Inclusion by Design: A 75-Minute Crash Course on Accessible Design

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 831-835
Author(s):  
Julian Brinkley ◽  
Earl W. Huff
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Inclusive Design ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Creative Problem ◽  
Community Of Researchers ◽  
Minute Session

The community of researchers supporting instruction on design thinking has a significant body of materials to help students understand and master the process of creative problem solving in design. Missing, we argue are materials and processes which directly support the design of inclusive technologies for persons with disabilities. We present ‘Inclusion by Design’, an interactive and participative crash course designed to introduce students to techniques that may be useful in an inclusive design process. In a single 75-minute session, students explore the inclusive design of a transportation technology for a visually impaired persona. We report on our findings from a single pilot of the crash course involving six diverse students within a graduate course on Inclusive Design. Our findings suggest that the course may be effective in introducing techniques like storyboarding, scenario creation, and low fidelity prototyping to students using an approach that may be effective for various learning styles.

scholarly journals Frameworks for innovation, collaboration, and change: Value creation wheel, design thinking, creative problem‐solving, and lean

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-213
Author(s):  
Luis F. Lages ◽  
Antonin Ricard ◽  
Aurélie Hemonnet‐Goujot ◽  
Anne‐Marie Guerin
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
Creative Problem

Imagination Into Action: A School–University Collaboration With a Design Thinking Imperative

2020 ◽  
pp. 155545892097544
Author(s):  
William L. Sterrett ◽  
Sabrina Hill-Black ◽  
John B. Nash
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
Planning Team ◽  
Urban Middle School ◽  
Collaborative Environment ◽  
Creative Problem

An urban middle school goes through the transformation of becoming a university-supported lab school. Drawing upon design thinking principles, the planning team cultivates a sense of shared empathy, creative problem-solving, and an ethos of curiosity and learning in a collaborative environment.

Twelve tips to stimulate creative problem-solving with design thinking

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Michael D. Wolcott ◽  
Jacqueline E. McLaughlin ◽  
Devin K. Hubbard ◽  
Traci R. Rider ◽  
Kelly Umstead
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
Creative Problem

Design Thinking in Higher Education

2016 ◽  
pp. 306-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia von Thienen ◽  
Adam Royalty ◽  
Christoph Meinel
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Work Spaces ◽  
Creative Problem ◽  
Problem Solving Process

This chapter introduces design thinking as an educational approach to enhance creative problem-solving skills. It is a problem-based learning paradigm that builds on three pillars: A creative problem solving process, creative work-spaces and collaboration in multi-perspective teams. This chapter discusses central elements of design thinking education and contrasts the approach to conventional education as well as other problem-based learning paradigms. In particular, design thinking classes harness a unique “look and feel” and “verve” to help students acquire and experience creative mastery. Furthermore, the chapter overviews empirical studies on design thinking education. Four studies are described in more detail: Experiments on the three pillars of design thinking and one case study where a university class curriculum has been changed to a design thinking paradigm. Finally, the chapter provides resources for readers who want to learn more about design thinking education.

Design Thinking for Healthcare: Transliterating the Creative Problem-Solving Method Into Architectural Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-29
Author(s):  
Lesa Lorusso ◽  
Jae Hwa Lee ◽  
Elisa A. Worden
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
Healthcare Design ◽  
Creative Problem

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to define design thinking, provide insights into how it may be integrated into the healthcare design process, and provide a checklist for future implementation. Background: Design thinking is a collaborative method of inquiry that fosters innovative, team-generated solutions to complex scenarios, known as “wicked problems,” that are extraordinarily difficult to solve. It is a practical tool in the toolbox of the codesign team, which includes the client and design professionals as primary stakeholders. It is powered by team-based creativity that adaptively responds to a need for new approaches and products in an innovative and practically applicable way. The need for design thinking in healthcare is steadily increasing as the healthcare system and its care environments continue to grow in complexity. Although major medical breakthroughs have undeniably expanded the average human life span, the current healthcare system is inefficient. Now, more than ever, design thinking and the innovative, human-centered solutions it enables are needed within healthcare design. Although the use of design thinking as a method within the field of architecture is not new, many design teams struggle integrating it fully within the design process, particularly in healthcare. The knowledge, design method, checklists, and direction provided in this article can benefit healthcare design teams to successfully integrate the method into practice. Conclusion: If design thinking is integrated into the healthcare architectural design process with the creative problem-solving method, opportunities will arise for innovative solutions and deeper insights into problems to benefit healthcare delivery.

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