Social innovation

This course introduces students to social innovations -- ideas, concepts, and processes that address societal needs. First, it exposes students to a pressing societal need. Then, it introduces them to the concepts and techniques of human-centered design for social innovation. Through a combination of methods (e.g., discovery, ideation, and prototyping) and tools (e.g., innovation tournaments) students learn to design robust ideas to address social needs.

Required Materials
HCD Connect Methods (online)
Human-Centered Design Toolkit (IDEO)

Introduce students to the principles and practices of social innovation. Adopts a Human Center Design (HCD) approach as a driving force to guide students through the different design process stages, such as discover, ideate and prototype.

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In presenza

Class sessions combine lectures, interactive exercises, group presentations, and discussions. The diversity of approaches seeks to enhance students’ technical, decision-making, problem-solving, and practical skills. To achieve these goals in an effective way, it is important to engage in and prepare for discussion, participate actively during class discussions, and review readings and assignments for their applicability to concepts covered in class

This is a participatory course. Class attendance must be at least 80% of classes.

Class Participation: 20%

Assignments: 40%
Final exam: 40%