Design Thinking is Human-centered

Design thinking acquires and synthesizes information in order to generate creative, human-centered solutions. It places a great value on empathy for your users. The practice of design thinking seems to be sorely missing from instructional design university programs, professional training and workplace practices.

If design thinking has the potential to help us come up with better design solutions, then let’s make room for it as we design and promote learning experiences.

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