<span style="font-size:medium;">-Assess needs and budget based on the location and current state of the makerspace. (04/2015) </span>
= <span style="font-size:medium;">-Secure funds for the makerspace and all supplies. (04/2015) </span><br/> =
== <span style="font-size:x-large;">Utilize Innovation & Design Thinking Lab</span><br/><span style="font-size: medium;">-Meet with faculty from Tech & Computing, Woodbury School of Business, Entrepreneurship Institute, and Business Resource Center to refine and improve Innovation and Design Thinking Curriculum. </span> <br/> ==
== <span style="font-size: medium;">-Create a 2-week Innovation & Design Thinking course model. </span> <br/> ==
== <span style="font-size: medium;">-After curriculum has been approved, meet again with campus leaders to determine which courses will utilize the Innovation & Design Thinking Lab. What course, what time, how many weeks of the semester, etc.</span> <br/> ==
== <span style="font-size: medium;">-Establish "Open Lab" hours and "Class Time" schedule to make Lab available for all students. </span> <br/> ==
== <span style="font-size: medium;">-Hold monthly Design Thinking Workshops that are open to students and the community.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">-Set up referral system with Business Resource Center. The Design Thinking lab will refer students who are ready to validate their ideas to the BRC. And the BRC will refer clients who still need to refine their idea to the Innovation & Design Thinking Lab.</span> <br/> ==
== <span style="font-size: x-large;">General Ed & Capstone Integration</span><br/><span style="font-size: medium;">-Refine Tech 1010 (popular general ed course) curriculum to include students spending two weeks in the Innovation & Design Thinking Lab to learn about the Design Thinking Process. The reason Tech 1010 would be a great opportunity is because a large amount of students from a wide variety of disciplines take the class. This would create diversity and promote innovative and unique ideas.</span> <br/> ==
== <span style="font-size: medium;">-There is a large gap between the amount of Capstone students and the amount of projects available. The first two weeks of the Senior Capstone class could be spent in the Innovation & Design Thinking Lab brainstorming ideas for potential Senior Capstone Projects.</span> <br/> ==
== <span style="font-size: medium;">-Speak at the Utah Business and Marketing Education Summer Conference to explain the impact of Design Thinking Curriculum on the Undergraduate Experience. </span> <br/> ==
== <span style="font-size: x-large;">Related Links</span><br/> ==
== <span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Utah_Valley_University Utah_Valley_University <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Utah Valley University Campus Overview</span>]</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tanner_Wheadon Tanner_Wheadon <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">UVU University Innovation Fellow – Tanner Wheadon</span>]</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1IRlNuWe4piFKMA2ltPKPc9W3BhsQdjSGpAgmCCeVSSE/edit?usp=sharing sharing <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">UIF Project Business Model Canvas</span>]</span><br/> ==
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