Archive | Learning, Designed | Design in Higher Education

Why you should start your design process with “hard” data

Mar 25, 2025

To understand the current state of the problem, you need big "D" and little "d" data

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"Ideas are debt"

Mar 18, 2025

Ideas can spark action—but not all are worth the investment.

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My TEDx talk was rejected, but I’m more sure than ever it’s the right “idea worth spreading” in higher ed

Mar 11, 2025

Universities will need to innovate, not imitate, to overcome the challenges ahead

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The secret to great learning? Jammers show us how

Mar 4, 2025

Why Jammers loved SD Service Jam— and what we can learn from it

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Design is change: how to use insights and artifacts from the process to enable it

Feb 25, 2025

Change and design are an integrated effort. Change management in higher education is difficult. By considering stakeholder needs in the change process and reflecting on what different design tools can contribute to satisfying them, you can powerfully inform your change efforts with insights from the design process to successfully implement change.

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