Development of Design Thinking

Type: For the student's choice

Department: social pedagogy and social work

Curriculum

SemesterCreditsReporting
63Setoff

Lectures

SemesterAmount of hoursLecturerGroup(s)
616Associate Professor Loboda Viktoriya

Practical

SemesterAmount of hoursGroupTeacher(s)
616Associate Professor Loboda Viktoriya

Course description

The educational discipline is designed as a training course and is aimed at developing students’ design thinking skills as a user-oriented method of creative problem-solving in cooperation, as well as a set of views, attitudes, and way of thinking. The practice of design thinking is best implemented in cross-functional teams with diverse experience. Stages of design thinking include: research, idea generation, visualization and storytelling, prototyping, testing and refinement.

The purpose of the course is to acquaint students with a modern view of design thinking as a creative way of solving problems aimed at creating non-standard solutions and innovations.

Objectives of the course is to promote the development of creative thinking skills of a young person able to achieve professional and personal goals.

Recommended Literature

  1. de Bono. Lateral thinking: creativity step-by-step. – 2014.
  2. Kelley T., Kelley D. Creative Confidence. Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All. – Harper Collins Publishers, 2015.
  3. Solving problems with design thinking: ten stories of what works / Liedtka J., King A., Bennett K. – New York : Columbia University Press, 2013.
  4. The right way to lead design thinking / Bason C., Austin R.D. // Harward Business Review, March-April 2019.
  5. Richardson, A. (2010). Using customer journey maps to improve customer experience, Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 14 January 2024 from https://hbr.org/2010/11/using-customer-journey-maps-to
  6. This is design thinking [website]. Retrieved 14 January 2023 from http://thisisdesignthinking.net/
  7. A Guide through Design Thinking. URL: https://platfor.ma/specials/bydesign/
  8. Design Thinking for Innovation [e-course]. URL: https://courses.prometheus.org.ua/courses/course-v1:Prometheus+DTI101+2017_T3/about
  9. User Testing. Design Thinking for Product Teams: how to leverage human insight at every stage of the development cycle (2023)
  10. Video: User Testing. Human Insight (2023)