Design Strategy & Workshop facilitation

 
 

Principled Innovation workshop series

Historical Challenges

  • Team desired innovative solutions to common problems students faced when accessing the toolbox

  • Career counselors wanted to easily point students to resources after career counseling meetings but didn’t know where to begin

  • Team focused heavily on technological solutions as opposed to human-centered solutions

Design Solutions

  • Introduced the faculty and staff of the Robinson College of Business to the design thinking process

  • Authored and facilitated a 4-part "Principled Innovation" design thinking workshop series to 6 Georgia State University directors at the Robinson College of Business to redesign their Digital Career Toolbox (DCT) provided to all undergraduate and graduate students

  • Series explored the values of the team, the values of students and how those aligned to build meaningful interactions and learning experiences

 

A Workshop on Workshops

Historical Challenges

  • GSU’s Learning Design Team members required training on how to conduct workshops with faculty members

Design Solutions

  • Co-authored an internal workshop to support team members on the design and facilitation of workshops with external partners

  • Created speculative design scenarios in the form of “What If” questions to catalyze team thought on workshop ideas with design partners

 

Instructor communication workshop series

Historical Challenges

  • GSU’s Learning Design Team members required training on how to conduct workshops with faculty members

Design Solutions

  • Designed an internal work aid for Learning Design Team members to support interaction with faculty

  • Presented a workshop series on communication strategies between learning designers and faculty design partners