The Digital Career Toolbox Meets the Design Thinking Process
Design Thinking is an interdisciplinary concept where designers bring innovative ideas and products to fruition by “[integrating] the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for success” (IDEO). This human-centered approach is the basis...
Passing the Mic to Students: The Importance of Student Feedback Sessions in the Design Process
We learn a lot about musical artists from their lyrics—their emotions through life experiences and even their struggles navigating life’s turning points. What’s special about so many classic songs is that the artists themselves were involved in the songwriting...
A Wrinkle in Class Time, Part 1
Detail from William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. CC BY-SA 3.0. Why Talk About Time? How much time should students spend working in your course? The poet William Blake wrote, “You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”...
What’s Your Story?
Does your course have a story to tell? A fruitful way to view your course is through the lens of narrative or story. No matter what the topic or discipline there is always a way to incorporate storytelling in course design. Embedding your discipline’s concepts...
Answering Student Emails to Establish Immediacy
Hi, I’m Steve. I was a professor of communication for thirty years before accepting a position as a Learning Experience designer in the CETLOE in June. A month after starting, I was asked to teach an online class for the Department of Communication in the fall. The...Subscribe by Email
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