The goal of the 2019-2020 provincial project was to bring adult education teachers together (both in-person and virtually) in a network to identify and address common problems that students experience in their classrooms. 

This was achieved by using the design thinking process to work collaboratively in developing solutions (in the form of products or practices) in subject-specific groups and involved building on the work of past EPC projects on formative assessment, unpacking the curriculum, and literacy. It also responded to Orientation 2 of the Digital Action Plan to make use of digital technologies to enhance teaching and learning practices.

The Design Thinking process has been used to solve complex problems in many different industries, including business and engineering, before coming to the field of education. The cyclical process involves 5 general steps: empathizing with the user, defining the problem, ideating a solution, prototyping the solution, and testing it. Design Thinking can be used to bring about change at the school level, in the art of teaching, and in student projects. It involves embracing risk-taking and learning from failure, which are important practices to model for our students.

Please note that this project was terminated in March 2020, due to the global pandemic.