Instructional Design Courses

Frameworks for Design Thinking - Stanford Innovation Masters Series

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Watch this video to learn problem-solving tools and frameworks pioneered by the Design Group at Stanford and innovative ways for you to overcome the challenges you face and gain a competitive advantage you need.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Ergonomics in Design

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The course is designed to provide a basic understanding of ergonomics in design through the introduction of human anatomy, anthropometry, and modeling techniques with the aim of improving safety, productivity, comfort and health of people.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 5-6 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Rethinking Design for Accessibility

Explores innovative approaches to accessibility in technology design, emphasizing collaborative, situated, and enacted perspectives. Presents case studies that challenge traditional views and highlight social and political dimensions.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stories About Interaction Techniques - The Design and Evolution of User Interface Building Blocks

Explore the evolution and design of interaction techniques from buttons to VR with Brad Myers, covering fundamental UI building blocks and their impact on human-computer interaction.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Soma Design: Intertwining Aesthetics, Movement and Emotion in Design Work

Explore how Soma Design connects sensation, emotion, and technology through bodily awareness, creating more meaningful human-centered design experiences and ethical technological interactions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Cultivate Creativity Using Design Thinking

Unlock your creative potential through design thinking, reframing problems and exploring innovative solutions. Learn techniques to enhance ideation, collaboration, and problem-solving in your professional endeavors.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Design Thinking - Training Yourself to Be More Creative

Design Thinking is a dynamic approach to problem solving, problem finding, and creating value. Learn how you can learn to creatively solve problems and use prototyping and iteration for rapid learning and improvement in this seminar.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Computational Design of Compliant, Dynamical Robots - Cynthia Sung

Explore computational design for compliant robots, covering topology optimization, hybrid aerial vehicles, soft arm optimization, and origami-inspired fabrication techniques for dynamic and adaptable robotic systems.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

MDCT Protocol Design for MSK Studies

Explore basic concepts of image acquisition and reconstruction for musculoskeletal MRI studies, focusing on MDCT protocol design techniques.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - Developing Design Spaces for Visualization - Tamara Munzner

Explore visualization design spaces, their creation, assessment, and application in data representation. Insights on chart combinations, data wrangling, and task abstraction for effective visual communication.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - Neural Networks on Chip Design from the User Perspective

We will briefly review our past effort on Deep learning Processing Unit (DPU) design on FPGA in Tsinghua and Deephi, and then talk about some features, i.e. interrupt and virtualization, we are trying to introduce into the accelerators from the user's pe…

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - What Comes After Design Thinking?

Explore the evolution and impact of design thinking, its benefits, and the emergence of design leadership as a transformative approach in problem-solving and innovation.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Applications of Generative Design for Fabrication in Healthcare Settings

Exploring generative design for healthcare fabrication, optimizing medical device creation through digital tools, and empowering clinicians with collaborative design systems for improved patient care.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stanford Seminar - TechFail: From Intersectional Inaccessibility to Inclusive Design

Exploration of gaming technology accessibility, highlighting issues and potential solutions. Discusses inclusive design approaches and the impact on marginalized users, drawing from a decade-long ethnography.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Humanizing Robot Design - Aaron Edsinger of Hello Robot

Exploring the future of human-robot collaboration, focusing on safe, intuitive, and affordable robots designed to improve quality of life in various sectors, from eldercare to service industries.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video