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== Why Design Thinking? ==
A design thinking background helps students explore their majors in a deeper way. It is a style of learning made famous through Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design as a successful strategy for innovation. Design thinking enables students to explore their ideas and dive deep into their meanings
== Academic Permissions ==
Academic permission may be required to integrate design thinking into a introductory course. In some cases, permission comes from faculty support and committee acceptance. In other cases, it may require a more stringent administrative review. In the past, oppositions have been persuaded after one-day “pop up classes” have gained student interest. This can be a way to show to the administrative staff and faculty that these forms of experiential classes are needed to promote positive growth within the university.
== Support ==
Academic support is one of the hardest, but most important steps in creating change. There are three major groups to interact with that will enable the support for creating a design thinking course:
1. Students
Getting a large audience on board is an important step. It is the responsibility of the organizers to make sure to evoke interest in students through interactive exercises and fun-filled activities. Word of mouth plays a critical role in these endeavours, so make sure students leave the class with fervor for design thinking and inspire more students to join the class.
2. Faculty
Faculty support is crucial to creating change in the curriculum. Whether the course is taught by fellows or by faculty, both parties must be in communication so to revise the course and continuously prepare students for the major studies. Working with these professors will eventually lead us to the right people and help create change.
3. Administrators
Administration is the most difficult to receive support from. Most likely, they don’t want to see a change in the campus immediately as it could be assumed that it will cost the university a large sum. This is why it can be hard to get the administratio is hard to get them invested financially.
== Faculty ==
Instructors are either the faculty or fellows who
Tutor the students and design thinking is?
Guide the students
Walk around to mentor their projects
Inspire them by their prototypes etc.
