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Design Thinking & Innovation, TEK495

Overall impressions

1. Given your experience would you recommend the course to other students?

No»		0		0%
Yes»		6		60%
Yes, I already did»		4		40%

Genomsnitt: 2.4

- It is cool. You do instead to read boring stuff. I made a website as my final report. I felt the freedom to do what I really want. » (Yes)

2. What do you think about project based teaching as a format?

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Rather good»		0		0%
Very good»		5		50%
Excellent»		5		50%

Genomsnitt: 4.5

- Always there is room for improvement» (Very good)
- Maybe not for all courses but for some this is quite good.» (Very good)
- I loved it» (Excellent)
- Good to get short theoretic introduction and later practice it in real. Very good to do it for three different projects. Gives a better understanding after each time I did it. » (Excellent)

3. Did the learning diary contribute to your learning

10 svarande

Yes»		2		20%
Yes (however, I did not always do them)»		4		40%
No (I did them on a regular base, but saw no effect)»		2		20%
No (I did them some times, but saw no effect)»		2		20%
No (I did not do them)»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.4

- I think is always good to go trough a session just after it. Otherwise can it be easy to forget important things. The diary is a good way to do this. Is a bit time consuming and due to all the other things in the course was it hard to do it close to a session, which is important. » (Yes)
- TO be honest I did not write any note in the course. It is because I don’,t to it any way in any course. But I have to accept that finally was a way to sanitize the learning experience. I wrote the note my book at the end of the course. I really learned all the theoretical concepts when I wrote such note book. I have to be honest. It was tuff but it helped.» (Yes (however, I did not always do them))
- it was too exhausting» (Yes (however, I did not always do them))
- I think it took many hours, without reason» (No (I did them on a regular base, but saw no effect))

4. What do you think about the examination format (presentations)?

Rather poor»		0		0%
Rather bad»		0		0%
Rather good»		3		30%
Very good»		7		70%

Genomsnitt: 3.7

- you should increase the grades for the documentation and exclude the grades for the students» (Rather good)
- it"s the best way to show what you"ve learned» (Very good)
- I think the whole project is the examination. I believe it a good way to examine, because it is about selling in the real life. I would prefer if the jury would consider how applicable the solution is in real and not just how the presentation was performed. » (Very good)
- It was cool. Because in the real word you need more than knowledge. You need presentations skills. This method gives this opportunity. » (Very good)
- especially that we had to present upfront to the class and could make some improvements afterwards» (Very good)

5. What do you think about the portfolio exercise?

It helped me to reflect upon my individual contribution.»		4		40%
It did not make me reflect.»		0		0%
I will use it (or parts) as a reference in the future.»		5		50%
I will NOT use it in the future.»		1		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.3

- a good way to present your work, I would like to have some more guidelines for doing it» (I will use it (or parts) as a reference in the future.)
- I think is a good way to store the projects that I have done and also reflect on them. Sad that I started with it after 4 years in school. It would be good to have done it from day 1. » (I will use it (or parts) as a reference in the future.)
- as I have no ideas of portfolios I did not know how to do it or how it "should" look like» (I will use it (or parts) as a reference in the future.)
- I think the portfolio should get more room in the course. The way it was handed out now made the whole assignment feel a bit out of place as it got no attention in class. Was hard to understand exactly what you were supposed to do» (I will use it (or parts) as a reference in the future.)

6. What do you think about the team building?

I liked that we could create the teams ourselves.»		7		70%
I prefer to be assigned to teams.»		3		30%

Genomsnitt: 1.3

- Maybe not completely free but the students could have some say in teambuilding (like wishing a buddy). It worked out very well with the assigned teams however» (I liked that we could create the teams ourselves.)
- I would prefer if there was a better mix of specialities provided by teachers» (I prefer to be assigned to teams.)
- This was the only part I thought was really bad. I think everyone just wanted to get a team without being left out as the last one to be picked. And I do not believe the self evaluation was accurate or useful. I would very much recommend to skip this part or do it in a totally different way. » (I prefer to be assigned to teams.)
- The way we built the teams the first day, in 15 minutes, I do not think is the best. People feel shy at the time to go and chose a team and sometimes they end in a team not because they want to, but because they do not have it yet.» (I prefer to be assigned to teams.)

Lecturer(s)

7. What do you think about the team support by Ingo Rauth

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Rather good»		1		10%
Very good»		3		30%
Excellent»		6		60%

Genomsnitt: 4.5

- he was always there to help us but sometimes he also wanted to help us although we did not want him to "help"» (Very good)
- he was always there when we needed him» (Excellent)
- Just do as you did! Your engagement is very motivating for me!» (Excellent)
- Great. » (Excellent)

8. What do you think about the lectures by Ingo Rauth

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Rather bad»		0		0%
Rather good»		1		10%
Very good»		5		50%
Excellent»		4		40%

Genomsnitt: 4.3

- The only thing about the lectures is that they are both long and intensive. Is really tiring to have intense lectures from 10-5. Could be shorter in my opinion. . » (Very good)
- sometimes the warm-up is annoying, especially during project 3 when we needed all the time to work on» (Very good)
- interactive and amazing» (Excellent)
- Great attitude. He transmitted positiveness. You fell that he is interested in that you learn. I think it was cool. » (Excellent)

9. What do you think of Lecture 1 on Innovation & R&D by Maria Elqmuist

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Rather bad»		0		0%
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Very good»		4		66%
Excellent»		2		33%
No opinion»		4

