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Ideation & Conceptual design

World / Knowledge Café

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Between one and two hours, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Ideation & Conceptual design, More than 2 hours, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By

Also known as “World Café” or “Knowledge Café” is a structured conversational process to share knowledge between smaller groups of people that are discussing a topic.

Day in the life

Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Assessment & evaluation, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Ideation & Conceptual design, Individual, More than 2 hours, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By

A “Day in the life” is used to elicit the interaction points of a user and the solution in the context of their daily life. The method helps gain insight into the needs, behaviour and goals of the user.

Personas

Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, 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, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By

A Persona represents a fictional character that represents a type of customer or user. The fictional character or persona is created from the synthesis of research data on actual users/customers, generalising on a specific type of user/customer. This method is based on research and is intended to assist in understanding the consumers’ needs, behaviours, experiences, and goals.

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

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.

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

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