Today we kicked off a 'Design Thinking Workshop' for incoming master’s and PhD students at 'UST (University of Science and Technology)' in Daejeon.
This workshop brings Korean and international students together to learn and practice innovative approaches to solving complex problems.
I (John Kim) am teaching alongside instructors Jihye Kim, Miyoung Oh, Jongmu Kim, and Eun-a Cho. We are running 3 classes for international students and 5 for Korean students, with 100+ international and 180+ Korean participants.
Drawing on their diverse backgrounds and knowledge, participants collaborated and enjoyed trying many new things to arrive at user-centered solutions.
Along the way, they began working through the core stages of design thinking: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test.
This workshop helps participants look at problems from multiple angles and strengthens their ability to come up with creative solutions.
Students new to design thinking told us it was great fun to find fresh inspiration through creative ways of thinking.
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