Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Designing for the future (07 Sep 2005) Most people will be glad to see the old model, in which a design teacher stands in front of a class instructing them all to make exactly the same thing, being replaced by a new one that emphasises collaboration and innovation. The initial success of the technology shouldn't blind us, however, to the need to stay focused on the educational possibilities it offers. Tony Hodgson is clear that the primary use of CAD should be about equipping pupils with the skills needed for lifelong learning: "It's not teaching people to be designers, it's teaching them through designing." Article URL: http://www.nestafuturelab.org/viewpoint/art58.htm Read 134 more articles from NESTA Futurelab sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Don't Strategize, Empathize     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy