Get Creative with People to Solve Problems
University of Leeds
  • Start Date: 04 Jul, 2022
  • 2 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Increase your problem-solving skills and develop your design thinking mindset using the principles of human-centred design.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility

Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Find solutions to a range of problems using design thinking


How are the products we use every day created and designed? Human-centered design is being used by companies, startups, and governments all over the world to solve the problems by understanding the needs of people who face them.


On this two-week course, you’ll gain a practical insight into why this method of thinking is effective, how to use it, and which jobs benefit from the process.


You’ll take part in activities and become familiar with how to collect the right information and data to prove a solution can work in the real world.


Discover the importance of human-centred design


Human-centred design is a creative approach that focuses on understanding the needs of the people who have a problem, in order to design appropriate solutions.


This course will show you how putting people first in design delivers results, as well as how to develop your own design thinking mindset.


You’ll build skills in empathy, brainstorming, and making prototypes, and see how something as simple as asking the right questions can make your product stand out.


As well as identifying the kinds of problems that can be solved with human-centred design, you’ll experiment with the process through a series of simple activities to understand what is needed to make a successful design project.


Gain insights from industry experts


Learning from experts in the field, you’ll discover how to design great products for and with real people. You’ll also understand how to apply design thinking to real-world problems to see the process in action.


By the end of this course, you’ll be able to summarise the activities needed to run a successful human-centred design project whilst developing your design thinking mindset.


This course is designed for anyone interested in building on their skills and developing a design thinking mindset to tackle problems in the workplace.


You could be a graduate or working but looking to improve your career prospects with sought-after skills.


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Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

University of Leeds

As one of the UK’s largest research-based universities, the University of Leeds is a member of the prestigious Russell Group and a centre of excellence for teaching.

Academics at the University of Leeds lead pioneering research that addresses major global challenges, in areas such as energy, water and climate change, human health and wellbeing. The University works in interdisciplinary teams to find innovative solutions to global problems such as poverty, hunger and crime. It strengthens communities through its outreach and public engagement.

The diverse range of FutureLearn courses developed by the University of Leeds will allow the exploration of new and different ways to provide online education. The University wants to reach a global audience, meeting the growing worldwide demand for access to higher education, so that the outstanding knowledge it creates can benefit a wider community.

 

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

You may be able to download course materials after enrolling in this course. If not, all of the necessary course materials provided by the course instructor will be available on the provider's course page.
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