{"id":720,"date":"2018-12-11T16:18:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T00:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0057\/?p=720"},"modified":"2019-02-10T11:59:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T19:59:19","slug":"back-to-design-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0057\/back-to-design-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 2 A1: Back to design thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barack Obama described that the needs of the 21st<\/sup>-century students are the problem solving, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation (2009, as cited in Goldman et al., 2012). Rowland suggests that a novice designer [of any kind] should gain experience in design thinking process with real or realistic situations in a case-based method of teaching what he considers the best methods of learning the design process (1992, as cited in Kenny, Zhang, Schwier, & Campbell, 2005). These lead me again to design thinking. Goldman et al. (2012) also state that post-secondary students need more development in critical thinking and problem-solving, and that design thinking has the potential to improve them. I agree that these skills in students need improvement and would expect that design thinking help in achieving it. Goldman et al. (2012) describe the design thinking process as thinking imaginatively using new instead of traditional or expected ideas, thinking differently from a new perspective. The five key stages in design thinking relate to the ability to empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test (Stanford University Institute of Design, 2016). It is a change from learner-centred to human-centred with a stronger understanding of the interactions and empathy needed to transition to the design thinking process.<\/p>\n

Mindshifts represent the active shifts that a student makes during the design process (Goldman et al., 2012, p. 15). It\u2019s a change in thinking that can happen quickly and intensely or slowly and gradually. Carol Dweck (2007, as cited in Goldman et al., 2012) states that growth in mindsets can be learned through hard work towards problem-solving. Mindshifts can be challenging to observe though, and throughout the Goldman et al. (2012) study, the viewpoint was shifted to looking more at the epistemological aspects during the evaluation of design thinkers.<\/p>\n

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Takeaways for my next case study:<\/p>\n

Design thinking encourages different thinking; design thinking is problem-solving and creative confidence and puts doing and innovating at the center of problem-solving.<\/p>\n

Heightened confidence in thinking and finding a new dimension to flush out concepts and innovative challenges, seem to empower students to deal successfully with challenging tasks.<\/p>\n

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Illustrations are created by the author.<\/em><\/p>\n

References<\/p>\n

Goldman, S., Carroll, M. P., Kabayadondo, Z., Cavagnaro, L. B., Royalty, A. W., Roth, B., \u2026 Kim, J. (2012). Assessing d.learning: Capturing the journey of becoming a design thinker. In H. Plattner, C. Meinel, & L. Leifer (Eds.), Design Thinking Research<\/em> (pp. 13\u201333). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-642-31991-4_2<\/p>\n

Kenny, R. F., Zhang, Z., Schwier, R. A., & Campbell, K. (2005). A Review of What Instructional Designers Do: Questions Answered and Questions Not Asked. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology<\/em>, 31<\/em>(1). Retrieved from https:\/\/www.cjlt.ca\/index.php\/cjlt\/article\/view\/26504\/19686<\/p>\n

Stanford University Institute of Design. (2016). A virtual crash course in design thinking \u2014 Stanford d.school. Retrieved November 12, 2018, from https:\/\/dschool.stanford.edu\/resources-collections\/a-virtual-crash-course-in-design-thinking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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