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Continuing education

Interaction Design Course participants
Interaction Design Course participants

As professionals, we always need to be learning. The times have passed that we can just coast through our careers.

I recently attended an Interaction Course presented by CooperU in Los Angeles. They are often offering classes only at their facility in San Francisco. So I was excited to attend this workshop and to learn to new skills.

What did I like the most?
  • Getting some time off of work
  • Engaging in new activities
  • Jump starting the brain and creative processes
  • Meeting new people

What did I dislike the most?

  • It only lasting 3 days. I could have learned more.
  • Some exercises seemed too “on the surface” and I would have liked to have the chance to dig deeper or try the exercise again on a different topic for more practice.
  • It seemed very “Cooper” focused and I am not sure there would be time to apply some of these tactics in the real-world agile environment.

What surprised me the most?

  • How quickly the time would fly by in the breakout session.
  • People were other disciplines besides UX design.
  • Lunch was not provided as part of the admission fee. (It would have been a good opportunity to have break out sessions on other topics.
  • How exhausted mentally I was by the end of the third day. I guess I was really giving my brain a workout.