Student Experience Design Lab
Toronto Metropolitan University is committed to supporting the advancement of quality learning experiences on and off-campus. To support this goal, the university, in collaboration with the eCampusOntario SXD Lab (external link, opens in new window) , is engaging students to design a way to improve the learning environment. The goal of this project is to explore how time, place and pace affect learning, using a problem-based design perspective.
Project Challenge: How might we redefine the learning environment to better meet students’ needs?
The philosophy of the lab is to learn by making and doing. This enables students to take advantage of experiential learning opportunities and use design practices to enhance the post-secondary system and contribute to social open innovation.
The SXD Lab students work as self-employed, independent contractors. Our four students come from Ted Rogers School of Management, Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Community Services, Graphic Communication Management, The Creative School, and Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science. Stay tuned as the students get started on their design project.
Meet Our Students
At the time of the project, Afrah Idrees was a second-year Graphic Communications Management student at Toronto Metropolitan University. She seeks to apply her design skills and writing abilities in socially responsible ways to impact the lives of others and spark change in experiences. When she is not by her computer, she can be found taking photographs or by the water, deep into a good book.
At the time of the project, Arjun Sahota was a fourth-year Bachelor of Commerce student and Project Associate at Toronto Metropolitan University's Ted Rogers School of Management. At 14 Arjun & his friends started a non-profit organization called Count Me In encouraging young people to get involved in their local communities, within 4-years this small non-profit became North America's largest youth-led charity, and had impacted over 2-million people in over 50 countries.
Arjun's work with organizations like Count Me In and formal education allows him to understand social issues at both a community and policy level.
At the time of the project, Agnes was a fourth-year architectural science student at Toronto Metropolitan University. Throughout her academic career, she has developed and is continuing to expand on a wide range of technical, creative, and communication skills. She enjoys collaborating in multidisciplinary teams on design-build competitions and is interested in project management, real estate, social and public design, and digital tools and technology. Her goal is to collaborate with like-minded designers in enhancing the built environment and see her contributions become a reality.
Outside of class, you may find her exploring art galleries around Toronto, looking for new interesting places to eat, or spending time at home with Pudgy, her hedgehog.
