Design Thinking

Description

Heritage Course Number: ED460x

Participants in this course will be introduced to the theory behind Design Thinking and how Design Thinking fits into an educational settings. Participants will participate in a Design Thinking challenge and will be asked to create an action plan for how Design Thinking can be immediately put into use in their own educational context.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Evaluate the need for, and use of, design thinking for your school;
• Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness;
• Understand the emotional obligation of the design thinking process;
• Identify ways in which design thinking pedagogies can be utilized in classroom/school settings;
• Design and experience ways of integrating the design thinking process;
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the design thinking process;
• Evaluate the use of design thinking embedded into your curriculum;
• Create a design thinking implementation plan for your school; and
• Regularly reflect and share learning through course communication tools.