Empathize

Some background on developing empathy in the design process:

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IDEO's Activities for Gaining Empathy

dSchool Activities for Gaining Empathy: To help students understand how to ask questions that will get to a deeper understanding of their user and the context in which the user operates. To introduce students to the concepts of observation and interviews through a pre-made video* To get students to get all of their observations and finding from the empathy stage of the process in one place visually.* To help the designer develop deeper empathy through well thought out questioning and follow up. To understand the difference between stating what you see and interpreting it through your personal lens.* Students will develop the skills and understandings to get at some of the deeper insights and issues contributing to and issue To help designers capturing their empathy experience so they are able to gain additional insights when they return from their field work.* To hone a student’s powers of observation and empathy and demonstrate the value of spending the time to deeply understand their target audience. To gain insight into a potential users life my "stepping into their shoes" To help designers understand the **larger context ** in which a challenge exists and develop **non-obvious insights **.