Design Thinking

In this 44 minute presentation for EdmodoCon 2018, Shelley Goldman speaks on three major topics: 1. What is Design Thinking? 2. How does it apply to learning?, and 3. Why this could be the key to transforming our teaching practices and thus our learners and classrooms for the 21st Century. As a professor at Stanford University in the graduate program of education, Shelley is a former elementary and middle school teacher turned educational anthropologist and is passionate about broadening participation in STEM learning and in researching design thinking. The strength of this resource is that I get to hear directly from someone on the cutting edge of the topic of design thinking in an educational setting.

Goldman, Shelley. (2018, August, 21). Keynote: Why Design Thinking and Why Now? Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nikShdb_0E8

This website, although designed for business professionals, does an excellent job of outlining and explaining the key features and considerations for the Design Thinking Framework. This comprehensive and well-designed site lays the groundwork for understanding the importance of each stage of the Design Thinking Framework and the necessity of the process in our world today.

Interaction Design Foundation. (2019). What is Design Thinking and Why Is It So Popular?. Retrieved 29 September 2019, from https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/what-is-design-thinking-and-why-is-it-so-popular

This very concise video by “Sprouts” outlines the 5-step design process in an easy to understand way. I like its simplicity in taking a very complex idea and explaining it in a way that even my students could follow. I was also intrigued by other videos done by “Sprouts” including such topics as growth mindset, the scientific method, study tips, and so much more.

The Design Thinking Process. (2017). Retrieved 30 September 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0VX-aU_T8