| 英文摘要 |
Education in the 21st century increasingly emphasizes the importance of skills such as creative thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication. The purpose of this study is to foster the development of design communities through the implementation of knowledge building pedagogy and design thinking. Participants were 21 students enrolled in a course titled “Instructional Design and Technology Research” at a national university in Taiwan. The instructional design was grounded in knowledge building principles, with Knowledge Forum (KF) serving as a platform to assist the participants in continuous idea development within the classroom community. Design thinking was employed to promote students’ innovative problem-solving abilities. Data mainly came from two sources: first, the Classroom Community Scale survey, with pre- and post-test differences analyzed to assess changes in students’ sense of community; second, students’ online activities on KF, which were quantitatively analyzed based on the number of interactions, and were qualitatively coded and examined through lag sequential analysis. The results were as follows: 1. After engaging in a semester of knowledge building and design thinking process, the students developed a stronger sense of community at the end of semester; 2. The online community activity showed that students actively engaged in online discussions for idea improvement throughout each phase of the design thinking process; 3. There was a significant positive correlation between students’ sense of community and their online community interactions, suggesting a strong alignment between students’ perceived sense of community and their online behaviors. The study demonstrates how the integration of knowledge building principles and the design thinking process fosters knowledge creation, idea development, and the formation of vibrant design communities. |