SPARCK blog on Human centered design in HE by Anne Dhir
Human-centred design in higher education is a culture change challenge
Design for Change in Higher Education
Jeffrey T. Grabill, Sarah Gretter, and Erik Skogsberg
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/100174
The authors of Design for Change in Higher Education argue that we must imagine and actively make our way to new institutional forms. They assert that design—a practical art that is conceptually rich and visible in its concreteness—must become a core internal competency of the university. They propose one grounded in the practical experiences of a specific educational design organization: Michigan State University’s Hub for Innovation in Learning and Technology, which all three authors have helped to run. The Hub was created to address issues of participation, impact, and scale in moving learning innovations from the individual to the collective and from the classroom to the institution. Framing each chapter around a case study of design practice in higher education, the book uses that case study as the foundation on which to build design theory for higher education. It is complemented by an online playbook featuring tactics that can be used and adapted by others interested in facilitating their own design work.Touching on learning experience design (LXD) as an increasingly critical practice, the authors also develop a constructivist view of designing conversations. A playbook that grounds theory in practice, Design for Change in Higher Education is aimed at faculty, staff, and students engaged in the important work of imagining new forms of education.
International Journal of Management Applied Research
Special Issue: Exploring people centred design in the context of curriculum and learning design in higher education
Spotlight on service design in HE by WONKHE
Service design can improve things for students