‘Innovation and Design’ (I and D) and ‘Global Citizenship and Social Enterprisingness’ (GC and SE) are the two university-wide themes which are to reassure our students locking up with skills of critical and creative thinking and global mindsets, values and traits. CLEAR with the collaboration of Education for Good (EFG) will unfold the process of design thinking to our educators. EFG is committed to providing educational and training programs to the development of communities. Sit tight and be ready for the journey of design thinking!
To engage and inspired a group of experienced educators about the powerful concept of “Design Thinking” and exploring the possibility of integrating “social enterprising” education into the courses they teach to nurture socially-minded students
Based on Design Council UK, there are in total four steps to execute design thinking, namely discover, define, develop, and deliver. In this workshop, participants will undergo the first three steps through hands-on and interactive processes to have a taste of the creative-problem solving tools and subsequently apply them to their own discipline. A design brief will be provided at the very beginning which participants have to systematically apply a set of design thinking tools that they are to be equipped with and co-create innovative ideas in response. Through the learning experience, participants will be empowered with ‘empathy’, a prerequisite to doing design thinking as well as the ability to define problems with precision. Inspiring innovation cases and debriefing would be conducted at the end.
Workshop rundown:
Introduction to Design Thinking—When theory is not just theory
Tool 1: Empathy map/Theming –Uncovering the unspoken
Tool 2: Point of View/How might We—How to bridge the user innovator gap?
Tool 3: Yes, and brainstorming—Debunking the misconceptions of brainstorming
Wrap up with case study sharing —Unleashing the power of design thinkin
Date & Time:
August 24th, 2018 (10:30am – 12noon)
Venue:
LT 9 YIA (Yasumoto International Academic Park)
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