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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration for Peer Instruction.
Knowledge Modeling
Peer Instruction
Purposedifferent
When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.When a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity.Peer Instruction uses group thinking to clarify difficult terms or concepts faster. The method combines individual reflection with social correction and shared precision.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
15-45 min60-180 min10-20 min je Frage
Participantsdifferent
1-1012-100+6-50
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsConcept Questions, Vote Results, Learning Notes
Tags1 shared
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
LearningDialogueFacilitation
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Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
Facilitation
Fishbowl Discussion
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping