Analysis & problem definition – Page 3

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.

Music Quiz

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, Individual, On-line Classroom activity, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The Music Quiz method is an icebreaker or a “mind-freer” where student teams will compete against each other in guessing the name or artist of a song.

Motivational video

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, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The Motivational video method is an icebreaker that uses publicly available videos to motivate the students to complete more complex tasks throughout the day.

Help the old lady

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, 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 “Help the old lady” method makes students experience the difference between convergent and divergent thinking in ideation and need analysis.

Flower

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Between half an hour and one hour, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, 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 flower method uses a structured brainstorming template to analyze problems, combine and detail initial ideas, and create scenarios or use cases.

Dance Battle

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 Dance Battle method is an ice breaker where teams compete with each other in imitating famous dance moves.

Continue the Story

Analysis & problem definition, Between half an hour and one hour, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group or individual activity, Individual, On-line Classroom activity, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The “Continue the Story” method sparks the students’ creativity by making them complete a story.

Clarifying Challenge

15-25, 25+, 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, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The Clarify the Challenge method is used to reach and document a common understanding about the central topic or challenge.

Catchwords

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The catchword method is used to start the creative process by developing random terms.