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The same way one learns about anything. Learn it, do it, teach it. Learn it by reading a book on it, or taking a class. Do it by putting into place the pract

by seasoup 16y ago

The same way one learns about anything. Learn it, do it, teach it. Learn it by reading a book on it, or taking a class. Do it by putting into place the practices you just learned about, actually doing the user tests and see what people think about it. Teach it by showing others, explaining things will force you to learn them deeper. One place you can start is here: http://52weeksofux.com http://52weeksofux.com

wmwong 16y ago
The last part about teaching is hard for me. I always feel that in order to teach, you must be an expert. Since I'm not an expert yet, I feel I might be teaching the wrong things and/or I can't answer their questions. This fear has stopped me several times from brain-dumping my knowledge. And since I don't teach, I never become an expert. A horrible cycle! Any ideas how to start? Plus thanks for the link. More reading material!
- vitovito 16y ago
  I started my design workshops because they were the kind of thing I wanted to attend: a sort of Toastmasters for UX where I could do exercises in different parts of UX and eventually become an expert across the board. Instead, I learned a lot about effective teaching, a lot about effective exercise design, a lot about facilitation and a lot about how much effort went into such things. The things I learned about UX were more about really digging into things I thought I knew, since invariably I would spend 8-16 hours before the workshop researching, preparing and running through the exercises myself to make sure they'd fit in the time allotted and provide the information I wanted to convey. I believe there's a big demand for this sort of thing out there. I'm absolutely not an expert in any of the things I taught, but neither will be most of your attendees. Doing it, trying it, learning from it and building the community is just as valuable and will teach you a lot. http://vi.to/workshop/ http://vi.to/workshop/ is my effort, including a couple of write-ups, and the Facebook group has links to some of the notes and such as well.
random42 16y ago
I also happen to stumble upon the link, yesterday. Looks awesome.

by seasoup 16y ago

wmwong 16y ago

The last part about teaching is hard for me. I always feel that in order to teach, you must be an expert. Since I'm not an expert yet, I feel I might be teaching the wrong things and/or I can't answer their questions. This fear has stopped me several times from brain-dumping my knowledge. And since I don't teach, I never become an expert. A horrible cycle! Any ideas how to start? Plus thanks for the link. More reading material!

vitovito 16y ago
I started my design workshops because they were the kind of thing I wanted to attend: a sort of Toastmasters for UX where I could do exercises in different parts of UX and eventually become an expert across the board. Instead, I learned a lot about effective teaching, a lot about effective exercise design, a lot about facilitation and a lot about how much effort went into such things. The things I learned about UX were more about really digging into things I thought I knew, since invariably I would spend 8-16 hours before the workshop researching, preparing and running through the exercises myself to make sure they'd fit in the time allotted and provide the information I wanted to convey. I believe there's a big demand for this sort of thing out there. I'm absolutely not an expert in any of the things I taught, but neither will be most of your attendees. Doing it, trying it, learning from it and building the community is just as valuable and will teach you a lot. http://vi.to/workshop/ http://vi.to/workshop/ is my effort, including a couple of write-ups, and the Facebook group has links to some of the notes and such as well.

random42 16y ago

I also happen to stumble upon the link, yesterday. Looks awesome.