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The aim of this paper is to present a reflection about the importance of collaborative work
between students in different cultures and context realities, using as a launch method, a design
thinking workshop.
The goals of the workshop were, by introducing the principles of design thinking to a focus
group of university students, in Finland and Portugal, to implement and develop, the ability to
experiment the design thinking process, and to realize how the interaction of different
perspectives, can lead to innovative solutions, as to the promotion of interdisciplinary work.
Design Thinking is a flexible methodology, that can be used in any work field, since it as
valuable elements, such as iterating frequently based on continuous feedback from all the
intervenient.
During the workshop, the teams followed the stages of the interactive Design Thinking
Microcycle: (re)Defining the problem, Need finding and Benchmarking, Ideation, Prototyping
and Testing.
This approach leads to a high variety of ideas. Through rapid low-resolution prototyping ideas
are continuously being tested with the potential users. ―Fail early in order to succeed sooner‖
is the Design Thinking principle that helps to maximize learnings and insights, crucial for
human centered innovation.
Collaborative work in a small groups scenario map, leads to the discussion of solutions, and to
the innovation that emerges from the different perspectives given by each person. Our main goal, was to find business opportunities that emerge from underestimated issues
from everyday life, but also to understand that exploring, understanding, and prioritizing areas,
can be crucial to ideating solutions. As final result we intend to analyze and compare results
from each focus group, in Finland and in Portugal, in order to understand the differences to
the problem solving approach, from each cultural and social context.
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Design thinking Collaborative methodologies Collaborative work Culture Identity
Citation
Rijo, C., Grácio, H. (2016) Teaching methodologies in the scope of collaborative design towards cultural interaction in T., Pereira, A., A. Almeida, N., Vieira, M., C. Loureiro. Atas do VII Encontro do CIED – II Encontro Internacional, Estética e Arte em Educação. (83-95) Lisboa: CIED – Centro Interdisciplinar de Estudos Educacionais.
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CIED – Centro Interdisciplinar de Estudos Educacionais