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Design Thinking and Innovation - Talking About Teaching Fall 2014

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Explore design thinking and innovation in this Harvard University lecture by Professor Srikant Datar. Delve into problem-solving approaches, functional fixedness, and the Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) method. Examine real-world examples and exercises, including the Rope Exercise and Freemark Abbey case. Learn about task unification principles, structural fixedness, and division in various industries. Gain insights into creative problem-solving techniques applicable to diverse fields and challenges.

Syllabus

TALKING ABOUT TEACHING FALL 2014
Why this course?
Pedagogy
Setting + Diversity
Typical Problem Solving Approach
A Different Approach
Rope Exercise
Reducing boiling time of water
Freemark Abbey
The Flat Tire
Functional Fixedness
SIT The Closed World (Principle 1)
Examples of Task Unification Assign to a thermometer the task of also being a pacifier
reCAPTCHA
Exercise in Task Unification
Examples of Task Unification Camera Apps
Applying Task Unification
Examples of Tansk Unification
The Paper Rider
SIT Structural Fixedness
Division in the DVD Industry
Examples of Division
Planning a Trip

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    Prachi Miet
    Amazing insight on how we traditionally think and what we can do to train our brains for innovative thinking.
  • Alkha
    Was great experience learning new designing ideas,it taught me very well thankyou ,The teaching was clear and fluent I could understand in very good manner,The presentation showcased on the screen was entertaining and engaging, sir gave us activities to do to keep the innovative thinking go on Thankyou once again was nice experience
  • Mohammed Saqlain
    This course was interesting from the beginning because the teacher shared his experience and how he ended up teaching this course. I liked the way the teacher explained the concept using power point presentation, explaining each topic with examples. i was amazed to here about many new concepts that opened my mind and allowed me to think out of the box. This is a very good course to refresh our mind's and get out of the mind set of the society. Over all had a great time learning this course.
  • MBENGMO NGIDJOI ALINE STÈVE
    It was perfect everything was well explained with tangible example..I learn alot on how to act creatively and innovative >
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