I’ve been thinking about how to apply ‘design thinking’ in education, especially in English language teaching. How can design thinking be used to innovate in teaching?<\/p>\n
The design-thinking framework follows an overall flow of 1) understand, 2) explore, and 3) materialize. Within these larger buckets fall the 6 phases: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test, and implement.<\/p>\n
Empathize<\/strong>: Conduct research in order to develop knowledge about what your users\u00a0do, say, think, and feel.<\/p>\n Imagine your goal is to improve an onboarding experience for new users. In this phase, you talk to a range of actual users.\u00a0 Directly observe what they do, how they think, and what they want, asking yourself things like \u2018what motivates or discourages users?\u2019 or \u2018where do they experience frustration?\u2019 The goal is to gather enough observations that you can truly begin to empathize with your users and their perspectives.<\/p>\n Define<\/strong>: Combine all your research and observe where your users\u2019 problems exist. In pinpointing your users\u2019 needs, begin to highlight opportunities for innovation.<\/p>\n Consider the onboarding example again. In the define phase, use the data gathered in the empathize phase to glean insights. Organize all your observations and draw parallels across your users\u2019 current experiences. Is there a common pain point across many different users? Identify unmet user needs.<\/p>\n Ideate<\/strong>: Brainstorm a range of crazy, creative ideas that address the unmet user needs identified in the define phase. Give yourself and your team total freedom; no idea is too farfetched and quantity supersedes quality.<\/p>\n At this phase, bring your team members together and sketch out many different ideas. Then, have them share ideas with one another, mixing and remixing, building on others’ ideas.<\/p>\n Prototype<\/strong>: Build real, tactile representations for a subset of your ideas. The goal of this phase is to understand what components of your ideas work, and which do not. In this phase you begin to weigh the impact vs. feasibility of your ideas through feedback on your prototypes.<\/p>\n Make your ideas tactile. If it is a new landing page, draw out a wireframe and get feedback internally.\u00a0 Change it based on feedback, then prototype it again in quick and dirty code. Then, share it with another group of people.<\/p>\n Test<\/strong>: Return to your users for feedback. Ask yourself \u2018Does this solution meet users\u2019 needs?\u2019 and \u2018Has it improved how they feel, think, or do their tasks?\u2019<\/p>\n Put your prototype in front of real customers and verify that it achieves your goals. Has the users\u2019 perspective during onboarding improved? Does the new landing page increase time or money spent on your site? As you are executing your vision, continue to test along the way.<\/p>\n Implement<\/strong>: Put the vision into effect. Ensure that your solution is materialized and touches the lives of your end users.<\/p>\n This is the most important part of design thinking, but it is the one most often forgotten. As Don Norman preaches, \u201cwe need more design doing.\u201d Design thinking does not free you from the actual design doing. It\u2019s not magic. Milton Glaser\u2019s words resonate: \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as a creative type. As if creativity is a verb, a very time-consuming verb. It\u2019s about taking an idea in your head, and transforming that idea into something real. And that\u2019s always going to be a long and difficult process. If you\u2019re doing it right, it\u2019s going to feel like work.\u201d<\/p>\n As impactful as design thinking can be for an organization, it only leads to true innovation if the vision is executed. The success of design thinking lies in its ability to transform an aspect of the end user\u2019s life. This sixth step \u2014 implement \u2014\u00a0is crucial.<\/p>\n More.\u00a0https:\/\/goo.gl\/pjKp3f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been thinking about how to apply ‘design thinking’ in education, especially in English language teaching. How can design thinking be used to innovate in teaching? 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