Course : Design thinking for innovation 

 Peer - graded Assignment : Reflection 

 Using mind - mapping in lecture preparation 

 1 ) Challenge : 

 I am currently doing my PhD in Finance & Accounting in India . Before joining the PhD 

 program , I was an Assistant Professor in a business school for a year . As I was a young 

 faculty member , several impromptu sessions and lectures were assigned to me . Many of 

 these were outside my area of expertise . Also , I had a brief time to prepare for most of these 

 lectures . After doing a few of these ‘ surprise lectures ’ without a specific structure , I realized 

 that I need to plan my lectures better . Lack of a planning process made these lectures very 

 unstructured and led to loss of student engagement . 

 2 ) Selection : 

 I started looking for various teaching tools that may help me plan my lectures in a more 

 structured manner . I realized that I need to have a semi - structured approach . I need to start 

 with some key elements that are necessary to be considered during planning any lecture . 

 However , the actual content would change for each lecture . This led me to create a mind- 

 mapping template that I used during the preparation of every lecture . 

 3 ) Application : 

 Mind mapping is a visual thinking tool that helps you think , collect knowledge , remember 

 and create ideas . I have an empty mind - map template that I start with . This is what it looked 

 like : 

 When I started preparing for a lecture , I took a print out of this and started filling it up . This 

 was the first thing I started with as I prepared for my lecture . I also put it up on my desk 

 when I was reading materials and looking for data . The mind - map helped me focus on points 

 to consider as I prepared for the lecture . This helped structure my lecture better . 

 4 ) Insight : 

 The use of the mind - mapping template was empowering . It helped me plan my lecture better . 

 I could see the flow of the lecture . It helped me better visualize how the lecture will look like 

 for the students . It helped increase my confidence , helped me focus on the key points , 

 improved my delivery of content and enhanced my effectiveness . This also helped me plan 

 my logistics better in terms of resource procurement . I shared this template with my 

 colleagues to help them with their lecture planning as well . 

 5 ) Approach : 

 Mind mapping is a good starting point for me in planning and preparing for the lecture . 

 However , this needs to be applied along with other tools and techniques . Earlier I was fixated 

 on the use of mind - map template . Later , I realized having a fixed framework may not work 

 every time . I need to allow some flexibility in how I prepare for lectures on different topics 

 having different agenda . Despite these drawbacks , I still continue to use this as a starting 

 point when preparing for a lecture . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Course : Design thinking for innovation 

 Peer - graded Assignment : Reflection 

 Using mind - mapping in lecture preparation 

 1 ) Challenge : 

 I am currently doing my PhD in Finance & Accounting in India . Before joining the PhD 

 program , I was an Assistant Professor in a business school for a year . As I was a young 

 faculty member , several impromptu sessions and lectures were assigned to me . Many of 

 these were outside my area of expertise . Also , I had a brief time to prepare for most of these 

 lectures . After doing a few of these ‘ surprise lectures ’ without a specific structure , I realized 

 that I need to plan my lectures better . Lack of a planning process made these lectures very 

 unstructured and led to loss of student engagement . 

 2 ) Selection : 

 I started looking for various teaching tools that may help me plan my lectures in a more 

 structured manner . I realized that I need to have a semi - structured approach . I need to start 

 with some key elements that are necessary to be considered during planning any lecture . 

 However , the actual content would change for each lecture . This led me to create a mind- 

 mapping template that I used during the preparation of every lecture . 

 3 ) Application : 

 Mind mapping is a visual thinking tool that helps you think , collect knowledge , remember 

 and create ideas . I have an empty mind - map template that I start with . This is what it looked 

 like : 

 When I started preparing for a lecture , I took a print out of this and started filling it up . This 

 was the first thing I started with as I prepared for my lecture . I also put it up on my desk 

 when I was reading materials and looking for data . The mind - map helped me focus on points 

 to consider as I prepared for the lecture . This helped structure my lecture better . 

 4 ) Insight : 

 The use of the mind - mapping template was empowering . It helped me plan my lecture better . 

 I could see the flow of the lecture . It helped me better visualize how the lecture will look like 

 for the students . It helped increase my confidence , helped me focus on the key points , 

 improved my delivery of content and enhanced my effectiveness . This also helped me plan 

 my logistics better in terms of resource procurement . I shared this template with my 

 colleagues to help them with their lecture planning as well . 

 5 ) Approach : 

 Mind mapping is a good starting point for me in planning and preparing for the lecture . 

 However , this needs to be applied along with other tools and techniques . Earlier I was fixated 

 on the use of mind - map template . Later , I realized having a fixed framework may not work 

 every time . I need to allow some flexibility in how I prepare for lectures on different topics 

 having different agenda . Despite these drawbacks , I still continue to use this as a starting 

 point when preparing for a lecture .
### Output: 