{"id":8608,"date":"2021-04-14T10:02:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T14:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/?p=8608"},"modified":"2024-12-17T12:16:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:16:01","slug":"faculty-article-udl-reimagining-business-course-through-cycle-of-design-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/faculty-article-udl-reimagining-business-course-through-cycle-of-design-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Reimagining a Business Course Through a Cycle of Design Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Reimagining a Business Course Through a Cycle of Design Thinking<br \/>\n<\/strong>by Matt Connell<br \/>\nProgram Director, Business Administration<\/p>\n<p>with Diana LaRocco<br \/>\nDean, School of Applied Liberal\u00a0Arts and\u00a0Social Sciences<br \/>\nDirector, Goodwin University\u00a0Institute for\u00a0Learning Innovation<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<p>Sitting through my students\u2019 final presentations for Business 150: Small Business and Entrepreneurship at Goodwin University, I found myself struggling to stay awake. I looked around the room, and it seemed like the students in the class were feeling the same. The only ones somewhat engaged were the individual presenters, and even they seemed like they were presenting something about which they knew little. Students were going through the motions, doing enough to meet the requirements of the assignment, but not achieving the intended outcomes of their oral presentations. They seemed to have gained little knowledge by completing this major assignment, which served as a summative assessment.<\/p>\n<p>After the class, I sat back and thought, \u201cWhat was the purpose of this assignment? What is this course supposed to accomplish? What is the goal?\u201d \u2014 because whatever I just sat through was not it.<\/p>\n<p>What this course is supposed to do is build students\u2019 abilities to clearly articulate a self-identified business idea to others, verbally and in writing.<\/p>\n<p>Those final presentations caused me to pause and reexamine the entire course, from the beginning through the final assessment. To do this, I engaged in a Cycle of Design Thinking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8610\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/faculty-article-udl-reimagining-business-course-through-cycle-of-design-thinking\/cycle-of-design-graphic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cycle-of-Design-Graphic.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"807,629\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cycle of Design Graphic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cycle-of-Design-Graphic-300x234.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cycle-of-Design-Graphic.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cycle-of-Design-Graphic-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cycle-of-Design-Graphic-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cycle-of-Design-Graphic.jpg 807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I <strong><em>discovered<\/em><\/strong> that class time was largely spent reviewing the materials in the course text, going over items and topics that students could and should read about on their own. To create a self-identified business idea, weekly assignments required students to write one section of a conventional, multi-page business plan. At the end of each class, we had scheduled about 15 minutes for all students to \u201cstand up and present\u201d the business plan section for the week.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Interpreting<\/em><\/strong> and reframing what I had discovered, I identified flaws in the design and execution of various course components. It became apparent that my teaching methods and the structure of the assignments were inadvertently creating learning barriers for students. What I originally had in mind for the written assignment was an easy-to-understand executive summary of their business idea. Yet, the assignment I designed had students writing a full 30-page business plan. I wanted students to tell stories about their business ideas in a concise and engaging manner. I wanted them to be able to explain their plan to friends, family, and potential customers and investors. Unfortunately, I had not offered any in-class time for practice with feedback. It was only the last class in which they gave this type of presentation. Clearly, it was time for a revamp.<\/p>\n<p>Using the <a href=\"https:\/\/udlguidelines.cast.org\/\">Universal Design for Learning<\/a> (UDL) framework as a lens, I <strong><em>generated<\/em><\/strong> several ideas that I then <strong><em>tested<\/em><\/strong>. All in all, it was apparent that I was not supporting students to pursue mastery. So, I started by applying concepts outlined in the <a href=\"https:\/\/udlguidelines.cast.org\/engagement\/effort-persistence\/mastery-oriented-feedback\">UDL checkpoint increase mastery-oriented feedback<\/a>. I decided to provide students with class time each week to actively enage in discussions about their business ideas and to work through details.<\/p>\n<p>In this reimagined model, students talk through various aspects of their business plans and practice \u201cpitching\u201d their ideas. They receive real-time constructive feedback from their peers and me on their plans and on how to tell their stories better and more authentically. Students incorporate feedback into the next week\u2019s presentations. To accommodate the class time required to do all this, I moved to a flipped learning approach in which students read, watch, or otherwise actively take in and engage with assigned materials before the class.<\/p>\n<p>My reflections on and <strong><em>assessment <\/em><\/strong>of these changes point to substantial improvements in students\u2019 final presentations. Students now hand in a short executive summary and have three minutes to present their business idea.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most importantly, classmates are awake and visibly engaged, as am I.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/majors\/business-administration\/\">Learn more about the Business Administration programs at Goodwin University.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reimagining a Business Course Through a Cycle of Design Thinking by Matt Connell Program Director, Business Administration with Diana LaRocco Dean, School of Applied Liberal\u00a0Arts and\u00a0Social Sciences Director, Goodwin University\u00a0Institute for\u00a0Learning Innovation Sitting through my students\u2019 final presentations for Business &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/faculty-article-udl-reimagining-business-course-through-cycle-of-design-thinking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reimagining a Business Course 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