This is an online international and interprofessional course, that is part of a collaboration within a consortium of three universities known as Openlab.
The course content lean on Design thinking ideology and methodology that inform research as well as developmental work and form a practice-based foundation for innovation aimed to meet the needs of societal and scientific environments. As a student, you work individually from your own research perspective, and get helpful insights for future research.
The course apply a problem-oriented teaching and learning style, with a pedagogy that enables students to take active responsibility for individual and also group learning in a multi-disciplinary context.
After the course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate in-depth insights in how Design thinking can be used to explore the possibilities and limitations of science, as well as its role in society and the human responsibility for its use (Module 1)
- Identify relevant questions within a complex problem area
- Use Design thinking as a tool to address societal challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration (Module 2)
- Demonstrate a critical, independent, creative and scientific rigor to identify and formulate questions; plan tasks within given time frames and equally, to assess such work of others (Module 3)
- Demonstrate the ability to utilize Design thinking methods to identify needs of deepened knowledge within a field (Module 3)
- Demonstrate the ability to make use of scientific approaches together with Design thinking in relation to specific societal challenges (Module 3)
No prerequisite courses, or equivalent, demanded for this course.