Summary: Put in place flash cards on product design principles & techniques so that ATL students can use them as a ready-reckoner to learn the art & rigor of product design at their own pace.

However, merely conducting skilling sessions on product design is not enough.  In fact, most traditional skilling programs fail to achieve their objectives as they involve intense learning over a short-duration of time.  Most students find it challenging to absorb a lot of new information in a short span of time.  Moreover, they cannot retain knowledge of a subject for which they haven't felt a need yet.   The net result is, most students forget what they learnt a few days or weeks after the training program is over.  For skilling to be effective, it has to be a slow and steady process.  Skilling on product design principles & techniques has to happen over a period of time with learning content readily available for students to make use of - as and when they need them.  

Flash cards are simple, but very effective learning aids that can be provided for ATL students to acquire knowledge & skills in product design principles & techniques as and when they need them and at their own pace. 

Create interactive Flash Cards with QR Codes that provide tidbits of information, learning resources, tips & suggestions, and examples on product design principles & techniques.  ATL students can refer to these flash cards as and when they need them.  Students can scan the QR codes on a Flash Card to view online tutorials, videos, samples, or download templates.  Flash Cards makes it possible for students to have all the information they need at their finger tips - as and when they need them.  The skilling then becomes lot more effective than traditional training programs.

For e.g., we can create interactive Flash Cards on the following product design principles & techniques for the benefit of ATL students:

The following online tools can be used for creating interactive flash cards:

• Canva or Google Slides for creating flash cards.

• QRCodeMoney for creating QR codes to go with the flash cards.

Here, you will find 5 Flash Card decks on Product Design techniques that contain a total of 48 flash cards.  Every flash card in the deck contains one or more QR codes, scanning which will open additional content & resources from online sources. 

• Have each Flash Card printed on an A4 or bigger sized poster-paper.  Have them laminated if possible.

• Place the Flash Cards in at a designated area (e.g., Entrepreneur's Station) in your ATL.

• Students can refer to the Flash Cards to learn the art & rigor of product design.

Role of School Management: Deploy interactive Flash Cards on Product Design techniques in your ATL.

Role of Students: Make use of the Flash cards to learn how to design physical or digital products at your own pace.

Role of Mentor(s): Create interactive Flash Cards on Product Design techniques for the benefit of ATL students.

Role of ATL In-charge: Ensure interactive Flash Cards on Product Design techniques are made available in the ATL at the designated area (e.g., Entrepreneur's Station) within the ATL.

Create interactive Flash Cards on Product Design techniques and deploy them in your ATL. Encourage budding product designers & entrepreneurs to make use of the flash cards to learn how to design physical or digital products.  Submit the link / screenshot(s) / video-recording of interactive Flash Cards on Product Design deployed at your ATL.