Evaluating the Outcomes of Human-Centered Design in a Virtual Program Development Higher Education Course

Societal changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic have shown importance of both intrapersonal and interpersonal skills in virtual environments. Two midwestern university instructors joint-taught their spring 2021 agricultural education training program development courses, bringing students together teams during pandemic. Course content included human-centered design (HCD) practices (a problem-solving approach focused on end-user) applied to traditional models planning. Previous research from other fields has that HCD helps become more empathetic, collaborate meaningful ways, appreciate need adapt points view. Students this course completed a retrospective pre-posttest survey perceptions associated with HCD. Overall, had significant impact design. Further should be conducted explore planning models.