University of Nicosia

Established in 1980 (as Intercollege)

The largest non governmental university

4800 students from 60 countries

Offers undergraduate (BSc), postgraduate

(MA / MBA) degrees and PhD degrees

Employs over 470 staff

Masters and Ph.D. in Learning Design

CARDET’s Mission

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research, and development through evidence-

based practices, cutting-edge research, and

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• Mobile Apps

• Tablet Computing

• Game-based learning

• Learning analytics

• Gesture-based computing

• Personal Learning Environments

• Natural User Interfaces

INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING RESEARCH 2011 Findings and Implications

www.itlresearch.com

moma.org

Conference in numbers

“Design thinking can be described as a discipline that uses the designer’s sensibility and methods to match people’s needs with what is technologically feasible”

(Kelley)

The Design Process

http://www.ideo.com

Characteristics of Design Thinking

• Creative process

• Human centered

• Situated and contextualized

• Culture and people roles (not with ICT)

• A participatory system

Design thinking as a process,

highlights a shift

from instructional design to learning design

from instruction to learning

from teacher to learner

Design thinking as a framework

encourages us to act as

LEARNING ARCHITECTS

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