in the empathy step of the design challenge, I collected feedback from the online instructors and the students by a survey, after reviewing the feedback I received, I was definitely able to change my focus based on that information.  I also studied the define step in the Bootcamp bootleg and learned how to have an actionable statement which can be described as the Point of View (POV). “More than simply defining the problem to work on, your point of view is your unique design vision that you crafted based on your discoveries during your empathy work” (Stanford, 2016, p. 2).

So far I have the following POV statement:

The online instructors must focus on the students’ engagement from the beginning of their courses as it is a big factor towards their success.

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I would also like to use How Might We (HMW) questions to be able to look deeper into the POV statement and come up with solutions to this problem. “HMWs are seeds for your ideation that fall out of your point-of-view statement, design principles, or insights” (Stanford, 2016, p. 26).

The following are some of the HMWs I have:

How might online instructors increase student engagement in their online courses from the beginning of the course?

How might online instructors keep the students engaged throughout the course?

 

References:

Stanford University Institute of Design. (2016). Bootcamp Bootleg.  Retrieved from http://dschool-old.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/METHODCARDS-v3-slim.pdf