Team Learning 2019: Troubleshooting @Seokgwan-dong

"Trying artistic activities that approach social issues with technologies or seeing them from a different perspective"

The education program <Team Learning> at Center for Art Convergence, which focuses on the convergence of art and technology, is designed to feature lectures, technical workshops, and project activities conducted by instructors from various fields. Participants engage in collaborative creation(team project), through co-working based on open source and sharing.

<Team Learning 2019: Trouble Shooting @Seokgwan-dong>, an educational program for the second semester of 2019, was held at the ICT Culture Convergence Center in Pangyo. It aimed to think together about local-based, user-centered problem-solving methods based on the context of Seokgwan-dong, where the campus is located. We tried artistic activities that approach social issues with technologies or looking at them in a different perspective. The first half of team learning, composed of lectures and workshops, dealt with “art activities based on a critical mind about technology and society,” “data collection and reading using python,” “a technical approach to problem-solving using physical computing (Arduino and I/O devices).” In the team project activities during the second half of team learning, participants formed a team, select a prompt, and tried to find and implement a solution with the mentor group (lectures, workshop instructors).

• Period: 2019. 9. 28. (Sat) – 11. 23. (Sat), every Saturday, 10:00 - 17:00

• Location: ICT-Culture Convergence Lab, 2nd floor of 3-dong at ICT Culture Convergence Center in Pangyo (Map link: http://naver.me/54XQIIk4)

• Instructors

- Lecturer: unmakelab – Sooyeon Song and Binna Choi

- Workshop: Joosun Hwang (media artist, maker), Donghoon Lee (programmer, maker)

     - Assistant lecturer: Youngmin Jin

• Participants: 12 bachelor/master students at Korea National University of Arts

• Grant: 500 thousand won per group

[Methods for Organizing and Sharing Ideas] Brainstorming (mind map, 5whys, card sort)

[Evidence for Persuasion and Technical Implementation] Utilizing data, physical computing

[Technical and Tool-Based Collaboration Methods] Agile, WIP (Work in Process), Trello

[Artistic Approach] Critical thinking and crafting thoughtful questions

[Sharing Results] Instructables, Center for Art Convergence's Website

1. [9. 28. (Sat) 13:00 - 16:00] Orientation & Lecture (unmakelab) 

 - Orientation(13:00 - 14:00): introduction of the training program and timeline, introduction of team project activities 

 - Lecture(14:00 - 16:00): Data and associative tools 

2. [9.29.(Sun) 13:00 - 16:00] Team-building for Projects & Lecture (unmakelab) 

 - Team-building(13:00 - 14:00): sharing prompts, building teams for collaboration

 - Lecture(14:00 - 16:00): Construction of new interface 

3. [10.5.(Sat) 10:00 - 17:00] Data Workshop (Joosun Hwang) 

 - Workshop(10:00 - 13:00): talking about data

 - Workshop(14:00 - 17:00): learning through data

4. [10.12.(Sat) 10:00 - 17:00] Physical Computing Workshop (Donghoon Lee)

 - Workshop(10:00 - 13:00): Case Study 1

 - Workshop(14:00 - 17:00): Case Study 2

5. [10.19.(Sat) 10:00 - 17:00] Physical Computing Workshop (Donghoon Lee)

 - Workshop(10:00 - 17:00): Challenge

6. [10.26.(Sat) 14:00 - 17:00] Team Project Activity 1 (mentor groups)

 - Presenting research outcomes of the chosen prompt and the action plan 

7. [11.2.(Sat) 14:00 - 17:00] Team Project Activity 2 (mentor groups)

 - Revising the action plan and finalizing the realization plan

8. [11.9.(Sat) 14:00 - 17:00] Team Project Activity 3 (mentor groups)

 - Technological realization through problem-solving

9. [11.16.(Sat) 14:00 - 17:00] Team Project Activity 4 (mentor groups)

 - Technological realization through problem-solving

10. [11.23.(Sat) 14:00 - 17:00] Team Project Activity 5 (mentor groups)

 - Presenting the case of applying prototypes