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= Fall 2018 =

~~~~Prototype 1:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saluki Survival Guide

<li>Problem<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">

<li>We have numerous resources on campus but not a correlating amount of student involvement (specifically freshmen)<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">

<li>How do we know it’s a problem?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">

<li>Each of the freshmen we interviewed had interests that coincide with an existing club. When asked why they were not yet a part of the club they all said it was because they hadn’t heard of it.</li>

</ul></li>

</ul>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">--- How might we inform new students about existing opportunities? ---<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">

<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saluki Survival Guide<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">

<li>After conducting additional interviews, we will create a conglomeration of everything that the interviewed freshmen wished they knew as well as everything that we wish we knew as freshmen.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>The beauty of this project is that it will require no funding. Building the bank of new student information will require a significant time commitment, but not a monetary one.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>While we cannot control what freshmen do and do not look through, we can certainly try our best to make it appealing. Rather than dropping it in a folder titled ‘New Student Information’ we will refer to it as the Saluki Survival Guide.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>What will it include?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">

<li>The general idea is that it includes a bit of everything freshmen have questions about. From providing simple ways to discover RSO’s that match their interests, to how to get involved with undergraduate research, to how to file a maintenance report if their shower is leaking.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>We discussed this idea with three of the freshmen that we previously interviewed. All three of them said that they thought the idea was good, but only two of them said they would have taken the time to read through it. When we presented this idea to one of our stakeholders, she responded positively to the lack of cost involved.</li>

</ul></li>

</ul>

Prototype 2:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innovation Course

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Problem: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We noticed that there were not many opportunities for students to learn about design thinking outside of the College of Business.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Solution:<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We want to provide an innovation course to the students of campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Process:<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The innovation course would teach students for a few weeks about design thinking and the process of creating a project. For the rest of the semester, the students are tasked with creating their own project that interests them. For example, if the student studies biology, they could task themselves with creating a research project. If the student studies business, they could create a plan to start their company. If the student studies engineering, they could create their own engineering project. At the end of the semester, the students will be required to show a detailed plan for their project or an actual product.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Target and Prototyping:<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The innovation course would be offered to honors students first as a testing ground. The honors students are required to take honors classes so by placing the innovation course as an honors course, there is a good chance that students will take it. After being tested as an honors course, we would like to open up the innovation course to the entire campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Long-term Plan: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the long run, the course could be utilized like Senior Design course but for targeted towards freshman. This would introduce freshman to design thinking as soon as they come to campus and teach students how to create their own projects. The course has the potential to mold SIU into a more innovative campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prototype 4:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Major Specific Introductory Course ( UCOL )

<li>

Problem

<li>

We Students from all different majors are placed into the same University introductory course, yet they all have ~~numerous resources on campus but not a correlating amount of student involvement (specifically freshmen)~~different interests.

<li>

How do we know it’s a problem?

<li>

~~Each of the freshmen we interviewed had interests~~ We’ve gone through UCOL first hand and realized that ~~coincide with an existing club~~it should not be as broadly structured as it was. ~~When asked why they were not yet a part of the club they~~ We all ~~said~~ agree that it ~~was because they hadn’t heard~~ should be tailored towards your specific field of itstudy.--- How might we give students the resources to get answers? ---

</li>

</ul></li>

~~</ul></li>~~

~~</ul>~~

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">--- How might we inform new students about existing opportunities? ---<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">

<li>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">~~Saluki Survival Guide~~Major Specific Introductory Course ( UCOL )

<li>

What is it?

<li>

After ~~conducting additional interviews~~reflecting heavily on our personal experiences with the current structure of UCOL, we will ~~create a conglomeration of everything~~ modify the curriculum that is taught to the ~~interviewed freshmen wished they knew as well as everything that~~ students to be major specific. Through this modification of curriculum, we ~~wish we knew as freshmen~~will guide teachers of the UCOL course to connect those students towards related RSO’s and other major related organizations and opportunities on campus.

</li>

</ul></li>

<li>

What ~~will~~ does it ~~cost~~need to be implemented?

<li>

~~The beauty of this~~ This project ~~is that it~~ will require no funding. ~~Building~~ A slight shift in the ~~bank of new student information~~ way the class is taught, along with some work with the universities registrar office, we will ~~require a significant time commitment, but not~~ be able to move students into their Major Specific Introductory course for nothing more than a ~~monetary one~~little hard work.

</li>

</ul></li>

<li>

Who will it help?

<li>

~~While we cannot control what freshmen do~~ This will help students who are not wanting too broad of an overview of campus and ~~do not look through, we can certainly try our best to make~~ the resources on it ~~appealing~~. ~~Rather than dropping it~~ The students who will come into the university with an understanding of what they want to do in ~~a folder titled ‘New Student Information’ we~~ their major will ~~refer~~ be able to ~~it as the Saluki Survival Guide~~accomplish that by being given knowledge about opportunities in their major.

</li>

</ul></li>

<li>

What will it include?

<li>

~~The general idea is that it includes~~ It will include a ~~bit~~ structured list of ~~everything freshmen have questions about~~major related RSO’s and opportunities within the university and around the southern Illinois region. ~~From providing simple ways to discover RSO’s~~ The course will be structured in a way that ~~match their interests, to how~~ the students are required to ~~get involved~~ go out and actually interact with ~~undergraduate research, to how to file a maintenance report if~~ peers and faculty in their ~~shower is leaking~~major.

</li>

</ul></li>

~~<li>~~

Will it work?

~~<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">~~

~~<li>~~

We discussed this idea with three of the freshmen that we previously interviewed. All three of them said that they thought the idea was good, but only two of them said they would have taken the time to read through it. When we presented this idea to one of our stakeholders, she responded positively to the lack of cost involved.

~~</li>~~

</ul></li>

</ul>

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Prototype 2:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innovation Course

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Problem: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We noticed that there were not many opportunities for students to learn about design thinking outside of the College of Business.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Solution:<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We want to provide an innovation course to the students of campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Process:<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The innovation course would teach students for a few weeks about design thinking and the process of creating a project. For the rest of the semester, the students are tasked with creating their own project that interests them. For example, if the student studies biology, they could task themselves with creating a research project. If the student studies business, they could create a plan to start their company. If the student studies engineering, they could create their own engineering project. At the end of the semester, the students will be required to show a detailed plan for their project or an actual product.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Target and Prototyping:<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The innovation course would be offered to honors students first as a testing ground. The honors students are required to take honors classes so by placing the innovation course as an honors course, there is a good chance that students will take it. After being tested as an honors course, we would like to open up the innovation course to the entire campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Long-term Plan:<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the long run, the course could be utilized like Senior Design course but for targeted towards freshman. This would introduce freshman to design thinking as soon as they come to campus and teach students how to create their own projects. The course has the potential to mold SIU into a more innovative campus.

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