MyWellnessCheck: Designing a student and staff wellbeing feedback loop to inform university policy and governance

Conference Paper (2021)
Author(s)

J.D. Lomas (TU Delft - Industrial Design Engineering)

W.L.A. van der Maden (TU Delft - Industrial Design Engineering)

Research Group
Form and Experience
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https://rsdsymposium.org/mywellnesscheck-designing-a-student-and-staff-wellbeing-feedback-loop/ Final published version
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Publication Year
2021
Language
English
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Form and Experience
Pages (from-to)
247-260
ISBN (electronic)
978-94-6366-507-0
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Relating Systems Thinking and Design 2021 Symposium (RSD10) (2021-11-02 - 2021-11-06), Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands
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Abstract

“My Wellness Check” is a well-being assessment system designed to support wellbeing feedback loops within large organizations, like universities. In this paper, we present a narrative describing the human-centred design process used to develop a context-sensitive well-being feedback system within a large technical university during the COVID-19 pandemic. We share quantitative and qualitative findings from the first two feedback cycles, where well-being assessments were sent to over 30,000 students and staff. By involving community members and decision-makers in the qualitative data analysis, we successfully translated results into administrative policy and community action. Our ongoing design research project highlights the desirability and feasibility of well-being feedback loops within large complex systems.