Teaching Rural India Explorations in Design Thinking & UX

Talk @ UXNOW conference, IIT Delhi, Oct 21, 2015

Do you like stories?

My Story

Design is a way of life

Travel. See. Understand. Reality.

Illiteracy. Cows. Electricity.

Female literacy. Empowerment.

The only tablets I spotted.

Classroom. Harsh reality.

The stuff they make you do.

High Infrastructure. Low quality.

Classroom in the corridor.

Classroom in the corridor.

Married girls in class 1

EDUCATION- a wicked problem

A realisation

Rahul’s Story

DEEPIKA’s  STORY  

Sparkling eyes

Unable to read well

Poor on writing

Low on self confidence.

Curious soul

Have you met Amitabh Bachchan?

CAN  DESIGN  THINKING  &  UX  HELP  ?  

Can Design Thinking / UX help ?

Can Technology help?

The HHT Story

How do you convince ?

User research

User research

It’s all too hard yo!

Convince the stakeholders

Countless cups of chai consumed

ABOUT  HHT  

FOCUS: Improving the quality of education

Reading Writing Speaking Confidence Building

Increase Motivation Inspiration Determination

Work with the system

Take every Stakeholder Into account

A daunting task ahead

Emphasize on Activity based learning

Book reading sessions

Confidence building activities

Story telling

Art and craft sessions

Create young Social leaders through our fellowship program

Learning through videos

After all these years…

HOW DOES IT CONNECT BACK TO UX, DESIGN

From Users To Stakeholders

From One large solution to Many small solutions

From Global to Local to Glocal

From Intuition driven To Data driven

From Product thinking To System thinking

From exclusivity To inclusivity

From Small impact To Large impact

Using technology To drive change To scale

UX in a connected world

Integration of Offline and Online

Deepika’s Story

1st Rukmini Devi Scholarship Awardee

Peer learning and mentoring

Training on conducting sessions

Participatory Learning sessions

Driving change in rural areas

Craft and Activity based learning

A Reflective Practitioner

Completes 3 years of fellowship

3 years of association with HHT Teacher at a primary school now Empowered.

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