In collaboration with the Training Center for the Environment and Sustainability of Syros (KEPEA), CSSD lab’s researcher Andrianos Pappas presented an introductory online workshop on Design Thinking oriented towards primary and secondary school teachers. The workshop was held on 13th March 2024, with 64 attendees from the Cyclades region.
The general concepts of Design Thinking were introduced, based on the Double Diamond design process and d.schools 5-stage Design Thinking Process (Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test). Then, the focus was placed an ongoing design contest for schools, aimed at reducing plastic waste and raising awareness on environmental issues, and Design Thinking was presented as a tool that can be used with schoolchildren in order to approach this context with a specific design methodology.
The workshop was held in the context of the eDea research project “Digital services for ideation, collaboration & synthesis in Design Thinking”.
Read more on KEPEA’s website (greek)