Learner Reviews & Feedback for Design Thinking for Innovation by University of Virginia
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ML
Jun 13, 2017
Good and easy to understand course. Design Thinking is a key methodology in Business nowadays. This course presents the key concepts and introduces you to the methodology through easy going lectures.
YK
Sep 24, 2019
Good Course ! I liked the way instructor has provided the instructions along with the presentation. The only reason why It's 4 start, that I was looking for some training material to download :)
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By Aditya V
•Feb 5, 2016
This course is for me because innovation is my concern.
By Carlos H J C B
•Sep 29, 2025
muy buen curso ,me gusto mucho
By Alexandra R
•Dec 19, 2018
Excelente aprendizaje!
By VIGASINI S P
•Dec 9, 2025
Good and very useful
By Mustapha B
•Nov 5, 2025
Excellent course
By Cielo E O E
•Sep 28, 2025
ME GUSTO MUCHO
By Salvador M H
•Sep 7, 2016
Great course!
By Ruba m A
•Sep 13, 2025
Very helpful
By Manuela H L
•Dec 3, 2025
Buen curso
By DHONIK X F J
•Dec 3, 2025
good
By İbrahim E
•Dec 14, 2025
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By Rita B
•Dec 22, 2025
It laid down the basics and fundamentals for the design thinking methods.
By michelle m
•Sep 26, 2025
Gostei bastante, só queria que os vídeos tivessem em PT
By Natasa S
•Dec 10, 2025
very good but i would like more practical exercises
By James K
•Dec 27, 2018
Lecturer is un-engaging, very little emotion shown and monotonous, just your run off the mill reading-off teleprompter with a poor background.
Slides look like they were created in one of the earlier version of powerpoint so not engaging
By Dawn J
•May 26, 2020
Pros: Real life examples of design thinking applied globally.
Cons: I signed up for the course expecting practical frameworks of how to apply design thinking but unfortunately did not receive that as a takeaway. The course materials also failed to define the term design thinking in a succinct way, which alone tells me that the rest of the course is going to be vague and barely sweeping the surface of real-life applications.
By Federico C
•Aug 14, 2019
Good Step description, poor description of tools, no testing at all.
It should be more hands on, and may be more practical. Some videos were too long. No quizzes for following up and capstone was really poor.
Reading the book is way more useful than attending this course.
Week 4 learning launch class was the best one.
By sami h
•Jul 21, 2017
I needed good knowledge in deep of the different phases tools and workshops to be able to run them myself. This course is only an introduction + companies examples that sometimes are not bringing value to the course. A bit disappointed !
By Atefeh H
•Mar 23, 2020
Content of the course is so basic comparing to the final work that is expected from the student.
By Wasim D
•Aug 3, 2021
I am giving it a one star because my work needs to be reviewed by peers instead of quizzed and I have yet to have my work corected and there was only one out of three assignments available for correction, it makes it hard to obtain the certificate even though you complete the tasks very disappointed
By Felipe S d B
•Nov 9, 2016
muito bla bla bla, pouco resultado, pouca comprovacão de funcionamento.
By Louis S D
•Nov 11, 2017
This is a wonderful course and I applaud Prof Liedtka on her teaching methodology combining structure with creativity. Each of the tools listed are really useful in expressing the design thought process in action and every one of the experts have lent their unique perspectives, which have been really helpful in outlining the idea that Design Thinking tries to convey. My only gripe if any would be the assignment rubric, which shackles the author within a very walled framework and defeats the purpose of thinking out of the box. While it offers a precious guideline for the peer to evaluate, it more or less mandates the author to stick within this and it applies some sort of unwritten pressure on the peer to rate only on those defined yardsticks, which again effectively brings down the scope for the writer of the reflection to bring in fresh approaches into their piece. Design Thinking in spirit has to involve a level of creative thinking within a structured framework, but if the structure takes precedence, then in all probability creativity would take an uncomplimentary second position. Please take this for what it is, but be sure that the course and the material have been totally outstanding, and I commend the Darden team for putting this out on Coursera.
By Aaron P
•Oct 11, 2020
Gracias por la forma en la que está construido el curso, realmente tener ejemplos reales en donde se aplica la metodología hace fácil de incluirla en nuestro quehacer diario, si bien esta metodología se ha desarrollado desde hace mucho tiempo, los abordajes de cada persona e institución varían, y al conocerlos, agregan valor para implementarlos dentro de los proyectos de niveles económicos, sociales, políticos y tecnológicos que se pueden desarrollar en nuestra institución. Si bien un servidor ya había tenido algún tipo de capacitación en esta metodología, la que presentan aquí tiene nuevas formas de aplicación. Agradezco a los instructores por su entusiasmo y compromiso con este tipo de iniciativas. Gracias.
By Pinaki B
•Aug 1, 2019
This empowers the though process end to end. This provided the style to approach any new or existing problem to think through by the means of its core pain point. Then the transition towards solution quadrant in correspondence to each pain point before sketching the High Level picture of any Design topic. This makes the design mind map discrete per step, visibility of approach becomes distinct. Visualization approach has been followed to make the traversal of whole path end to end with less chances of disputes at later point of time; and the same provides a wider spectrum to think deeper with more features and facilities to get adopted. Thank you so much for constructing this course so nicely!
By Tanguy D L
•May 10, 2019
This course should be mandatory in the unlearning process of 20st century management habits that no longer fit to the current societal challenges . It took me over 1,5 year to 'process' the course; I dived in the videos, listened to them in the car and during holidays back and forth, got lost, rescheduled, gave up, and finally came back in a focused way, what a journey, I am very proud of. The insights have changed my way of viewing the world challenges, have made me discover new patters, and provided my both a peace of mind between left and right brain thinking (you have to trust and be 'in the moment') as well as reconnecting to this random childhood creativity.