Episode 62: Teaching Design Theory with Jarrod Drysdale
What's the best way to teach design skills? How do you connect theory with practice? Today our guest is Jarrod Drysdale — designer, writer, and author of multiple educational products. You'll learn what makes a good course, how to show-and-tell, and why it's difficult to capture the real-life design process on screen.
UI Breakfast: UI/UX Design and Product Strategy · Jane Portman, Jarrod Drysdale
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Show Notes
What's the best way to teach design skills? How do you connect theory with practice? Today our guest is Jarrod Drysdale — designer, writer, and author of multiple educational products. You'll learn what makes a good course, how to show-and-tell, and why it's difficult to capture the real-life design process on screen.
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Show Notes
- Theory Sprints — Jarrod's new design course
- Getting Real — a book by 37signals
- The Tiny Designer — Jarrod's free email course
- Design's Iron Fist — Jarrod's free book
- Perfect Pricing (a series of guest posts): part one by Sacha Greif, part two by Jarrod Drysdale
- Cascade.io — Jarrod's design framework (discontinued)
- Restrict Content Pro, WP Complete — WordPress plugins for building courses
- Jarrod's website
- Follow Jarrod on Twitter: @studiofellow
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