Browsing by Author "Withell, A"
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A case study of authentic learning underpinned by design thinking and industry collaboration
Inder, S; Withell, A (DesignEd Asia Secretariat, 2013)This paper will present a case study of a year-two product design project that has been developed alongside the specific requirements of an industry collaborator and delivered within an innovative, research-led, Design ... -
Design for Biodiversity: a new approach for ecologically sustainable product design?
Reay, SD; Withell, A; Diegel, O (New Zealand Society for Sustainability Engineering and Science (NZSSES), 2010)McDonough and Braungart proposed the “Cradle to Cradle” design framework to provide solutions to the world’s current ecological crisis. This approach, based on examples from nature, ensures that human activities can have ... -
Design methods toolbox: supporting self-directed learning through innovative teaching and learning resources
Withell, A; Reay, S; Diegel, O (AUT University, 2010)This paper presents a resource developed as part of an innovative teaching and learning project aimed at developing, facilitating and supporting student-directed learning in the Product Design programme at AUT University, ... -
Everyday inventions: effectively engaging students with human-centred, environmentally sustainable design
Withell, A; Diegel, O; Reay, SD; Charlton, N (AUT University, 2010)It has become increasingly evident that the impacts of human development and production/consumption over the last half of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century are unsustainable in the long term. The ... -
Exploring the feasibility of cradle to cradle (product) design: perspectives from New Zealand scientists
Reay, SD; McCool, JP; Withell, A (Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE), 2011)This research project explores the feasibility of a Cradle to Cradle approach to sustainable product design in New Zealand. A framework for sustainable design was proposed by environmental chemist Michael Braungart and ... -
Heutagogy and Mobile Social Media: Post Web 2.0 Pedagogy
Cochrane, T; Antonczak, L; Gordon, A; Sissons, H; Withell, A (ascilite, 2012)O’Reilly coined the term web 2.0 seven years ago (O'Reilly, 2005), yet in the past seven years we have seen minimal evidence of wide-spread impact of web 2.0 on traditional higher education pedagogy. Seven years on, we ... -
How can rapid product development support sustainable product design research?
Reay, SD; Withell, A (AUT University, 2011)The consequences of the continually increasing impact of human development are confronting many people on a daily basis. Now more than ever there is a need to confront and challenge the way we live, one that is currently ... -
Implementing electronic portfolios in product design education: a case study
Withell, A; Reay, S; Diegel, O (AUT University, 2010)The growing importance of electronic portfolios as a teaching and learning strategy is reflected internationally in the large number of higher educational programmes and disciplines that have implemented electronic portfolios ... -
Integrating 'rapid protyping as design': a case study
Withell, A (AUT University, 2011)The integration of ‘rapid prototype as design’ (RPaD) methodologies in the new product development (NPD) process, combined with effectively utilising virtual and physical rapid prototyping technologies, increases the ... -
Tools for sustainable product design: additive manufacturing
Diegel, O; Singamneni, S; Reay, S; Withell, A (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2010)The advent of additive manufacturing technologies presents a number of opportunities that have the potential to greatly benefit designers, and contribute to the sustainability of products. Additive manufacturing technologies ...