{"id":864,"date":"2018-02-27T17:35:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T17:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/?p=864"},"modified":"2018-02-28T15:42:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T15:42:46","slug":"design-thinking-to-support-underserved-communities-in-the-north-east-of-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/design-thinking-to-support-underserved-communities-in-the-north-east-of-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Design thinking to support underserved communities in the North-East of Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/114275963304730149412\" >Juan Manuel Fern\u00e1ndez C\u00e1rdenas<\/a>\u00a0and Christina Reynaga-Pe\u00f1a from TEC de Monterrey in Mexico organised a week-long workshop on \u2018Reducing marginalisation and promoting inclusive education with the mediation of digital technology\u2019 in February 2018. <a href=\"http:\/\/designthinking4inclusion.blogspot.co.uk\/p\/summary-of-workshop.html\" >Here is a\u00a0summary of the workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over 80 participants, including teachers, teacher trainees, researchers, governmental and non-governmental organisations from the North-East of Mexico, bordering to the USA, came to participate. They developed projects to support underrepresented communities to get fair and equal access to education, work and social inclusion in society.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/TecDeMonterrey\/Reducingmarginalization\/videos\/170146700\" >I was invited to give a keynote on using Design Thinking for inclusive and creative STEM education<\/a>. First, I talked about the role of the Open University to support access to higher education for everyone. Then I focused on how we support creativity through inclusive learning designs, tools for engagement and reflective practices. Finally, I argued for contextual creativity in designing educational innovations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/TecDeMonterrey\/Reducingmarginalization\" >There was\u00a0a series of further keynotes on Design Thinking and STEM education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ls_embed_1519735536\" src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/1718\/events\/8040591\/player?width=640&amp;height=360&amp;enableInfoAndActivity=true&amp;defaultDrawer=&amp;autoPlay=true&amp;mute=false\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The workshop started with an empathising session. Representatives from three underserved communities, 1 Campana-Altamira, an impoverished community in Monterrey, 2 indigenous communities, especially the Oaxaca (Wahaca), and 3 physically-disabled learners. The session was also recorded (in Spanish).<\/p>\n<p>Participants were offered some key insights about these communities and the challenges they face from those at the frontline or immediately affected.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, participants chose a community to work with, then they got to know each other and tried to better understand the problem and context of the community. Aim of this session was to find an appropriate \u2018How might we\u2019 question that frames the problem in a way that allows for creative, inclusive and achievable ideas to solve some of the communities\u2019 problems. Problem framing is one of the most difficult steps in design thinking and we could see that many groups were challenged by choosing a well-defined goal, often the problem was too broadly defined.<\/p>\n<p>The following day we worked some more on making the \u201cHow might we\u2019 questions more accessible, appropriate and focused, and then we had a fantastic ideation session, using our U101 creativity cards. Everyone listened to the ideas the groups came up with before each group selected one idea to prototype. I was truly stunned by the variety of ideas and the quality of the prototypes the participants produced. Fifteen project ideas were presented to representatives from governmental bodies, non-governmental organisations and the British Council who fund projects like these.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a selection of some of my favourites:<\/p>\n<p>A book tree to playfully engage the Campana-Altamira community in knowledge exchange as a social activity:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2524-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2524-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2524-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2524.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An exceptionally designed maker-lab facility for the Campana-Altamira community to produce, attract visitors and sell locally made products.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2561-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2561-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2561-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vertical gardening communities in Campana-Altamira to deliver contextually integrated STEM education (biology, maths and engineering etc.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2569-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2569-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2569-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2569.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Self-assembled glasses simulating different degrees of sight-impairment:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2530-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2530-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2530-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2530-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A platform that highlights the capabilities and strengths\u00a0of\u00a0impaired jobseekers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2564-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2564-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2564-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2564-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2564.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A system to identify the mood of a community by a simple visual voting system.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2571-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2571-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2571-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2571-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_2571.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last day of the workshop was dedicated to writing grant proposals to get funding and to turn the ideas into reality.<\/p>\n<p>I do hope that some of these projects make it to that stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Manuel Fern\u00e1ndez C\u00e1rdenas\u00a0and Christina Reynaga-Pe\u00f1a from TEC de Monterrey in Mexico organised a week-long workshop 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