Ideate, Create, Iterate: A Design Jam for Student Success

Rebecca Blakiston and Darcy Van Patten co-present a workshop as part of the University of Arizona’s IT Summit.

To develop the most relevant and impactful solutions, we need to understand our users and keep their goals, motivations, and challenges in mind.

Join us for this user experience design jam, where you’ll rapidly tackle a design challenge using a structured, team-based approach that puts users at the forefront. We’ll begin by practicing empathy for the end users of our tools, systems, and technology. Then, embracing wild, divergent thinking and imperfection, we’ll ideate, prototype, test, and iterate on solutions to some of our students’ biggest challenges.

You’ll get hands-on experience working on a diverse team to solve a problem, and you’ll leave with ideas on how to incorporate design thinking into your work, no matter your job title.