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MAInD master is glad to invite you to the open seminar Design for Tech Education and the exhibition of the master students’ projects developed during the second module Designing Advanced artifacts.
The seminar and the exhibition take place on Thursday 25th January 2018 at Campus Trevano SUPSI.
Read below the program and the information about the two events.

Design for Tech Education - Open seminar

New technologies are revolutionizing the world of pedagogy as well as the sector of innovation in the field of education. The miniaturization of sensors and actuators and the increase of the cloud computing power allow to experiment with the possibility to develop interactive devices, hardware kits, ludic objects and new kids of interfaces that help kids to learn the basics of electronics, programming, robotics, artificial intelligence, tridimensional design, etc.
What are the challenges in projects proposing the use of ludic and hands-on devices to support learning activities? What is the role of design in the novel practices related to the education in the STEAM sector (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math)?

The objective of the seminar is to present projects, researches and reflections on the design and development of interactive artifacts supporting STEAM education and the innovation in education.

Presentations

Interaction design for tech education Serena Cangiano, researcher Laboratory of visual culture and coordinator MAS in Interaction Design SUPSI, maind.supsi.ch {:target='_blank'}

“Mighty thymio” for teaching robotics and Machine Learning Alessandro Giusti, researcher IDSIA Institute for Artificial Intelligence, idsia.ch {:target='_blank'}

Teacher training in educational robotics Lucio Negrini, researcher Department of Education and Learning

Autoplay - An objective and free of context conditioning system for the evaluation of very young children’s ludic development" Francesca Faraci and Michela Papandrea, researchers DTI

InLife - Incubate a New Learning and Inspiration Framework for Education Vanessa De Luca, researcher LCV

Shybo. A low-anthropomorphic robot for children Maria Luce Lupetti, PhD, Polytechnic of Turin

CHIP China Innovation Platform Marc Laperrouza, prof. EPFL

Airware project Alessandro Mascheroni, research assistant DTI

Prototypes

Following the seminar, prototypes of tech education projects will be showcased within the exhibition of the master students’ projects issued from the second module of Master of Advanced Studies in Interaction Design 2017/2018.

  • Leyla Tawfik, Ethafà, a kit to teach electronics to young arabic girls, Thesis project, BA in Visual Communication

  • Giulia Galli, Kime, Master thesis, MAS in interaction design

  • Alessandro Mascheroni, Fabian Frei, Francesco Bonfiglio, Yang You, Airware, Program CHIP SUPSI/USI

  • Autoplay prototype, SUPSI, BREF Social Innovation

Leyla Tawfik, Ethafà, a kit to teach electronics to young arabic girls, Thesis project, BA in Visual Communication

Giulia Galli, Kime, Master thesis, MAS in interaction design

Alessandro Mascheroni, Fabian Frei, Francesco Bonfiglio, Yang You, Airware, Program CHIP SUPSI/USI

Autoplay prototype, SUPSI, BREF Social Innovation

Information

The seminar is offered by Master of Advanced Studies in Interaction Design SUPSI. The event is public and held in English.

Registration

To announce your participation or to receive updates about the event and the follow-ups please join the thematic Telegram group Design&TechEdu SUPSI {:target='_blank'}.

Designing Advanced Artifacts - Exhibition

The exhibition features the results of three workshops:

  • Playful21 , a course on the design of toys for teaching 21st century skills. Teachers: Lorenzo Romagnoli (automato.farm), Serena Cangiano (Maind)

  • Web Platform for Interaction Designer - Designing Data Experiences, a two weeks class on data-drive installations and solutions for the new SUPSI Campus in Mendrisio. Teachers: Fabio Franchino (Todo.to.it), Giovanni Profeta (Maind)

  • Machine Made Interactions - how to teach an old switch new tricks, one week workshop on interaction design for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Teachers: Massimo Banzi (arduino.cc), Matteo Loglio (oio.studio)

Playful21 , a course on the design of toys for teaching 21st century skills. Teachers: Lorenzo Romagnoli (automato.farm), Serena Cangiano (Maind)

Web Platform for Interaction Designer - Designing Data Experiences, a two weeks class on data-drive installations and solutions for the new SUPSI Campus in Mendrisio. Teachers: Fabio Franchino (Todo.to.it), Giovanni Profeta (Maind)

Machine Made Interactions - how to teach an old switch new tricks, one week workshop on interaction design for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Teachers: Massimo Banzi (arduino.cc), Matteo Loglio (oio.studio)

When

Thursday 25th January 2018 Open Seminar: 14:00 - 16:30, Exhibition opening: 16:30 - 19:00

Where

Campus Trevano, Building A, Atelier Maind/FabLab, Floor -1 and room A005 (ground floor)