Design Thinking for Leaders

Design Thinking for Leaders: Design thinking is a human-centered approach to problem-solving and innovation. It can launch a new product or enterprise. And it can resolve social issues such as inadequate health services. It is being used by leaders for developing meaningful and useful responses to contemporary challenges. In this course, an overview of design thinking is used along with a model containing four key questions and several tools to help leaders understand design thinking as a problem solving approach. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor.

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This class is blended and online, meaning that some weeks we come together on WebEx, and other weeks we work online asynchronously. There is no required text-book for this class!

Dr. Deri Draper is the Director of Integrated Learning at Old Dominion University, located in Norfolk, VA. She is experienced in the design and delivery of e-learning in higher education and corporate contexts. Her specializations focus on e-learning, specifically, the integration of high impact practices and other instructional technologies in online environments.

CRNs:

20875 WC2

20886 WC5

20887 WC7

Email: ddraper@odu.edu
Website: www.dcdraper.com
Location: WebEx
Phone: 757-683-6388
Twitter: @deridraper