Agile Design Thinking

[SanPranav]

Notes: Integrating Agile and LxD

Core Idea

• Combine Agile, Design Thinking, and Merrill’s Principles of Instruction to create effective, learner-centered, iterative education.

Adapted Agile

• Agile ↔ Education: Similar need for planning + feedback.
• TDD ↔ Backwards Design → start with assessment goals.
• Design Thinking adds empathy + POV → learner-centered.
• Sprint Cycle (2–4 weeks):
  • Backlog → Plan → Meet-users/owners (Empathy) → POV → User Stories
  • Development → Ideate (HMW) → Standup/Pinup/Kanban → Implementation → Test/Feedback → Burndown → Retrospective → Close

Design Thinking & LxD

• Instructional Design (ID): Structured, goal-oriented, less flexible.
• Learning Experience Design (LxD): Iterative, feedback-driven, human-centered, integrates UX/game/graphic design.
• Human-Centered Design: Inspiration → Ideation → Implementation → Iteration.
• Design Thinking Phases: Empathy → Define → Ideate → Prototype → Test.

Instructional Models

• ADDIE: Analyze → Design → Develop → Implement → Evaluate.
• SAM: Iterative prototyping (more agile).
• UbD: Backwards design (results → assessment → learning activities).

Learning Theories

• Behaviorist: Stimulus-response, rewards.
• Cognitivist: Organization, repetition, metacognition.
• Constructivist: Real-world, group learning, tangible outputs.
• Connectivist: Networks, systems, AI, authentic projects.

Mastery Models

• Mastery Learning: Advance only after mastery.
• Traditional: Time-based progression.
• Competency-Based Ed (CBE): Pace + feedback → mastery formalized.

Andragogy vs. Pedagogy

• Adults (Andragogy): Self-directed, intrinsic motivation, relevant learning.
• Children (Pedagogy): Teacher-directed, extrinsic motivation, structured.

Frameworks

• Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember → Understand → Apply → Analyze → Evaluate → Create.
• Fink’s Taxonomy: Foundational knowledge, application, integration, human dimension, caring, metacognition.
• Gagné’s 9 Events: Gain attention, state objectives, recall prior learning, present content, guide, practice, feedback, assess, transfer.
• Merrill’s Principles: Problem-centered, activate prior knowledge, demonstrate, apply, integrate.

Key Takeaways

• Agile sprints + design thinking = iterative, user-centered learning.
• LxD improves on Instructional Design by being flexible, engaging, and feedback-driven.
• Effective instruction: real-world tasks + scaffolded learning + continuous reflection + iteration.