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<h2 class="hd hd-2 unit-title">Step 5: Develop Action Plan and Peer Feedback (Prototype)</h2>
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<p>If you're focusing on Unit 3, we suggest you complete this step by April 11, 2019. If you're spending equal time on Units 2 and 3, submit your work for this step so you have enough time to iterate based on your classmates' feedback. </p>
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<p>Create a prototype of your solution idea in the form of an Action Plan that can be shared with others. Then share your prototype with your course peers and give feedback. </p>
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<p>It is time to move forward down the path of change! Your Action Plan will allow you to share your ideas and get feedback on them. Think of it as foundation that you can also continue working on after this course is over. In Step 5, you will develop a prototype Action Plan and share it with your peers. You will then give feedback on your peers' prototypes before trying your prototype in Step 6. </p>
<p><strong>We recommend that your Action Plan be expressed in 1-2 pages or the equivalent in another medium.</strong> Take time on formatting and proof-reading so that it is shareable with others. Your Action Plan prototype should include the following components:</p>
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<li><strong style="font-size: 1em;">Challenge & User Need:</strong><span style="font-size: 1em;"> Make sure this is expressed concisely. Include students’ needs and the needs of another stakeholder.</span></li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 1em;">Solution Idea:</strong><span style="font-size: 1em;"> Summarize the solution idea you're moving forward with and why it's particularly promising. How does it address user needs? How does it best use your school or organization’s resources?</span></li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 1em;">Action Steps & Impact:</strong><span style="font-size: 1em;"> Design thinking encourages a bias toward action. As soon as possible, we want you to engage in the iterative process of trying things out, reflecting and adjusting, then trying again. </span></li>
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<li><strong>List one or two steps you can take towards implementing your solution in the next four weeks.</strong> This step might look like presenting your solution idea at a faculty meeting or conducting stakeholder surveys. </li>
<li><strong>Then, list three steps you will take in the future to really make this solution idea work. </strong></li>
<li>For each of the steps, <strong>explain the potential impact in your community</strong>. <span style="color: #333399;"><strong>Example:</strong></span> If you share your solution idea at a staff meeting, one possible impact is that a colleague offers to help you.</li>
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<li><strong style="font-size: 1em;">Help Needed:</strong><span style="font-size: 1em;"> It's very difficult to change things by yourself. Consider what kind of help you would need to make change in terms of people as well as other assets, like time, space, or equipment. <span style="color: #333399;"><strong>Example:</strong> </span>You know you'll need a letter of support from your department head in order to make changes to your school's parent communication policy. You also know that you will need your principal to make an hour of time available for teachers to go to a professional development session about the new policy. </span></li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 1em;">Indicators of Success:</strong><span style="font-size: 1em;"> Imagine one year has passed since you put your solution idea into place. How do you know that things are going well? What indicators could demonstrate that your solution is effective? <span style="color: #333399;"><strong>Example:</strong></span> Every year parents take a survey about their satisfaction with various school policies. This year more parents said that they felt happier with the way teachers communicate. </span></li>
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<p style="font-size: 16px;">If you need more guidance, check out the Prototype section of the <a href="/assets/courseware/v1/3f93694b684fe7e73e3fc9fbd74184a6/asset-v1:MITx+11.155x+1T2019+type@asset+block/Design_Process_Tips_2018.pdf" target="_blank">Design Process Tips</a>.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #313131; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Share your Action Plan in the forums. </span></p>
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<p style="text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #313131;">Provide feedback to the <span style="text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: underline;">two</span> participants whose posts appear below yours. If those participants have already <span style="text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;">received feedback, look for participants who have not received any. Follow the Peer Feedback Guidelines and consider the following:</span></p>
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<li style="text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;">Do you think that the participant’s solution addresses a symptom or an underlying problem? Ask one probing question that might help them dig a little deeper.</span></li>
<li style="text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;">Do you feel like the participant’s solution appropriately addresses the identified need? Does it address the needs of multiple users? Are there other stakeholders you could see benefiting from this solution?</span></li>
<li style="text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;">Have you ever tried to tackle the participant’s problem? Do you have any advice or expertise that you could offer the participant? Remember that context matters as you respond.</span></li>
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<h2 class="hd hd-2 unit-title">Step 6: Share Action Plan & Iterate (Try)</h2>
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<p>Get additional feedback from a trusted colleague (or if possible, a stakeholder). Apply that feedback to make your Action Plan better. Take a step from your Action Plan. </p>
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<p>We encourage you to engage in the Try phase in two ways. We want you to share your Action Plan with a colleague, then adjust your plan based on feedback you received from your colleague and from your peers in the course. We also want you to take at least one of your initial steps of your Action Plan, reflect on your experience, and adjust the plan as needed.</p>
<p>1.<b> Sharing your Action Plan:</b></p>
<p>What do you want to know about your Action Plan? Generate a list of questions you have for your tester beforehand. Let your tester react to the Action Plan without interrupting them. Record your observations or any questions they have. Then ask your planned feedback questions. Important questions you might consider asking include: </p>
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<li>What do you think works well in this Action Plan and why?</li>
<li>What might need improvement? Why?</li>
<li>What changes would you make?</li>
<li>Was my explanation of my solution clear? Is the scope of this too large? Too small?</li>
<li>Does this solution seem realistic and reasonable considering our context?</li>
<li>What questions do you still have?</li>
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<p>2.<b> Trying out an initial step:</b></p>
<p>Before you take the first step,<b> record what you expect to happen.</b> For example, if you are presenting your solution idea at a staff meeting, what do you expect the concerns to be? Who do you expect support from? </p>
<p>After you’ve tried the step,<b> reflect on what actually happened. </b>What is the difference between what you expected and what happened? How does what happened affect part of your Action Plan? Has part of your solution idea changed? Are there more steps or steps in a different direction that you might need to take? Are you adding people or resources to the “Help needed” section?</p>
<p>3.<b> Once you’ve gotten feedback, apply that feedback to improve your prototype, meaning your Action Plan. </b></p>
<p style="font-size: 16px;">If you need more guidance, check out the Try section of the <a href="/assets/courseware/v1/3f93694b684fe7e73e3fc9fbd74184a6/asset-v1:MITx+11.155x+1T2019+type@asset+block/Design_Process_Tips_2018.pdf" target="_blank">Design Process Tips</a>.</p>
<p style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Optional: </strong>Share your testing experience with your classmates using the link below. Consider replying to others to foster discussion. If there is something specific you'd like to engage with others on, make it the subject of your post. </p>
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