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About the Course

The evolution of design has seen it become a discipline no longer limited to the concerns of a singular, specific domain and develop to become a pathway for solving complex, nonlinear problems. Design is becoming a capability-enhancing skill, equipping people with the ability to deal with uncertainty, complexity and failure. In this course, we demonstrate how you can use design as a way of thinking to provide strategic and innovative advantage within your profession. Suitable for anyone who is curious about design and translating the processes and tools of design thinking into innovative opportunities, over 5 weeks we explore, apply and practice the design process: think, make, break and repeat. Through introducing theoretical concepts and examining industry case studies with leading Australian design firms, we investigate design as learning about the context (the thinking part), building prototypes as tangible representations (the making part) and testing potential solutions (the breaking part). We build on this by showing the productive value of moving through the process quickly and often (the repeating part), to improve ideas and develop new insights. Throughout the course, you will follow us through three of Australia’s most exciting design offices and learn from practicing designers and leaders in design. This insight into industry will enable you to develop a comprehensive understanding of design and the role it can and does play within the innovation landscape. You will leave this course with a set of practical tools and techniques to apply to situations within your own professional context, to translate problems into opportunities and solutions, and ultimately to innovate through design....

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I learned a lot about design thinking, two major skills I learned was to embrace failure but to quickly repeat to 'perfection' and to listen, do the research. Thank you :)

LL

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Great overview of the design innovation process! The content is up-to-date and the professors really go above and beyond to make the course feel like a regular university course as much as possible.

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By Amy F

Aug 15, 2024

peer review may be ineffective as even without the grading rubric, peers may give odd grading due to their own lack of understanding of the assignment. overall great course tho!

By Anas A

Apr 21, 2023

As an instructional designer now focussed on creating online course contents, i feel there are areas that can be improved, particularly from the facilitator's verbal sessions.

By Leslie “ M M

Apr 20, 2023

I learned a lot about design thinking, two major skills I learned was to embrace failure but to quickly repeat to 'perfection' and to listen, do the research. Thank you :)

By Collin F

Jul 7, 2021

Fantastic course! I recommend it to anyone wanting to work in the UX field, but not necessarily as a designer. Great for researchers, strategists, and analysts.

By Miroslav N

May 22, 2020

Good interviews and videos. Readings could be prepared a bit more or some with some more sketches.

Overall a good course with new view points and ideas.

thank you

By Jonathan S

Jun 13, 2022

El curso establece las bases primarias para determinar análisis de problemas, pero hace falta incorporar análisis de causas para determinar alternativas.

By yesica a v

May 31, 2022

I would love to have more practical exercise to make sure we understand the concepts explained in this course otherwise, this course was amazing! Thanks

By Gerald L

Feb 27, 2021

Overall, great course with right amount of material and classmate interaction. Taking some time, however, for my review submissions to be acknowledged.

By MWaqas A (

Apr 24, 2021

The course was very interesting throughout but assignment questions are very tricky to understand for nonnative English Speakers like myself.

By Luis B

Oct 31, 2022

Me gusto mucho el material del curso asi como la calidad de los maestros, anecdotas y ejercicios claro que me llevo algo bueno del curso.

By Mohammad A T

Feb 26, 2021

Excellent Course! lot of concepts has been explained in a very professional yet easy to understand way. Big thanks to Sydney University.

By ALFONSO M M

Sep 11, 2020

A very brief but useful guideline of the Design Thinking method. Very satisfied with this course and the resources they provide you.

By Mark R T

Aug 1, 2019

The course was very engaging and it inspires me to apply my acquired knowledge in this course to my future design projects.

By Asha F

Feb 18, 2021

Great content and assessments, would have liked some more history of design evolution over time as context for the theory.

By Tavish K

Jun 20, 2020

Well structured and good references. More depth would be nice but I understand it was designed for a wide ranging audience

By Mhd Y P P B

Apr 6, 2022

where is my certificate, why doesn't my certificate appear even though I have finished this course?

By Hrishikesh A

Jun 19, 2019

Course was good, but could have been better had it included more thoughts by industry experts

By Liliana S B

Sep 3, 2020

It was great, I enjoyed it a lot. Very clear and challenging. I really liked the exercises.

By Bindhu S

Apr 4, 2021

Good topic i had a hard time on the quizzes and the assesment but good to be challenged

By Akram A

Dec 13, 2022

Great course and a mind opener makes you think out of the box and conventical process

By Maisura J

Oct 11, 2021

This is a very interesting course. Some part could've been more in details. Thanks!

By Aleksey K

Oct 30, 2021

If peer grades are not fair - there is no button near review to escalate the issue

By Nashat R

Dec 5, 2020

Excellent course , recommended for entire leaderships & senior staff

By ebuka I

Jun 28, 2022

It is a good course, i really got to widen my knowledge in design.

By myatthit k

Apr 25, 2022

It is very good course. You can get inside view of designer.