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Design Thinking Fundamentals: Crafting Creative Solutions

Imagine a world where every problem is an opportunity for innovation, where creativity meets practicality, and where empathy fuels the design process. This is the essence of Design Thinking. This introductory course offers a glimpse into the world of Design Thinking. We'll embark on a journey to understand the principles, tools, and strategies that make Design Thinking a powerful force for change. We'll explore how to empathize with users, define problem statements, ideate wildly, prototype rapidly, and test rigorously—all with the aim of creating meaningful and impactful solutions.

  1. Course Start:

    (Self-paced)

  2. Estimated Effort:

    08:00 h/total
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Design Thinking Fundamentals: Crafting Creative Solutions

About This Course

Design thinking is a methodology that has revolutionized the way we approach problems in business, education, healthcare, and beyond.

Throughout this introductory course, we'll explore the core principles of Design Thinking. You'll learn how to empathize with people (users) to create solutions that work well and connect with their needs and experiences. We'll look into the mindset of Design Thinking and what it means to think like a designer.

As we navigate the course, you'll get to know various tools and strategies essential to Design Thinking. These tools will help you understand users better and create clear, useful problem statements. You'll enjoy coming up with ideas and gain confidence in quickly building and testing your prototypes with real user feedback. You'll also learn to appreciate both success and failure, seeing each as a step toward creating meaningful solutions.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the Design Thinking framework, principles, mindsets, and its application in problem-solving and innovation.
  • Identify the importance of empathy in understanding user needs and motivations, and conduct user research.
  • Learn how to define and reframe problems.
  • Enhance ideation skills and explore creative techniques for generating ideas, translate them into tangible prototypes, test and iterate them to create innovative solutions.
  • Explore strategies for applying Design Thinking in various contexts.

So, if you are ready to step into a world where innovation is a constant companion, join us on this journey. Let's create, innovate, and make a difference together.

Required Skills

None.

Course Level

Basics

Target Group

Anyone interested in taking a first step towards mastering a methodology that could change the way you think about problems and solutions.

Effort

8 hours in total.

Course Staff

Dr. HanadiTraifeh

Dr. Hanadi Traifeh

Hanadi is a senior advisor in Design Thinking & Innovation education at the German University of Digital Science and a senior researcher at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany. She also serves as an advisor and consultant for various companies and organizations across the Middle East, Europe, and Canada. Over the past two decades, she has led and contributed to the design, implementation, and delivery of numerous online and offline educational and capacity-building programs. Her work primarily focuses on learner-centric education design and the theory and implementation of Design Thinking.

Hanadi holds a PhD in Design Thinking from HPI at the University of Potsdam (Germany), a Master's degree in Fine Arts from the University of Wales (UK), and a Postgraduate Certificate in Instructional Design from George Brown College (Canada). Her research has been published in several academic outlets, and she is a frequent guest speaker at academic and professional conferences globally.

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