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Thinking Gym

Christian Borchert
Singapore

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Thinking Gym is a comprehensive web-based application tailored to foster critical design thinking and reflection among students. The platform allows students to log project activities, reflect on pre-readings, and submit their work for tutor review. Key functionalities include sharing logs, posting comments, and receiving feedback from tutors, team members, and peers. The application supports individual and team responses, incorporating critical thinking (CT) and critical reflection (CR) activities with tools like KWL-IQ for meaningful learning. Initially deployed for the UDE1001 module, the system aims to scale across various project-based courses.
Enhance Critical Design Thinking:
Equip students with skills to tackle complex, untrained problems through structured reflection and critical thinking activities.
Improve Collaboration:
Facilitate seamless interaction among students, tutors, and peers for better project outcomes and learning experiences.
Streamline Feedback Mechanisms:
Implement efficient feedback systems to provide timely and constructive feedback on student submissions.
Support Academic Success:
Boost students' academic performance by integrating critical thinking exercises into their coursework.
Scale Across Courses:
Initially deployed for UDE1001, with plans to expand to other project-based modules, supporting over 3000 students annually.
Enhance User Engagement:
Provide an intuitive, user-friendly platform that encourages active participation and continuous improvement.
Integrate Advanced Analytics:
Use analytical tools to monitor engagement, identify trends, and improve the overall educational experience.
Connect with LMS.
Overdue, Due This Week, Not Due, Submitted, Module, Session.
Share and submit tasks.
System for peer reviews.
On student submissions.
Mass import via Excel.
Includes duplication.
Form builder for task types.
Dates, team tasks, peer feedback, shareable options.
For assignments.
Draft, send, comment, and publish feedback.
Extended reports on submissions.
Detailed feedback insights.
Includes instructor feedback.
Thought and Standards analytics.
Filtered content options.

Challenges
Solutions
Implemented mass Excel upload functionality to efficiently create and update system users, streamlining the onboarding and management process.
Developed a flexible form builder to enable instructors to create various task types, allowing for tailored assignments that meet specific course requirements.
Enabled seamless submission of activities, including team tasks and peer feedback, ensuring smooth and efficient student participation and interaction.
Implemented robust text tagging capabilities to allow users to highlight and comment directly within the text, enhancing the depth and quality of feedback and reflection.
Integrated the application with existing LMS systems for streamlined user authentication, providing a seamless login experience for all users.
Developed features to save and display submission records based on the latest filtration settings, ensuring easy access to relevant data and improving user experience.
๐ Enhanced Collaboration: Increased interaction and collaboration among students, tutors, and peers through shared logs and feedback mechanisms.
๐ Improved Critical Thinking: Empowered students to engage deeply with critical thinking and reflection activities, leading to better learning outcomes.
๐ Scalability: Successfully implemented the platform for the UDE1001 module with plans to extend its use across other project-based courses.
๐ User Engagement: Achieved high user engagement and satisfaction with intuitive interfaces and robust reporting features.
๐ Future Enhancements: Planning AI-driven features for tagging appropriateness, advanced analytics, and enhanced visualization of user activity and progress.

Daxesh and his team are amazing. They are super customer oriented, very friendly, easy to work with and very experienced and skilled. It was an absolute pleasure working with Daxesh and his team and we will for sure engage them again and I can 100% recommend him to work with. The best freelancer / agency on Upwork I have worked with so far.
Christian Borchert
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