The Creativity, Innovation, and Design group has highlighted a few of the innovation courses available at BYU during 2015. For a full list of 200+ courses, see here. …
Designing a new study carrel for the BYU library
The BYU Library study carrels are over 40 years old. One Saturday in May 2014, I taught an all day Innovation and Design Thinking boot camp for BYU students. BYU Library leadership had asked if I could have students tackle the challenge of …
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Cities and Civilization: Of Babylon and Zion. My latest article on Deseret News.
Cities and Civilization: Of Babylon and Zion. "Zion is no ordinary, human civilized city....According to one stream of thought, cities are an invention of humans, not the domain of God. Cities contain and cultivate the ills of the world, cutting …
How Utah Became the Next Silicon Valley
How Utah Became the Next Silicon Valley. As my friend Rick West noted, we call it Silicon Slopes. …
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What is Design Thinking
BYU is making great strides with creativity, innovation, and design thinking. Learn more about design thinking from an educator's perspective here: http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/using-design-thinking-higher-education …
Rules for Learning. New article on Deseret News
"I entered my daughter's preschool room and learned how I have not understood the rules of learning.....God is not on stage. We are. We are the ones here to learn. He is there to observe and listen and, when needed, provide correction, feedback, …
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