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Mind Mapping Techniques

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Between half an hour and one hour, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The Mind Mapping Method takes its name from the activity itself: participants are expected to write down components that belong to an idea or a theme, structure them in a map, and use it as a starting point to think creatively and come up with new and combined ideas.

Decision Matrix Analysis

Amount of people, Assessment & evaluation, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, Individual, Practice-based, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

Decision Matrix helps engineers grade ideas on their own.

Flashing Lights

Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The flashing Lights Technique is used to reveal the current mood and ideas of the participants in a group.

Experiential Learning

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Between half an hour and one hour, Between one and two hours, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, More than 2 hours, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

Experiential Learning can be defined as “learning by doing” as it blends learning with experience, and therefore covers a very broad knowledge development process.

The NAF Technique

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Assessment & evaluation, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, Individual, On-line Classroom activity, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

NAF Technique is an idea selection method that aims to determine the Newest, Appealing and Feasible from a group of ideas.

6-3-5 Method

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, Practice-based, Theory-based, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The 6 (x) -3-5 is a group-work creativity method that is functional as a brain-writing activity.

Taking a Picture

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Assessment & evaluation, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, Individual, On-line Classroom activity, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The “Taking a Picture” method is about each student going outside to take one picture of their own choosing and show it to the rest of the group.

Pictionary

Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Assessment & evaluation, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, On-line Classroom activity, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

Pictionary or Scribble is a group activity where teams compete against each other in guessing what one group member is drawing.

Photo Story

Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, Individual, On-line Classroom activity, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The photo story method facilitates creating free associations related to a picture series under time pressure.

Oxford vs. Cambridge

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Assessment & evaluation, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, On-line Classroom activity, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The Oxford vs. Cambridge method is an icebreaker that makes student teams compete against each other.