design thinking process for higher education

Overview of this Post: This is an inside look at the Creative Acadamy sponsored by Surrey to help bring Design Thining to the challenges of Higher Education. This post is very comprehensive about the PROCESS of Design Thinking.

Thoughts on this Post: This has a huge amount of information for anyone looking to see the process in action. Follow the link to the original site for even more information. This is really worth the time.

Original Post at Surrey Center for Excellence in Professional Training and Education - Creative Academy

Creative Academy is formed around a problem statement that all participants can engage with: How can I design a rich experience so that learners are inspired, empowered and enabled to use their creativity? The emphasis on I is important as this is all about individuals being able to change something in their own teaching and learning situations. The question is written across the wall and it provides a focal point for problem solving and esign thinking.

The process begins by explaining the ideas of divergent and creative thinking using a simple map of the process. Framework for creative problem solving.doc . Participants are encouraged to think about the problem from many angles by reframing the problem statement in terms of many other how can I questions.

This is how we explain the process of design thinking to participants and begin the process of design thinking by questioning the problem statement

The next step involves generating through the ‘brain writing’ technique, lots possible solutions to our problem

Having dumped our initial and perhaps more obvious solutions to our problem we now use a series of techniques to try to push us to come up with more unusual solutions

You can continue to generate ideas using a variety of techniques to stimulate such thinking or you can play around and develop further ideas that have already been identified for example near the end of this video clip.