Welcome to the Design Process Toolkit a resource for learners and teachers!
The purpose of the design toolkit is two-fold - to act as informative tool, walking the users through each stage of the design process, using the Applied Design, Skills and Technologies curriculum from the Province of British Columbia as a guiding framework, pausing to reflect and to apply what they have learned to their own design project.
Instructors will be able to assess progress through the documentation of student work on FlipGrid and scaffold learning via reflective prompts, surveys and quizzes on Google Forms.
Peers are able to share information on their ‘grids’ and provide feedback to each other. In this way, we will tap into the scaffolding framework for learning.
Users can advance their learning knowledge not only by guidance from the instructor but also collaboratively construct knowledge by feedback from their peers when they share each stage of the design process.
Who is this guide intended for? Although this guide can be used by anyone interested in learning about the design thinking process, it will be particularly useful for instructors to aid in project-based learning in either a classroom setting or a public Makerspace.
How to use this guide? While the design stages are presented in a linear fashion, flexibility is highly encouraged. In design thinking, repeating a process to test, improve and design is critical so learners may move backwards several times before they move forward again in the process. Therefore, please use this guide as you see fit and feel free to adapt to meet your specific learning goals.