Design Thinking for Impact

Join us for this exciting, hands-on course and learn how to apply the Stanford Design Way to create innovative solutions to complex real-world challenges. Develop your creative potential and learn the core techniques of design thinking, while having fun working in teams on real-world issues in real-world ways. Pioneered at Stanford University, the Design Thinking method is a collaborative and creative problem-solving process that puts human needs at the center. Design Thinking is one of the critical 21st century learning skills and mindsets that every student needs today to excel.

How students will benefit:

• Understand the process for design thinking as taught at Stanford University
• Work directly with Stanford instructors
• Learn a new approach to creative problem solving
• Explore the core beliefs that define a design thinking mindset
• Work in teams to apply design thinking to real-world challenges
• Meet like-minded peers and connect with new teammates from other regions
• Earn a certificate after the completion of the course

This course is an online version developed on the basis of Stanford University summer camp related courses. It is mostly designed for high school and advanced middle school students. College students are also welcome.

Several college students from Stanford, UCLA, Cornell, NYU etc. will be joining as teachering assistants.

In addition, 3-hour long “Bonus Class” will be provided to the stuents to broaden their views.

• College Application Prep, Tips & Tactics
• Stanford Student Life
• Silicon Valley 101

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

USE CODE: “DTDING” TO GET $50 OFF  

Instructors:

Tamara Carleton

Tamara Carleton helps organizations and teams worldwide with long-range planning, disruptive innovation, and innovative learning models. She oversees Stanford’s Silicon Valley Innovation Academy summer program, collaborates with Stanford’s Foresight and Innovation lab, and works with Stanford’s mediaX program. She is also a visiting professor at Osaka Institute of Technology in Japan. She received a PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford.

Reinhold Steinbeck

Reinhold Steinbeck worked with Apple’s Advanced Technology Group under Don Norman, one of the developers of user-centered design. At Stanford, Steinbeck was associate director of learning experience (LX) design with the Stanford Learning Lab and founding director of the Stanford International Outreach Program. He has taught and conducted research at universities in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Switzerland.

Tamara Carleton and Reinhold Steinbeck jointly taught Stanford Continuing Studies Class DSN 310 W — Building Innovative Teams in 2020.

Class Time:

Dec 21-23, Dec 28-30

10AM-12PM Morning Session:

Workshop

1PM-2:30PM Afternoon Session:

Group project with college students as teaching assistants, Happy Hour

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER! 

USE CODE: “DTDING” TO GET $50 OFF  

Class Introduction and QA Sessions:

Wed , Dec 16, 2020, 6：30PM PST/9：30EST

ZOOM ID: 234 567 9900

Passcode: 8899