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Design Thinking for Students

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There’s so much talk about preparing students to solve problems that the world can’t yet imagine, but how are we going to do that? Design is a wonderful framework for promoting the skills that leaders and innovators need, including things like empathy, collaboration, persisting through failure, and comfort with ambiguity.

“Why Higher Education Needs Design Thinking“

December 8, 2016February 15, 2017 Kate M Leave a comment

The Dance of Pedagogy

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A good teacher judiciously moves back and forth between tricks to elicit student interest and space for students to motivate themselves, all with the long-term goal of building intrinsic motivation.

  • Kentaro Toyama, on Gamification in Higher Ed
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