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TEACHING DESIGN THINKING: EVOLUTION OF A TEACHING COLLABORATION ACROSS DISCIPLINARY, ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL BOUNDARIES
Gill, Carolina; Graell, Merce
Type:
Year:
2016
Editor:
Erik Bohemia, Ahmed Kovacevic, Lyndon Buck, Christian Tollestrup, Kaare Eriksen, Nis Ovesen
Author:
Series:
E&PDE
Institution:
1The Ohio State University, 2IED Barcelona, Designit
Section:
Collaborative Environments
Page(s):
034-039
ISBN:
978-1-904670-62-9
Abstract:
This paper’s aim is to describe the collaborative efforts of two designers/educators who have been
teaching the application of mindsets and methodologies associated with design thinking during the last
eleven years. This journey started with a request to one of the authors to co-teach a course in the
engineering training program at NASA in 2004 and has taken both authors through multiple iterations
of courses in academic and professional environments. Several dimensions of the design-thinking
curriculum are then detailed, explaining the evolution of the courses as the processes, methodologies
and tools become increasingly recognized as useful tools to address complex challenges in which
analytical approaches offer limited results. Participation of multiple disciplines, contexts and delivery
methods are also discussed.
teaching the application of mindsets and methodologies associated with design thinking during the last
eleven years. This journey started with a request to one of the authors to co-teach a course in the
engineering training program at NASA in 2004 and has taken both authors through multiple iterations
of courses in academic and professional environments. Several dimensions of the design-thinking
curriculum are then detailed, explaining the evolution of the courses as the processes, methodologies
and tools become increasingly recognized as useful tools to address complex challenges in which
analytical approaches offer limited results. Participation of multiple disciplines, contexts and delivery
methods are also discussed.
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