Design thinking (5cr)

Objective

You are able to use design thinking and identify and define areas for improvement in your design.

You know how to use the design process and how to organise your work in a goal-oriented way.

You can make your thinking concrete and visible by using images and text.

Content

What is design thinking? How do you find areas for development and use design thinking in your development work?

How do you use brainstorming methods to support your thinking?

How do you make design thinking visible and available for assessment?

How do you use your skills in your own development work?

Evaluation

Students can

a. find, study, produce and assess critically multidisciplinary data in their field of expertise.

b. solve demanding problems in research, development and innovation activities.

e. assess different strategic approaches and justify their use in terms of management and development.

Course material

Design thinking process & methods guide
Curedale, Robert
Design Community College 2016. 2nd edition

The Design thinking playbook
Mindful digital transformation of teams, products, services, businesses and ecosystems
Michael Lerwick, Patrick Link, Larry Leifer
Wiley 2018

Study forms and methods

The course follows a work week-based timetable.

Work-integrated learning is possible if your work tasks allow you to develop the skills mentioned in the course objectives and content. Contact the course teacher well in advance of the start of the course to determine
- whether work-integrated learning is possible in your job
- what kind of evidence you can provide of your skills?

RDI and work-related cooperation

The tasks of the study module can be made as a real life project cooperation, to be connected for example to the student´s own work.

Timing of exams and assignments

There is no exam for this course.

Student workload

5 credits is 135 hours, of which contact teaching is 8 hours x 3 teaching sessions
- 12 hours of lectures
- about 33 hours of work in small groups
- 90 hours of independent work
- 2 hours of voluntary Teams guidance

Further information

The course consists of lectures on the topic and various learning assignments.

The course material is available on the Learn platform.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Students can

-find, study, produce and assess critically multidisciplinary data in their field of expertise
- solve demanding problems in research, development and innovation activities
- assess different strategic approaches and justify their use in terms of management and development.'

Active participation in teaching and successful completion of assignments.

Excellent (5), good (4-3), satisfactory (2-1); failed