Adam Lupu

Adam Lupu is a learning scientist and cognitive engineer. He specializes in applying the latest scientific research on learning and development to the creation of training programs for technologists, designers, and business leaders. A former teacher, Mr. Lupu has an MA in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University, and has spent the last year developing technology mentorships, leadership seminars, and learning labs at Chicago-based Code Academy. As Director of Learning and Development at non-profit Global Playground, Mr. Lupu is responsible for developing an online learning platform that educates students and teachers around the world in technology and cultural literacy. He is also a staff writer for Technori.com and co-founder of TEDxEvanston.

Presentations

UX Camp 2012: Prototype Camp

360 Prototyping: Learn to Look at What You’re Building from Every Angle

Prototyping might be defined as applying a craft to learn about your product as you conceive and construct it. In order to learn more about your product (and what it can be) you want to look at it from all angles, not just the perspective you have inherited from developing your existing skills. In other words, designers, developers, and idea builders all benefit from being able to think about what they’re building using each other’s differing points of view.

So how can you learn a new framework for conceiving of a product without spending years practicing a new craft?

Research in the science of how people learn confirms that there are three different ways to pick up new perspectives and use them to inform what you create. In this session we will discuss these three pathways to 360 prototyping and everyone will get a chance to try on a new way of looking at what they make.