Dernière mise à jour : 07 Aug 2016

Design Thinking For K-12 Educators

Summary

This course provides an introduction to design thinking for K-12 teachers. Design thinking is a structured process used by educators, business leaders, and designers for solving complex, real-world problems.

Programme

As a participant, you will:

• Explore why the design thinking process is becoming increasingly popular, and how the process can be applied to K-12 classrooms.
• Learn about the different steps in the design thinking process.
• Receive tools, resources, and practical guidelines for applying design thinking in your classroom.
• Engage in hands-on work that uses a design guide template to lead you through the design thinking process.

Learning outcomes

Learning objectives:

• Describe the different steps in the design thinking process.
• Recognize how empathy functions in the design thinking process.
• Describe how the design thinking process might be useful to you and your students.
• Apply the design thinking process to your own classroom.
• Create your own design thinking challenge.

Teaching-Learning methodology

Instructor-led course (no detailed data).

Assessment

the course offers Badges and Certificate (no detailed data).