- Type Certification
- Level Advanced
- Time Months
Design Thinking Educator Micro-Credential: Fostering Student Innovation
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The earner is an expert in the principles and practice of design thinking as a tool for student innovation. Earners of this badge are educators who have integrated a project-based design curriculum focused on developing career-relevant human-centered design and UX/UI design skills into a class or informal learning space and facilitated the program successfully with their students.
- Type Certification
- Level Advanced
- Time Months
Earning Criteria
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The earner completed a 3-day training on the implementation of the Design League program.
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The earner created an implementation plan to integrate the Design League program, curriculum and youth outcomes into their class or student program.
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The earner facilitated their adapted design curriculum with a group of students over several weeks and submitted notes on how they would iterate on their implementation in the future.
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The earner mentored at least 1 team of student designers to create an original design prototype that addresses a community issue.
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The earner created a digital portfolio about their design journey showcasing both their own and their students’ learning about human-centered design in a reflection video.