How Design Thinking Is Transforming The Learning Experience

What it's about

Key chapters

• Introduction

  This eBook examines the five phases of design thinking, and how you can implement them into your training design to create truly impactful learning.

• What is Design Thinking?

  Design thinking is a process in which we focus on the user, challenge assumptions, and redefine problems in an attempt to identify alternative strategies and solutions that might not be instantly apparent with our initial level of understanding.

• Empathize

  L&D managers often have to study and record the needs of the learners in their organization in order to build effective courses.

• Define

  Without correctly defining a problem, it’s nearly impossible to generate the necessary solution.

• Ideate

  The Ideate stage is a critical step of design thinking.

• Prototype

  A prototype is simply a rough draft or preliminary version of an approach which provides a way to rapidly try out ideas without a large investment of time and money.

• Test

  Design Thinking is an iterative process that involves much testing and modification.

• Instructional Design Is Now Learning Experience Design

  Deloitte’s 2016 Global Human Capital Trends report boldly advised HR to adopt design thinking, placing the employee experience at the center.

• Transforming Best Practices With Technology

  Learning is personal. As everyone has a different learning style, how can today’s L&D professional create effective courses even when substantial time has already been spent on the Empathize phase of design thinking?

• Learning Design Systems

  Experience counts: today’s most successful L&D managers build courses with learning experience in mind.

• Thank You

  Synapse empowers organizations around the world to automate and streamline their training development processes.