Genomsnitt: 4.33

- I"m not sure how this contributed to the lecture» (No opinion)
- Don"t remember it very well» (No opinion)

Visiting lecturers

10. What do you think about of the lecture on team work by Lisa Carlgren

Rather poor»		1		12%
Rather bad»		0		0%
Rather good»		2		25%
Very good»		3		37%
Excellent»		2		25%
No opinion»		2

Genomsnitt: 3.62

- I was terrified during the fight with Maria!!They persuaded me that it was a real fight» (Very good)
- Do not remember this. » (No opinion)
- Missed due to fever» (No opinion)

11. What do you think about of the lecture on team work by Kalle (Karl-Magnus Möller)

Rather poor»		2		20%
Rather bad»		0		0%
Rather good»		4		40%
Very good»		2		20%
Excellent»		2		20%

Genomsnitt: 3.2

- Hm, did not feel that it gave so much and that is could be useful for the future.» (Rather poor)
- Don"t remember it» (Rather good)

12. What do you think of the lecture on Ethnography (Kira Krämer)

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Rather bad»		0		0%
Rather good»		1		10%
Very good»		7		70%
Excellent»		2		20%
No opinion»		0

Genomsnitt: 4.1

- sad, that we could not do all activities» (Very good)
- Gave new insight!» (Excellent)

13. What do yo think of the lecture on synthesis (Jan Schmiedgen)

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Rather bad»		0		0%
Rather good»		3		30%
Very good»		4		40%
Excellent»		3		30%

Genomsnitt: 4 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- Very interesting but would need a bit more time for this. Everything was new and very intensive. » (Excellent)

14. What do you think about the lecture on prototyping (Julien Mauroy)

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Rather good»		1		10%
Very good»		4		40%
Excellent»		5		50%
No opinion»		0

Genomsnitt: 4.4

- although I would have liked to work more on our own prototypes» (Very good)
- amazing lecture» (Excellent)
- Very interesting. But the same here. More time for this!» (Excellent)
- Probably the (or one of the) best lecture I"ve had at Chalmers» (Excellent)

15. What do you think about the lecture on project management (Jan Wickenberg)

Rather poor»		1		11%
Rather bad»		1		11%
Rather good»		3		33%
Very good»		2		22%
Excellent»		2		22%
No opinion»		1

Genomsnitt: 3.33

- Did not see the aim of the lecture. No structure and just some buzz words. And a time plans could anybody do without a lecture on it. » (Rather poor)
- I don"t like project management!!» (Rather good)
- not sure if it was necessary for the course, but it was interesting» (Rather good)
- Already had project management with wickenberg thus the lecture didn"t add anything new. Otherwise I guess it"s alright » (Rather good)

16. What do you think about the lecture on business aspects of innovation (Bengt Järrehult)

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Rather bad»		0		0%
Rather good»		5		50%
Very good»		4		40%
Excellent»		1		10%
No opinion»		0

Genomsnitt: 3.6

- It was good timing for the exercise. » (Rather good)
- Too complicated methodology to work with something like innovation. » (Rather good)
Genomsnitt totalt för detta stycke: 4

Additional comments

17. Project & Project Partner

- trailer, nice challenge , good collaboration»
- Time keeping. Both a good thing and a challange was all the different ideas everybody had in the group. It was hard to get forward just because everybody wanted to go in different directions. But it also gave a lot of new insights. Very interesting how different people approach stress and tight deadlines:) »
- Truck Trailer. My group was the "Team Truckers" and it was really nice to have worked with them.»
- truck trailer»
- truck trailer Our cooperation was really good,we had different backgrounds and the important thing is that I want to cooperate again with them!!»
- I was working on the truck trailer challenge. It was very difficult as we had the feeling, that Volvo already knows everything that we found out. Furthermore we did not feel able to invent or design something that will totally change the way of doing things. But in the end we thought that it was a good process and that we could show our insights and construct some kind of solution. The work and interaction with my team members was really good. We helped each other and contributed all to reach the final presentation.»
- Time Keeping. The challenge was very good since you could do as much as you wanted to (dig really deep or just skim the surface). Once you started you realized that you could probably just keep going for months if there was no timelimit. This also highlighted a lot of the gaps explained in the lectures so that you really experienced them and also the path dependency »
- Lack of support from project partner, though a lot support from Glen Barlow. Slow respond and lack of assistance. Several requests for internal interviews were asked but could not pursue due to lack of internal communication.»

18. Please share with us any comments and ideas for improvement.

- it would be better if the rehearsal for the presentation was 1-2 days before the actual presentation, so that there is time for improvements»
- -Redo the team building session and divide the teams. -The intensive sessions need to be shorter. -More time for projects (could be 15 credits for the course if it compared to other courses). »
- Either the diary or the final essay, I feel it was so repetitive to write the same things twice. Reflections on the projects, reflections on the groups, thoughts, etc were two things that I feel I did twice. But in general it was a really nice course and I learned a lot of skills that I will use in the future for sure»
- I wish the project was more defined from the beginning. »
- change feedback and the grades for documentation!»
- Either make the course give more credits or make the last project a bit smaller. It worked out but I had to put a lot more than 20 hours a week for it to work. Also since everyone has one more course group work become very hard and finding time for interviews. »
- Give us some example and your expectation on portfolio since the first lecture. Love all guest lecturers. If it is possible, could it has a session to talk about what could be the career related to design thinking?»

Thank you!