THE USER INNOVATION TOOLKIT: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING FOR NON-DESIGNERS

DS 104: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2020), VIA Design, VIA University in Herning, Denmark. 10th -11th September 2020

Year: 2020
Editor: Buck, Lyndon; Bohemia, Erik; Grierson, Hilary
Author: Conradie, Peter (1,2); Baccarne, Bas (2,3); Christiaens, Yannick (1); Brosens, Lore (1); Joundi, Jamil (1,2); De Marez, Lieven (2,3); Saldien, Jelle (1,2)
Series: E&PDE
Institution: 1: Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Product Design, Ghent University; 2: imec-mict-UGent; 3: Department of Communication Sciences — Ghent University
Section: Innovation and Creativity in Design and Engineering Education
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2020.56
ISBN: 978-1-912254-10-1

Abstract

Increasingly, higher education is turning towards project-based learning as part of its curricula. Concurrently, there has been increasing attention given to the ways in which designers typically solve problems, popularized under the term ‘Design Thinking

Keywords: project based learning; user innovation; toolkit; methods

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