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Design Thinking, Sustainability and Spanish:
Applying Design Thinking in an Interim Course
“In many American children’s stories (and other stories too), the characters live “happily ever after”. “Sustainability is the art of the ‘ever after,’ the art of assuring that people in the future will have what they need to lead fulfilling lives.” (Jim Farrell)
Slide2Today….
I will share the experience from an interim course were I used Design Thinking to get students into a different learning mode by:
Inviting them to work collaboratively
Encourage them to unleash their creativity
Promoting a culture of experimentation
While exploring the topic of sustainability in Latin America
And develop advanced oral communication skills in Spanish (ORC)
Slide3A little exercise to start
Redesign the work bag/backpack for St. Olaf faculty and / staff
Interview one member of your group about what he/she needs to bring to work (5-7 minutes)
TIPS:
Ask open ended questions
Dig! Try to get to the bottom of your ‘user’s’ issues
Do not try to offer solutions
Listen
Slide4Build a prototype (10 minutes)
Use the materials inside the paper bag to build a prototype
Use the information you gathered from the interview as
INSPIRATION
Use the rules of brainstorm as you build your model
Slide5Rules for Brainstorming
Defer Judgment
(“yes, and….”)
Build on the Ideas of Others
Encourage Wild Ideas
Be Generous with Your Ideas
Stay Focused on the Topic
One Conversation at a Time
Be Visual
Go for Quantity
Slide6What is Design Thinking?
An iterative, systematic and structured approach for tackling problems and produce innovative solutions.
It is….
human-centered
intentional
collaborative
optimistic
experimental
Evolved from design
Expanded into other areas
Slide7Three Phases
Action:
Experiment
Build
Learn
Inspiration (empathy):
Uncover user needs
Ideation:
Generate Ideas
Slide8Design Thinking at St. Olaf
Number of initiatives and groups who have been experimenting with the idea of how we could use methodologies such as DT in the liberal arts context:
Activities related to the 2012 Theme "Innovation in the Liberal Arts”
"bloom”
Creative Learning Community
http://pages.stolaf.edu/creativelearningcommunities/
Faculty initiatives in their own classes supported by the Provost’s innovation fund
Slide9What motivated me to try Design Thinking in a Spanish Class?
Why we do what we do, in community, in this physical space? (as opposed to on-line courses)
Culture that promotes “crossing” academic boundaries (Conversation programs, EIN, learning
communities, IGS)
Existing models that promote experimentation with pedagogies and content (interim, summer, CILA)
Spanish majors increasingly coming from the social sciences and sciences
Companies that talk about hiring “T-shape” individuals
Sustainability as an important, timely, and ‘accessible’ topic
Introduce students (seniors) to Design Thinking
Slide10My professional development
Sustainability
Member of Environmental Conversations Group 2012-13
Readings suggested by Jim Farrell
“Sustainability Across the Curriculum” Workshop 2013
Faculty mentors and cheerleaders (Paul Jackson)
Design Thinking
Sabbatical year (2011-2012)
“Discovered Design Thinking”
Read “Change by Design”
Visited Stanford
d.school
Visited IDEO
Took 3-day Design Thinking workshop with
stoke.d
The Gymnasium
2012 “Innovation in the liberal arts”
Took part in activities
Invited to become part of the lead group
Slide11Spanish 274:
Contemporary Issues in the Spanish Speaking World
Topic: Sustainability in Latin America
Elective for Spanish majors
GE: ORC
4 hours of class each day (including lunch)
Classroom as “Design Thinking” Lab
Slide12Span 274: Curriculum
Readings about culture and civilization of Latin America
Readings about Sustainability
Presentations about Sustainability (Paul Jackson, Dave Van
Wylen
, Kelly Meza Prado, Matthew
Rohn
)
Movie “Even the Rain”
Novel “La
loca
de
Gandoca
” by A.
Rosi
Design Thinking Workshop
Assessment:
Sed
de saber
(TED-style talk)
Presentations and round tables on Culture and Civilization of Latin America
Oral and written assignments on readings
Cuando
me
topo
con la
sostenibilidad
(
photograhic
project)
Mural on “La
loca
de
Gandoca
”
Sustainability Summit
Design Thinking Challenge (oral and written activities)
Project Pitch (Poster and presentations)
Slide13The Challenge
How might we promote sustainable practices in the food and livestock industry in Latin America?
Five interdisciplinary teams
Selection based on: year,
major(s
),
concentration(s
)
extracurricular activities
Slide14Inspiration: Develop
Empathy
for “users”
Cultural ‘texts’
Readings on Sustainability
Presentations
20 Interviews “Voices” from Latin America and
the USA
Visits to Bon Appétit
(Randy Clay)
St. Olaf Campus
(Pete
Sanberg
)
Slide15The interviews
Why?
To develop
empathy
for our participants/’users’
To search for inspiration with respect to initial challenge through their “voices”
To discover “areas of opportunity”
Who?
20 interviews
Vegetarian Student from Venezuelan
Director of “
Sustainabilities
”
Uruguayan Professor of Social Science and Agriculture
Director of movie “
Bananaland
”
Student from the Bahamas who studied in Costa Rica
Community Organizer from Colombia
Argentine activist who promotes sustainable practices in local communities
How?
Teams of two. One interviews, the other takes notes
Open ended questions
Look for
“good quotes”
Slide16Marcela
Professor of social science and agriculture Universidad de la
República
del Uruguay
.
Developed a program for professionals and academics to investigate sustainable development that is socially just, and economically viable.
