The role of learning style in engineering design thinking via project-based STEM course

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Chi-Cheng Chang ◽  
Wan-Hsuan Yen
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Design Thinking

The adaptation of design thinking in auditing

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda MEIJER-WASSENAAR ◽  
Diny VAN EST
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Design Framework ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Way

How can a supreme audit institution (SAI) use design thinking in auditing? SAIs audit the way taxpayers’ money is collected and spent. Adding design thinking to their activities is not to be taken lightly. SAIs independently check whether public organizations have done the right things in the right way, but the organizations might not be willing to act upon a SAI’s recommendations. Can you imagine the role of design in audits? In this paper we share our experiences of some design approaches in the work of one SAI: the Netherlands Court of Audit (NCA). Design thinking needs to be adapted (Dorst, 2015a) before it can be used by SAIs such as the NCA in order to reflect their independent, autonomous status. To dive deeper into design thinking, Buchanan’s design framework (2015) and different ways of reasoning (Dorst, 2015b) are used to explore how design thinking can be adapted for audits.

EXPRESS: Testing Theories of Goal Progress in Online Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 002224372199110
Author(s):  
Joy Lu ◽  
Eric T. Bradlow ◽  
J. Wesley Hutchinson
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Traditional Education ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Learner Engagement ◽  
Goal Progress ◽  
Business Courses ◽  
Using Data

Online educational platforms increasingly allow learners to consume content at their own pace with on-demand formats, in contrast to the synchronous content of traditional education. Thus, it is important to understand and model learner engagement within these environments. Using data from four business courses hosted on Coursera, we model learner behavior as a two-stage decision process, with the first stage determining across-day continuation versus quitting and the second stage determining within-day choices among lectures, quizzes, and breaks. By modeling the heterogeneity across learners pursuing lecture and quiz completion goals, we capture different patterns of consumption that correspond to extant theories of goal progress within an empirical field setting. We find that most individuals exhibit a learning style where lecture utility changes as an inverted-U-shaped function of current progress. Our model may also be used as an early detection system to anticipate changes in engagement and allows us to relate learning styles to final performance outcomes and enrollment in additional courses. Finally, we examine the role of quizzes in how consumption patterns vary across learners in different courses and between those who have paid or not paid for the option to earn a course certificate.

When Hockey Won’t Sell in Minnesota: Using Design Thinking to Innovate the Ticket Service

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (S1) ◽  
pp. S14-S17
Author(s):  
Clinton Warren
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Athletic Department ◽  
Ticket Sales ◽  
Sales And Marketing ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Spectator Attendance ◽  
The University

This case study asks students to assume the role of a ticket sales strategist hired to work as a consultant for the University of Minnesota Golden Gopher athletic department. In this case, you will be asked to work with members of the Gopher Fan Advisory Board to develop service innovations in the area of ticket sales. As a sales and marketing consultant, you will examine existing data on spectator attendance trends and focus group interviews to determine the current issues facing the athletic department. Then, you will be asked to suggest the manners by which the athletic department should innovate the ticket service, using a design thinking approach to grow ticket sales and spectator attendance for the men’s hockey program.

scholarly journals Engineering First: How Engineering Design Thinking Affects Science Learning

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mandy Biggers ◽  
Leigh Haefner ◽  
Jonathan Bell
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
Design Thinking

scholarly journals Leveraging User Experience to Improve Video Consultations in a Cardiology Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Initial Insights (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter Vandekerckhove ◽  
Yves Vandekerckhove ◽  
Rene Tavernier ◽  
Kelly De Jaegher ◽  
Marleen de Mul
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Video Communication ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Cardiology Department ◽  
Video Consultation ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Communication Software ◽  
Implanted Devices

UNSTRUCTURED During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, cardiologists have attempted to minimize risks to their patients by using telehealth to provide continuing care. Rapid implementation of video consultations in outpatient clinics for patients with heart disease can be challenging. We employed a design thinking tool called a customer journey to explore challenges and opportunities when using video communication software in the cardiology department of a regional hospital. Interviews were conducted with 5 patients with implanted devices, a nurse, an information technology manager and two cardiologists. Three lessons were identified based on these challenges and opportunities. Attention should be given to the ease of use of the technology, the meeting features, and the establishment of the connection between the cardiologist and the patient. Further, facilitating the role of an assistant (or virtual assistant) with the video consultation software who can manage the telehealth process may improve the success of video consultations. Employing design thinking to implement video consultations in cardiology and to further implement telehealth is crucial to build a resilient health care system that can address urgent needs beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

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