Where Design Thinking Meets Social Media and Creates Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship iConference Social Media Expo 2014 Kinyetta L. Nance, Christopher R. Nixon, William K. Langston Graduate School of Library and Information Science Local Vocal
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Where Design Thinking Meets Social Media and Creates Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship
iConference Social Media Expo 2014Kinyetta L. Nance, Christopher R. Nixon, William K. Langston
Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Local Vocal
Research Questions
● How should Local Vocal members best approach community design challenges?
● What knowledge and tools should Local Vocal members obtain through the application to allow them to successfully address community design problems?
Design Thinking Theory & Methods
Design Thinking is a solution based, human centered, methodological process, activity, and way of thinking aimed to creatively solve problems in any field. (Gavin Melles, 2012)
● Design Thinking Theory & Assumptionso Multidisciplinary teams are more innovativeo Design teams with design thinking instruction are more innovative