Course syllabus

Welcome to TEK495 Design thinking and innovation!

Sessions are held on-site at Vasa 6 unless otherwise noted (see schedule below). For eventual Zoom sessions:

Information about course content and learning goals can be found in the Syllabus. The schedule for this course is displayed below, with all course activities (sessions) linked. Please note that session contents (e.g. lecture slides) will typically be made available after the sessions.


Schedule

Week

Date

Time

Location

Course Activity

35

31/8

10.00-17.00

On-site (NB: Veras Gräsmatta)

01_Intro

36

5/9

08.00-12.00

On-site

02_Empathy, Ethnography, Digital collaboration

36

7/9

10.00-17.00

On-site

03_Sketching, Reflection, Synthesis

37

12/9

08.00-12.00

On-site

04_Ideation, Prototyping, Testing

37

14/9

10.00-17.00

On-site

05_End Project I, Start Project II, Teams

38

19/9

08.00-12.00

On-site

06_Literature Seminar, Data Collection

38

21/9

10.00-17.00

On-site

On-site project session

39

26/9

08.00-12.00

On-site

07_Unpack Data, Story Share

39

28/9

10.00-17.00

On-site

08_Synthesis

40

3/10

08.00-12.00

On-site

09_Ideation

40

5/10

10.00-17.00

On-site

10_Prototyping, Testing ctd.

41

10/10

08.00-12.00

On-site

On-site project session

41

12/10

10.00-17.00

On-site

11_Peer Feedback, TEJM and Presentation Techniques

42

17/10

08.00-12.00

On-site

12_Dry Runs

42

19/10

10.00-17.00

On-site

Final Presentations, Check-Out


Course literature

There is very little mandatory course literature, but some recommended reading to make the most of the course, and to strengthen the theoretical argumentation in the home exam. Please refer to the Syllabus (see link above) as well as the Literature list for more information and access to the files.


Contact details

Name Role Email
Maria Elmquist Examiner, Lecturer, Coach maria.elmquist@chalmers.se
Anna Rylander Eklund Lecturer, Coach annaryl@chalmers.se
Constantin Bremer Teaching assistant, Coach constantin.bremer@chalmers.se