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Design thinking

Patrick Westermann English

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Design thinking

Current issues in education
- Digital world
- Fast changing world
- Outdated problem solving methods
- Lack of creativity
Atributes of design thinking processes
- focus on a problem
  - define the issue clearly and revise the definitons
- driven by empathy
  - understand the needs of the users
- collaborative
  - incorporate people with different back grounds
- clear and tangable
  - visualize and be hands on
- fail fast and fail safe
  - use prototyping techniques
- capacity building
  - continually built skills and abilities
Triple diamond process structure
- 1st Diamond: Stimulate
  - Goal: Stimulate awareness
  - Explore examples of related issues
  - Work in Teams
  - Come up with questions about a particular aspect of the issue
- 2nd Diamond: Incubate
  - Explore Solutions
    - Methods for exploration
      - Undertake a Horizon Scan
        Collect ideas and inspiration from the best innovators around the world
        Searching in databases
        Asking Experts
        Conduct a deep dive into the material
      - Use Ethnography
        Systematic study of people and cultures
        Research perspective of users
        Spend time with relevant group
      - Determine relevant resources
        Auditing
        What resources are available?
        Money
        Work
        Opportuinties
        Activities mapping
        What activities are needed
        Who are the key players?
      - Defining what you found out
        Generate personas
        Use conceptualizing frameworks
  - Generate Solutions
    - Methods for idea generation and testing
      - Listen to disrupters
        different perspectives
      - Learn from related works
      - Create a Story board
      - Conduct open behavioural simulation
      - Role-playing
        explore dynamics of situations
      - Paper prototyping
  - Evaluate Solutions
    - Methods for evaluation
      - Polling
      - Surveys
      - Interviews and focus groups
      - Action research
      - Analysis of existing data:
- 3rd Diamond: Scale
  - Scaling of high impact teaching practices is challenging
    - Knowledge transfer required
    - involves mutual learning
    - involves co-operation
    - requires change in behavior