Human-Centered Design

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Human-centered design is a way of solving problems, and it’s getting a lot of attention. This video shows you what human-centered design is all about and why it’s making waves. It explains how focusing on people can make a big difference in different areas or industries.

Vocabulary Questions:

  1. What does the idiom “on the fly” mean in the sentence, “The inspiration phase is about learning on the fly, opening yourself up to creative possibilities, and trusting that as long as you remain grounded in the desires of people you’re designing for, your ideas will evolve into the right solution.”? Give two synonyms and use this phrase in a sentence.
  2. What does the phrase “shore up” mean in the sentence, “During the implementation phrase, you’ll build partnerships, shore up your business model, and get your idea out into the world.”?  Give two synonyms and use this phrase in a sentence.
  3. What does the expression “to get one’s idea/s out into the world” mean in the sentence. “During the implementation phrase, you’ll build partnerships, shore up your business model, and get your idea out into the world.”?  Give two synonyms and use this phrase in a sentence.

Discussion Questions:

  1. What makes human-centered design effective?
  2. How does human-centered design uniquely benefit users?
  3. Share successful examples of human-centered design applications.
  4. Has your company adopted human-centered design in its projects? Cite examples on how.
  5. Do you think this method can work for personal projects? Why or why not?
0.00 avg. rating (0% score) - 0 votes

Related posts:

  1. Human Rights B1 – Intermediate As humans, we are all entitled to some basic rights and freedom....
  2. Ethical Problems with Human-Monkey Chimeras B2 – Upper Intermediate Netflix’s new sci-fi series entitled “Sweet Tooth” is a story about a...
  3. The Future of the Human Race B2 – Upper Intermediate What do you think will happen to humankind after 12 00,000...
  4. First Human Head Transplant B2 – Upper intermediate Organ transplants have saved many lives. But, an Italian neurosurgeon wants...
  5. Cutting Up Food Helped Human Evolution C1 – Advanced Human evolution is all about the process or physical changes that humans went through over...

2 replies on “Human-Centered Design”

1. What makes human-centered design effective?
I think, because have the requirements of the users as the most important things of all the process. The goal is the User’s satisfaction.

2. How does human-centered design uniquely benefit users?
Offer them just the things they really needed in a practical and useful way.

3. Share successful examples of human-centered design applications.
If you compare with, for example 20 years ago, right now almost everything has a human-centered design, and they test all having into consideration de User Experience and so on. So, there are a lot of examples: smartphones, smartwatches, mobile apps, cars, IA apps like ChatGPT, etc.
4. Has your company adopted human-centered design in its projects? Cite examples on how.
Almost in all of them (maybe some exceptions are the regulatory affairs) for example, in the design of the On-line Banking, etc.

5. Do you think this method can work for personal projects? Why or why not?
I don’t think so. in your daily life you have a more heuristic approach and try on-the-fly to solve the problems and come up with the solutions.
I see the Human-centered methodology more in a Work Project approach with people working together trying to find the best outcome.

Well done sharing your thoughts on the concept of human-centered design.

Take a look at another way to write this response:

I think, because have the requirements of the users as the most important things of all the process. The goal is the User’s satisfaction.

I think, it is effective because have it takes into consideration the requirements of the users as the most important thing of all in the whole process. The main goal is the to ensure user satisfaction.

Keep practicing.

Leave a Reply

Only registered students can submit comments.