TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING IN PRODUCT DESIGN WORKSHOPS: A GENERATIVE AI ASSISTANT APPROACH
Year: 2024
Editor: Grierson, Hilary; Bohemia, Erik; Buck, Lyndon
Author: Gutierrez Contreras, Luis Miguel; Acuña López, Alejandro
Series: E&PDE
Institution: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Page(s): 211 - 216
DOI number: 10.35199/EPDE.2024.36
ISBN: 978-1-912254-200
ISSN: 3005-4753
Abstract
Product design workshops represent environments where technological progress has had a significant impact, especially in prototype creation processes, encompassing both the technology employed in construction and integrated components. However, project management activities persist in being conventionally addressed, susceptible to increasing the margin of error in product manufacturing and extending the time required to conclude the planning phase. This paper delves into the initial integration of a generative artificial intelligence assistant in the search for relevant information for the execution of product design projects in manufacturing workshop environments. The advanced capabilities of generative data processing are harnessed with the aspiration that this assistant becomes a dynamic collaborator, efficiently supporting and guiding the student throughout the prototype creation process. This initial approach of the assistant was applied to prototype and manufacturing courses in the 4th and 6th semesters of the Product Design program.
Keywords: AI Assistant, Product Design Education, Design Workshops, Educational Innovation, Professional Education