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3:11 p.m., April 23, 2010----Reinhold Steinbeck, learning designer and international educational development specialist from Stanford University, will open this year's University of Delaware Summer Faculty Institute on June 1.
In his keynote address, “Design Thinking as a Learning Process: Building Innovation Capacity and Creative Competence within a Global Context,” Steinbeck will use an interactive approach to explain “design thinking” -- a user-centered and team-based approach for developing innovative solutions within a global context.
Design thinking is a creative process based around sharing ideas: It is a protocol that combines empathy, creativity and rationality for solving problems and discovering new opportunities in a practical and creative way. Because judgment is absent early in the process, the fear of failure is diminished. This method promotes maximum input and participation in later phases of the process.
Building on the work of globally distributed and place-based learning teams at Stanford, his examples will demonstrate how design thinking was used as a method to help students employ a common design process. Through their involvement, students come to appreciate cultural contexts, learn in interdisciplinary teams, develop deep empathy, prototype, iterate ideas rapidly and at times, will reframe a problem entirely.
Steinbeck will also lead a workshop in which 30 faculty participants will gain hands-on experience with the design process tools and techniques that teaching teams and students can use to build creative capacity and competence. Participants will generate specific ideas to implement in their own courses and programs.
Steinbeck has developed, directed and evaluated innovative programs in secondary and higher education that have been implemented in Africa, Asia, South America and the U.S.
He has directed programs that operate at the intersections between the science, practice and the technology of teaching and learning. These programs include globally distributed and blended learning scenarios and span multiple disciplines, ranging from education, health and environmental sustainability, to innovation and entrepreneurship. His principal interest is in applying design thinking and creative problem-solving methodologies to empower communities to improve their socioeconomic conditions through education and development.
Steinbeck joined Stanford University in 1990. He has worked with the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) and as associate director of learning design with the Stanford Learning Laboratory and the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL). From 1996-1997 he joined the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow Program (ACOT) at Apple Research Labs.
Most recently, Steinbeck founded and directed the Stanford University International Outreach Program (IOP), an academic start-up with the goal of supporting the extension and adaptation of Stanford educational content and innovative teaching programs for collaborative partnerships with tertiary institutions across the southern hemisphere.
In his role at the CDR, he is working with universities in Latin America to build new multi-disciplinary learning and innovation programs that apply human-centered and team-based approaches to developing innovative ideas for all areas of life.
To learn more about his research and activities, visit his website.
This keynote is of particular interest to faculty involved with the following campus initiatives:
- Delaware Design Institute
- Global Studies
- Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education
- Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
- Public Engagement/Material Culture Institute
Registration is required for each event. The keynote is open to the entire UD community. A continental breakfast will be provided. The workshop is limited to 30 faculty members.
Keynote presentation
June 1, 9-10 a.m.
Location: Gore Hall, Room 114
Register online.
Workshop
June 1, 10:15-noon
Location: Gore Hall, Room 208
Register online (limited to 30 faculty).
The Summer Faculty Institute will be held June 1-4. To find out more about the institute, including the 40 UD faculty presentation scheduled, visit the IT Academic Technologies Services website.
The Summer Faculty Institute is sponsored by IT Academic Technology Services in partnership with other campus units and departments.