It's Hard to Work Human

July 8, 2014 Carolyn Chandler

A GCE student tells the story of her concept during an end-of-course presentation.

We took "Adventures in Experience Design" to a local high school and held a 6-week course. Surprisingly, we found the hardest part for students wasn't generating new ideas, or choosing and forming the best ones. It was something that touched the core of their fears and insecurities.

Making Mindfulness a Part of Education

March 6, 2014 Carolyn Chandler

Last year, I was honored to participate in UX for Good, an organization that brings leading User Experience Designers together to focus on complex social challenges. In last year's challenge we partnered with the Dalai Lama Center in Vancouver in order to explore this question:

How can we make mindfulness training part of the education of every child?