More Patience and Creativity

Team Learning in Online Stakeholder Workshop settings

Authors

• Melanie Sarantou University of Lapland
• Carolina Gutiérrez Novoa Paco Design Collaborative
• Silvia Remotti Paco Design Collaborative
• Mira Alhonsuo University of Lapland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54916/rae.119542

Keywords:

team learning, design research, arts-based methods, digital environments

Abstract

This article discusses a design research project in which design practitioners and researchers collaborated to develop training guidelines and a toolset for a
stakeholder workshop to be implemented by partner organisations of the Arts on the Margins: Arts as Social Sculpture (AMASS; 2020–2023) project. It focuses on the learning experiences of the design team, which was comprised of four people who created the online environment for the stakeholder workshop.
The team members, who are also the authors of this article, were all designers and researchers with varied backgrounds and experiences. The workshop
activities were adapted from a face-to-face format to an online environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of the article are to explore the team dynamics, approaches to design development within digital environments. The use of collaborative autoethnography (CAE) and reflection enabled the design team to assess their design processes and learn from critical discussion. The results will present guidelines for teams developing and conducting online workshops in digital environments.