DESIGN SPRINT IN HIGHER EDUCATION, GOING FROM FACE-TO-FACE TO REMOTE MODE
Wallenius, Liisa; Tigerstedt, Christa (2022)
Wallenius, Liisa
Tigerstedt, Christa
International Association of Technology Education and Development
2022
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This paper discusses experiences of running intensive service design courses, namely Design Sprints, and the steps of moving from face-to-face to remote mode. The cases discussed are intensive courses
in Finnish Bachelor education in multidisciplinary settings at Haaga-Helian University of Applied Sciences and an international intensive programme in a Nordplus programme offered to universities in
the Nordic and Baltic region.
Design Sprint is a service design model developed by Google Ventures (hereafter GV) is a five-day process to be used in business to find answers to and accelerate product development and solving of in-service business problems. The Design Sprint is a cost-effective way to develop and test ideas in a short time. Each sprint has a commissioner with real-life needs or problems to be solved. This customer centred method starts with gathering customer understanding, continues to generate and iterates ideas, creating prototypes, and testing them. The process combines best practices from business strategy, innovation, behaviour science and design thinking. The Design Sprint is used in business companies, public sector services and educational institutions around the world.
The Design Sprint has been part of the curricula at the Porvoo campus of Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences since 2018. The sprint is arranged for third semester students of various disciplines with the objective of offering an intensive and hands-on insight into design thinking and product development with focus on customer understanding. Furthermore, commissioners are provided a swift experience of product and service development.
The second experiences come from an international Nordplus project Eko Tek that offers students in the Nordic-Baltic area to experience and participate in an intensive programme of Design Spring offered by a network of universities and companies in the Nordic-Baltic region.
The paper will discuss steps taken to move the Design Sprint intensive programme from face-to-face and international visits to remote sprints, the tools used to enable remote collaboration, student, and teacher experiences of the remote experience.
In the end, the paper suggests how the experience might be used in similar intensive programmes in the future benefitting the student participants and enhancing collaboration.
in Finnish Bachelor education in multidisciplinary settings at Haaga-Helian University of Applied Sciences and an international intensive programme in a Nordplus programme offered to universities in
the Nordic and Baltic region.
Design Sprint is a service design model developed by Google Ventures (hereafter GV) is a five-day process to be used in business to find answers to and accelerate product development and solving of in-service business problems. The Design Sprint is a cost-effective way to develop and test ideas in a short time. Each sprint has a commissioner with real-life needs or problems to be solved. This customer centred method starts with gathering customer understanding, continues to generate and iterates ideas, creating prototypes, and testing them. The process combines best practices from business strategy, innovation, behaviour science and design thinking. The Design Sprint is used in business companies, public sector services and educational institutions around the world.
The Design Sprint has been part of the curricula at the Porvoo campus of Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences since 2018. The sprint is arranged for third semester students of various disciplines with the objective of offering an intensive and hands-on insight into design thinking and product development with focus on customer understanding. Furthermore, commissioners are provided a swift experience of product and service development.
The second experiences come from an international Nordplus project Eko Tek that offers students in the Nordic-Baltic area to experience and participate in an intensive programme of Design Spring offered by a network of universities and companies in the Nordic-Baltic region.
The paper will discuss steps taken to move the Design Sprint intensive programme from face-to-face and international visits to remote sprints, the tools used to enable remote collaboration, student, and teacher experiences of the remote experience.
In the end, the paper suggests how the experience might be used in similar intensive programmes in the future benefitting the student participants and enhancing collaboration.