“
Traditional development increases production and profitability…the goal is sustainable rural development”
“Optimize production, not maximize production”
“No one eats organic meat here, it is exported”
Slide17Synthesis
“Download” interviews into ‘post-it’ notes.
Analyze data
Discover patterns or “areas of opportunity”
Share your findings
Formulate brainstorming questions
Slide18(Some) Areas of opportunities
Balance health with sustainable practices in a limited diet
“
Quinua
travels great distances, but I need the protein”
Reduce the physical and mental distance between production and consumption
“A person should have the determination to kill and prepare animals if they want to eat them”
Offer local food at a reasonable price
“When I am spending my own $ on food…cost is the most important factor”
Slide19Brainstorming Questions
How might we…?
Improve access to sustainable food?
Promote sustainable individual eating habits?
Educate communities on the difference between sustainable and healthy?
Make local food a viable option?
Influence large corporations so that they become more sustainable?
Promote conscious consumption in our own community?
Increase awareness of origin and ‘real’ cost of food?
Increase access of healthy and sustainable food to more communities?
Decrease waste in our own community?
Slide20The ideation phase:
Generate fresh ideas
3 sessions in 2 days
Mixed groups
One moderator per group
Rules for Brainstorming
15 minutes per question
Voting at end of each session
Brainstorming
Hundreds of new ideas
Selection of best
Slide21Some ideas that emerged…
“The more you know”…TV
Public announcement
ads
Reality show where
Byoncé
Becomes an organic
farmer
“Hire a farmer”
Food labels with “real cost”
Of food
Vertical gardens on
Buildings’ walls
Slide22The action phase: “Build to think, and build to learn”
Working on prototype
“
Stav
Stickers
”
Getting feedback
“
Oles
a la
granja
”
Slide23From ideas to action: One example
How might we incorporate local food so that it is a viable option?
“Make bigger gardens at St. Olaf”
“Gardens on the rooftop of every building”
“Greenhouses that grow tropical food to make it local”
Prototype
“The aromatic roof—an herb garden on the Roof of Regents”
Slide24the “pitch”:
making the case
Slide25A final thought from a senior…
“A lot of classes now are kind of depressing…the more I learn things, the more disenchanted I become with so many parts of the world, just because I realize how much more complicated things are…I now feel that all of these things are so much bigger than any of us or what we can possibly do, but then I feel like, wow, we are just a bunch of twenty-year-olds [and] have this capacity to do this in another language over a month and even generate these really cool ideas that could potentially be implemented here”
Slide26Additional Students
’ reactions
On creativity:
“I feel it has been so much time since we were forced to be creative”
On group work:
“I feel that when you hear the word ‘group projects’ you immediately are like…[made weird face]…but Design Thinking was so effective that everyone was involved, we got everybody’s ideas, and we worked collaboratively in a way that was actually productive and meaningful”
Slide27On Studying Sustainability in Latin America
“I think something that was really cool about having the focus on Latin America in this class was that I don’t think about sustainability outside of my own environment very often, and so thinking of like how they do it in Hispanic countries in Latin America it is something I wouldn’t have thought about it, if we didn’t’ touch that at all and than I think it really influence [me] in terms of getting the things back to this place, because you could have a class based on just sustainability in the United States and St. Olaf, but you know, I don’t think we would had known what sustainability meant in other places that I think it helped influence our thoughts here”
Slide28Additional
Resources
http://www.openideo.com/challenge
https://dschool.stanford.edu/groups/k12/wiki/613e8/Creating_Design_Challenges.html
http://www.cooperhewitt.org/conversations/2011/09/09/ready-set-design
http://dschool.stanford.edu/
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/how-to-design-breakthrough-inventions-50138327
/
Slide29Bibliography used in the course
Barruti
, S. (2013).
Mal Comidos: Cómo la industria alimentaria Argentina nos está matando
. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Espejo de la Argentina Planeta.
Brown, T. & Katz, B. (2009).
Change by design: How design thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation
. New York, NY: Harper Collins.
Fletcher, K. &
Grose
, L. (2012).
Gestionar la sostenibilidad en la moda: Diseñar para cambiar
. China:
Blume
.
Fox, A.A. (2011
).
Latinoamérica: Presente y pasado.
Binkowski
, D. (Ed. 4). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
Galeano
, E. (1994).
Úselo y tírelo
:
El mundo visto desde una ecología latinoamericana
.
Buenos Aires, Argentina:
Grupo
Editorial
Planeta
.
Kelley, D. & Kelley, T. (2013).
Creative confidence: Unleashing the creative potential within us all.
New York, NY: Crown Business.
Marcote,
P.V. & Mira, R.G. (2009). Sostenibilidad, valores y cultura ambiental. Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Pirámide.
Mendivil
,
E.O
. (2013).
Educación ambiental para la sostenibilidad: El medio ambiente y su relación con la
ecobionomia
y la sostenibilidad.
Lexington, KY: Instituto Mediterráneo Publicaciones.
Rob
èrt
, K.H., Broman, G., Waldron, D.,
Ny
, H.,
Byggeth
, S., Cook, D.,…
Missimer
, M. (2012).
Manual de sostenibilidad: Planeando estratégicamente para la sostenibilidad
.
Suecia
: El
Instituto de Tecnología de Blekinge.
Rossi, A. (2009).
La loca de
Gandoca
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Svampa
, M. (2013, Marzo-Abril). Consenso de los
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United
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La sostenibilidad ambiental del desarrollo en Argentina: tres futuros.
Santiago, Chile:
Gallopín
.
In addition to:
“Even the Rain” directed by
Icíar
Bollaín
Readings from Latin American Press, “
Geomundo
” (Spanish version of
National Geographic
), and other materials from web searches