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Eindhoven designs / volume two 97
Workshops
IDentity weeks
Workshops are short activities intended
to introduce particular topics that help
students develop their competencies
within the context of their project.
Workshops are comparatively short
learning activities. Their size may vary
from a few hours to a full day. Workshops
provide students with an introduction to
various topics, for example information
brokering, design processes, reflection,
group dynamics, creating a showcase,
mathematical modelling, electronics or a
theme-related topic. These introductions
are meant to initiate and support
students’ competency development
within the projects. Workshops can also
provide students with specific expertise,
either linked to a particular competency
area or to a Theme.
IDentity weeks are ‘vertical’ activities
for all ID students. In these weeks
students’ activities focus on their
personal development, on their learning
and development process, and on their
overall competence of designing.
ID weeks occur three times per semester:
at the start, halfway and towards the
end of the semester. The first ID week
is intended for students to reflect on
what they have achieved the previous
semester in terms of overall competence
of designing and their vision as a
designer. In order to do so, they review
their previous showcase and assessment.
They include the outcomes of this review
in their Personal Development Plan (PDP)
to determine or adjust their long-term
goals for their growth as a designer.
Based on these long-term goals, they set
short-term goals for their development
in the coming semester and choose a set
of learning activities with which they can
achieve their competency development
goals.
In the ID week halfway through the
semester, students start with their