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6 Thinking Hats

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, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

Six Thinking Hats, a teaching model promoting critical and creative thinking, is used for exploring different perspectives towards a complex situation or challenge.

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 ticon_team

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.

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 ticon_team

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.

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.

Reframing Matrix

15-25, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Between half an hour and one hour, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Ideation & Conceptual design, Individual, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The Reframing Matrix technique helps to overcome cognitive biases in ideation and problem analysis by enabling the students to look at a problem from other than their usual perspective.

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.

Role play

Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Assessment & evaluation, Between one and two hours, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Group, Group or individual activity, Ideation & Conceptual design, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

Role play is an activity where the students can act or think as another person and put themselves into an imaginary situation where everything is possible.

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.