{"id":222,"date":"2019-06-24T11:34:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T11:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/handson\/?page_id=222"},"modified":"2022-06-17T10:49:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T10:49:38","slug":"module-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/handson\/module-3\/","title":{"rendered":"[M3L0] How to Develop a Prototype with Design Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This module is an introduction to the way we will work together in the Hands:On Hackathon to create our digital products \u2014 using prototyping and design thinking. The approach we take is a method of designing digital things that is commonly used in professional contexts, such as commercial digital agencies and software development teams.<\/p>\n<p>By following this module you will arrive at the Hackathon already familiar with many concepts that we will introduce on the first and subsequent days, so you will have more headspace to focus on teamwork and creativity. You will also be equipped with a working understanding of professional practices you may wish to apply in your career, either within a digital humanities project or outside academia.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of this module you will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define what is \u2018prototyping\u2019 and \u2018design thinking\u2019;<\/li>\n<li>Recognise the benefits to creativity of rapid prototyping;<\/li>\n<li>Learn about the design thinking cycle for creating and improving prototypes;<\/li>\n<li>Create web app prototypes using paper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u201cWhat is <i>hack<\/i> about hackathon?\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Here at Hands:On we love feedback. Throughout your time at the Hackathon you will give and receive feedback on your designs many times \u2014 informally throughout each day, at the end-of-day roundups, at the user research labs, and at the final presentation. Every time you give or receive feedback is a chance to review, improve and ultimately create a better experience for the people who will use what you make.<\/p>\n<p>Even as organisers we are keen to receive feedback and improve. The Post-It note below is some feedback Chris and I received following a 30-minute micro-hackathon we lead in January 2019. It says \u201cexplain at very beginning what is \u2018hack\u2019 about hackathon\u201d. We had forgotten to define at the start what a \u2018hackathon\u2019 actually is!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-234\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/handson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2019\/06\/IMAG1508-crop-283x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sticky note with handwritten words: 'explain at very beginning what is &quot;hack&quot; about hackathon'\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/handson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2019\/06\/IMAG1508-crop-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/handson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2019\/06\/IMAG1508-crop.jpg 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All too often it is easy to make assumptions about what your audience knows. As a result what you create \u2014 or in this case, what we presented \u2014 is not as clear as it could have been. Perhaps this person felt confused throughout the micro-hackathon experience and didn\u2019t get as much out of it as they could have done. If instead we had been designing a government website or a road sign the consequences of that confusion might have been profound.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the Hands:On Hackathon we will encourage you to step outside your own identity as an academic with your particular specialism and examine your implicit knowledge. Key to this will be giving and receiving feedback at every stage of the process, so that you can gather insights into other people\u2019s perspectives and meet the needs of your target users, who will not necessarily be anything like you.<\/p>\n<p>So, in the spirit of improving after feedback, what <i>is<\/i> \u2018hack\u2019 about hackathon? The word \u2018hackathon\u2019 has its origins in the software world. It is a portmanteau of \u2018hack\u2019 and \u2018marathon\u2019, where \u2018hack\u2019 is used in the original sense of \u2018exploratory programming\u2019 rather than in its common association with nefarious programmers. So the earliest hackathons were events where a group of software developers assembled and built new technology over a short, intense period. Since then the concept has evolved and hackathons are now widely held in business, academic and charitable contexts to bring people together and kickstart new ideas of all kinds.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some reasons why you might hold or participate in a hackathon:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experiment with fresh ideas<\/li>\n<li>Step outside your comfort zone<\/li>\n<li>Explore a particular topic in detail<\/li>\n<li>Fail in a safe space<\/li>\n<li>Invite collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Encourage inclusive environments<\/li>\n<li>Open up to change<\/li>\n<li>Learn something new<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My own definition of hackathon is:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><i>Making something quickly in the spirit of exploration.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Further reading (optional):<br \/>\n\u2018Hackathon\u2019 on Wikipedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hackathon\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hackathon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, what is it that you will be <em>making<\/em>? <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/handson\/module-3\/m3l1-prototyping\/\">Go to the Next Lesson &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This module is an introduction to the way we will work together in the Hands:On Hackathon to create our digital products \u2014 using prototyping and design thinking. 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