Design Thinking And Innovation Design
CourseDesign Thinking
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Overview
As for business management problem, scientific research problem, or engineering problem, the process of finding the solutions to these problems can be regarded as the process of "design". Using design thinking, people can find suitable solutions in various fields.
In view of this, we developed this course "Design Thinking and Innovation Design". With the mission of strengthening moral education and cultivating people, this course is a general education course of innovation and entrepreneurship for all students. It is committed to cultivating production innovation and entrepreneurial practice students with "design-led and innovation-driven". The course is taught by professors Zhang Kejun, Sun Lingyun and Chai Chunlei. The main contents include design thinking theory, methods and tools, innovation design connotation, approaches and key technologies, and outstanding cases of innovation and entrepreneurship practice.
In view of this, we developed this course "Design Thinking and Innovation Design". With the mission of strengthening moral education and cultivating people, this course is a general education course of innovation and entrepreneurship for all students. It is committed to cultivating production innovation and entrepreneurial practice students with "design-led and innovation-driven". The course is taught by professors Zhang Kejun, Sun Lingyun and Chai Chunlei. The main contents include design thinking theory, methods and tools, innovation design connotation, approaches and key technologies, and outstanding cases of innovation and entrepreneurship practice.
Syllabus
1Week 1: Course Introduction, Basics of Design Thinking, Needs Understanding, Unit Test 1
2Week 2: Problem Definition, Ideation, Prototyping, Unit Test 2, Assignment 1
3Week 3: Iteration, Result Release, Methods & Tools (Part 1), Unit Test 3
4Week 4: Methods & Tools (Part 2), Interviews, Basics of Innovative Design, Supplementary Materials, Unit Test 4
5Week 5: Human-centered Innovative Design, Mentor Interviews, Supplementary Materials, Unit Test 5, Assignment 2
6Week 6: Technology-driven Innovative Design, Supplementary Materials, Unit Test 6
7Week 7: Art-driven Innovative Design, Business-driven Innovative Design, Supplementary Materials, Unit Test 7
8Week 8: Culture-driven Innovative Design, Supplementary Materials, Unit Test 8
9Week 9: More on Culture-driven Innovation, Design-driven Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education, Supplementary Materials
10Week 10: Case Studies 1-3
11Week 11: Case Studies 4-5, Course Summary, Expert Interviews
Course Exhibition
Student works and project showcases from the course
Student Work 1
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Student Work 2
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Student Work 3
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Student Work 4
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Course Access
Teachers
Kejun Zhang
Lingyun Sun
Chunlei Chai