{"id":8551,"date":"2018-06-25T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=8551"},"modified":"2021-10-26T21:06:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T02:06:13","slug":"design-thinking-builds-higher-education-leadership-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/design-thinking-builds-higher-education-leadership-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Thinking Builds Better Parking Ideas\u2014and Leadership Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Susan Bartel, EdD, associate professor of higher education leadership, recently tested a newly opened high-tech classroom by assigning a team-based, problem-solving project. The technology enabled Bartel to be more creative in teaching design thinking, a lesson that helps doctoral students develop empathy as a leadership skill.<\/p>\n
Design thinking is a technique most often used in the creation of consumer products, where the emphasis is placed on the user, not the developer, Bartel says. However, used as a problem-solving tool the process creates empathy and builds key observation skills.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to learn how to think differently to solve problems, and I\u2019ve been exploring that with design thinking,\u201d says Bartel. \u201cAdministrators benefit by using this approach because it helps them address problems facing higher education from a different perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n
The recent challenge Bartel posed for her students: address campus parking issues.<\/p>\n
A new campus learning space, located in the Anheuser-Busch Hall, offers advanced technology that helps engage students in the project more deeply, she says. The functionality of the room is flexible and allows for various forms of interaction among peers and faculty-to-student.<\/p>\n
Administrators benefit by using this approach because it helps them address problems facing higher education from a different perspective. ~ Susan Bartel, EdD<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cWith multiple technology huddles, students work in teams, and then each team projects their ideas at the same time on a large multi-screen wall,\u201d Bartel says. \u201cThis allows students to see how we get stuck thinking the same way and also how different some ideas can be.\u201d<\/p>\n