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Get Creative with People to Solve Problems

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Course Features

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Duration

2 weeks

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Lifetime Access

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Accessibility

Mobile, Desktop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Beginner

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Effort

3 hours per week

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

How is it that the products we use every single day are created and designed? Companies, startups, governments, and other organizations around the globe are using human-centered design to address the challenges by understanding the needs of the people who confront them. This course will give you a practical understanding of why and how to apply it. It also identifies which jobs are most affected by this way of thinking. Participation in activities will help you learn how to gather the data and information necessary to show that a solution is feasible in the real world. Human-centred Design is a creative approach that looks at the problems of people to find solutions. This course will teach you how to put people first in design and how to create your own design thinking mindset. This course will teach you how to brainstorm, empathy, and make prototypes. You'll also learn how asking the right questions can help your product stand out. You'll learn how to identify the problems that human-centred design can solve. Then, you'll try out the process with a few simple activities to get a better understanding of what it takes to create a successful design project. You'll learn from the experts how to create great products that work with real people. To see it in action, you'll learn how to apply design thinking on real-world problems. This course will help you to summarize the tasks required to manage a successful human-centred project and develop your design thinking mindset.

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Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Identify the kinds of problem that can be solved with human-centred design

Summarise the activities needed to run a successful human-centred design project

Develop a human-centred design mindset to approach a problem

Apply the Design Thinking process to a real-world problem

Investigate how making and testing rough prototypes helps improvement

Collect information and data that help prove a solution will work in the real world

Target Students

This course is designed for anyone interested in building on their skills and developing a design thinking mindset to tackle problems in the workplace

Course Instructors

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Kim Plowright

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I'm a creative digital producer and product manager, and helped establish the National Film and Television School's first digital producing course. I have a secret double life as an artist.

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