Following are some details of the making of the Assignment 1A that Fiona and Alfonso worked together as a team.
The crash course on design thinking left both of us with more questions than answers. Specially considering that we were asked to build an online training having as an example how to devise a new experience around giving/receiving a gift… honestly, the example did not contribute much to the brainstorming session.
We met twice in-person within one week: once in Vancouver and once in Victoria. Ironic, since we are in an online course, doing an assignment to develop an online training. Alfonso was having technical difficulties, so we planned a real-world work-around. For instance, when we agreed to meet in Vancouver, Fiona was in Victoria and Alfonso was in Monterrey, Mexico, and we connected using Zoom although on his end Alfonso had to type because the computer did not have a working microphone.
A few days later we had our first meeting in Vancouver, and worked through the d.school Design Thinking process at the Salsa & Agave Mexican Grill on Fiona’s ReMarkable Paper Tablet. We met again to co-write the assignment’s blog post at Fiona’s in Victoria. Please follow the link to Assignment 1A in Fiona’s blog, and provide us with your feedback on our work.
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