Reflections on the Power of Design Thinking to Enhance Instructional Design Practices
User Experience Design as a Complement to Instructional Design Over the past few years I explored the connection between theContinue Reading
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Evaluating Ideation Techniques
Ideation is the process of coming up with creative solutions to stated problems. There are a variety of ideation techniquesContinue Reading
Point of View as a Driver of Design
Once we have gathered data on our users, and designed empathy maps to reflect their backgrounds and motivations, we needContinue Reading
You Can’t Solve a Problem That You Can’t Define
The world is full of problems, and that is why we have designers. Designers solve problems. But designers can’t solveContinue Reading
Undercover Empathy: An Analysis of Empathy Maps
Undercover Boss is a television show designed to elicit empathy from its viewers, by taking the top person in anContinue Reading
Empathizing With Our Learners
Last week a student called to say his father had fallen, and needed to be relocated to assisted living. I’llContinue Reading
Designing for Emotion
It’s natural for people to have emotional reactions to the things around them, and that includes the products, services andContinue Reading
Crash Course in Design Thinking: A Virtual Experience
The Design Thinking Crash Course from the d.School at Stamford provides an interesting opportunity to experience the design thinking processContinue Reading
Design Thinking As An Instructional Design Approach
The Design Thinking approach has been popularized by Tim Brown and the d.school at Stamford University as a way toContinue Reading
Ideation: Getting The Ideas To Flow
Sometimes new ideas come easy – other times it can feel like a true battle to summon creative ideas toContinue Reading
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