Group assignment

The leading role of design thinking in education is examined from a multi-dimensional perspective

Abstract

As a creative strategy, design thinking aims to provide a value-oriented way of thinking, break the boundary of the original problem, and strive to find the optimal solution to the problem (Panke, S. 2019). Chapter 6 argues that design thinking should be regarded as a people-oriented innovation method, emphasizing a deep understanding of user needs, combining technical feasibility and commercial feasibility, and creating solutions to meet user needs (Bower, M. 2017). This blog will explore the impact of design thinking as an implementation framework for educators, both for themselves or for learners.

👉This video link explains in detail what is design thinking

  

                                                              

The relationship between "critically review" and design thinking

Critically review refers to the comprehensive and in-depth analysis and evaluation of specific topics, theories, research results or works, to explain their strengths, values and contributions, but also objectively analyze their limitations, shortcomings and potential problems, so as to deeply understand and judge the various characteristics of the object with critical thinking.

Design thinking and critical review have the same aim to enhance the value of the results.

👀In the process, critical review runs through all stages of design thinking and plays a role in quality control

👀In the way of thinking, the divergence of design thinking and the rigor of critical review complement each other

👀In terms of capacity training, the two cooperate to jointly promote the improvement of individual and team capabilities

                                 

Contact podcast:

At 11:30, the podcast mentions the LMS platform as a powerful learning management system, which clarifies the learning difficulties encountered by students through the interpretation of student data, and constantly helps educators improve learning design, which is in line with the iterative nature of design thinking, while striving to seek the optimal solution. Technology, as an adjunct to design thinking, aims to create a better learning environment by focusing on learner-centered core principles. The LMS platform allows:

1. Create interactive mode, students conduct online debate, so as to guide students to participate in learning more actively

2. Track learners' progress and give them personalized feedback

3. Design different modules or assignments according to the student's individual learning style or progress

These technical support for the in-depth evaluation of students' learning research results, not only feedback learners' learning harvest, but also analyze learners' remaining problems, in line with the "critically review" dialectical perspective of the main features.

Learning design is the concrete practice of applying design thinking, and design thinking provides the methodology and framework of learning design. The two promote each other, jointly promote educational innovation, and make teaching more targeted, flexible and creative.

I was most interested in the podcast's emphasis on the relationship between teacher assessment and learning design at around 17:30. It is worth noting how teachers construct assessments in a positive way. The purpose of assessment should be consistent with students' learning objectives, focusing on what students can accomplish with the knowledge and skills they have acquired, rather than solely based on performance assessment. As mentioned in the article (Joughin, G. 2008), some students reported that they had received few positive evaluations in their past education, resulting in many bad experiences. As evaluators, advanced teachers are often influenced by their past evaluation experience and their current role, which determines the results of evaluation. How to establish a set of perfect evaluation system is a problem worthy of deep consideration in the current development of education.

In addition to the human influence, there are also technical constraints in teaching evaluation. However, the technical assessment mentioned at 18:30 of the podcast also poses a challenge:

1. There is academic dishonesty in learners' online learning, and it is impossible to measure learners' true engagement

2. The practical application of evaluation tools is difficult

3. Different educators have different teaching design concepts, which makes it difficult to form a unified evaluation standard.

As stated (Vrasidas, C., & McIsaac, M. S. 2001), technology exists as a tool for educators and students to build and share knowledge, and teachers should learn how to use technology to build organizations and communications that maximize the benefits of technology. Instead of denying the drawbacks brought about by technology, focusing on how to solve the problem validates the essential logic of critical review.

Article and Podcast comparison

Bower's articles and podcasts focus on design thinking, emphasizing that design thinking is characterized by creativity, flexibility, critical thinking, and plays an important role in the field of education. Secondly, both of them emphasize the irreplaceable role of technology in learning design, such as the use of LMS and OERD, which are conducive to optimizing teaching design and improving students' learning outcomes. At the same time, both involve the influence of technology integration on the future development trend of education, and help learners to develop their own learning routes.

However, the podcast uses a more relaxed dialogue mode, which is suitable for the quick understanding of ordinary listeners. Compared with Bower's article, the article is obviously more academic and involves a large number of references to demonstrate the point of view, which is more suitable for researchers or educators who want to understand the content of design thinking. At the same time, the podcast will integrate the teaching design concept into concrete practice and introduce case analysis, so that the audience can better feel how the integration of technology changes the teaching design, rather than the framework theory in the article.

What does podcasting need to improve?

1. The podcast content is too descriptive and the audio time is long, which may wear the audience's patience. I believe that the best blog content should be reasonably controlled frequently and inform the audience of the best quality content in the fastest way.

2. The podcast content lacks data support and mainly relies on the original literature review, but there is no substantive data to support the argument. For example, the podcast discusses LMS as a learning system to help students improve their learning experience, but there is no data to support the results of students' experience.

How to improve?

1. Use Notebook LM, Chatgpt and other AI software to help find data support

2. Use Notebook LM to streamline blog content

                                                    

 AI statement

I use ChatGPT to quickly define and understand the specific meaning of design thinking, critical review, and use the literature to substantiate. At the same time, Notebook LM is used to help quickly find literature, summarize literature content, analyze key parts of the article, and give ideas. Finally, ChatGPT was used to generate related pictures. I promise that the content of this blog has been reviewed and is original.

Reference

Panke, S. (2019). Design Thinking in Education: Perspectives, Opportunities and Challenges. Open Education Studies, 1(1), 281-306.

 
Bower, M. (2017). Design of Technology-Enhanced Learning: Integrating Research and Practice. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited.
 
Joughin, G. (2008). Assessment, learning and judgement in higher education: A critical review. Assessment, learning and judgement in higher education, 1-15.
 
Vrasidas, C., & McIsaac, M. S. (2001). Integrating technology in teaching and teacher education: Implications for policy and curriculum reform. Educational Media International, 38(2-3), 127-132.