners and other professions that engage the public.
This class is classified into four parts. The first one begins with a discussion of democracy, its relationship to community, and the challenge to public engagement. What do these communities, how does the complexity affect true collaboration, and how we operate as planners?
The second part is introduced by Gather platform created in the Goldin Institute. We use the Gather pedagogical framework to teach exercises for design principles. The exercises reported by the one-on-one conversations, past class projects, and students works at Florida Gulf Coast University.
We concentrate on designing a public engagement procedure for clients. Each design will assess some questions. At the end of this section, we have a design brief for the client, a blog post on it, and personal thoughts on the experience of creating that. You will also have the lectures and guest speakers for your design brief. The last one is reviewing the design briefs.
The last section reflects the entire course.
Civic Design Skill Assessment [Individual Effort]
You will Use the Civic Design Framework Grid, by interviewing a person. also you will ask people to rate their knowledge/skill for each of the 48 design challenges defined in the framework. [15% of grade]
Design Briefs [Team Effort]
The brief is a paper that assists a specific client in order to design a public engagement action. Each design regard some questions. The products include a design brief for those who are clients, a blog post on the design brief, and a personal reflection on creating the design brief. The brief contains exercises for learning principles developed by the Learning Design products. [40% of grade]
Reflection Blog [Individual Effort]
Students should write a blog post reflecting about what they learned in class and recommend others curious about learning special civic design principles. [15% of grade]
Workshops [Team Effort]
You will have 3 facilitation workshops that cover decision-making in group of students, process design, and meeting design. [15% of grade]
Other Requirements
Students need to complete weekly readings, participate in class, coach one class discussion, and participate in workshops. [15% of grade].
1 - Closing Reflection
Reflection blog post due
1 - Review of Learning Designs and Overview of Client Project
2 - Client Design Brief Session; Facilitation Workshop
Design brief first draft due
3 - Client Design Brief Session; Facilitation Workshop
Design brief second draft due
4 - Presentation of Final Design Brief and Learning Designs; Facilitation Workshop
Design brief final version due
1 - Learning Design and Intro to Gather
2 - Learning Design Session 2
3 - Intro to Class Redesign; Learning Design Session 3
1 - Introduction
2 - Demographic Complexity and Public Conversation
3 - Civic Design Framework
4 - Civic Design Skills Assessment
Skills assessment due
"We have to learn to talk to each other. Yes, this is hard work, and yes, you can do it."
Prof. Ceasar McDowell
Civic Design Skill Assessment [Individual Effort]
You will Use the Civic Design Framework Grid, by interviewing a person. also you will ask people to rate their knowledge/skill for each of the 48 design challenges defined in the framework. Instructions for the practice will be provided in class. [15% of grade]
Design Briefs [Team Effort]
The brief is a paper that assists a specific client in order to design a public engagement action. Each design regard some questions:
1- Which of the six conversation types presented in the first part of the class to include;
2- Which three design principles should be prioritized to engage the broadest range of the public;
3- What actions and procedures to use in the engagement process?
The products include a design brief for those who are clients, a blog post on the design brief, and a personal reflection on creating the design brief. The brief contains exercises for learning principles developed by the Learning Design products. [40% of grade]
Some Sample design briefs:
Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet design brief draft (2020)
San Pedro Practicum design brief (2019)
Mothers Out Front, 400 Years of Inequality, and Upgrade Cambridge design briefs (2018)
Reflection Blog [Individual Effort]
Students should write a blog post reflecting about what they learned in class and recommend others curious about learning special civic design principles. [15% of grade]
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