Reflection- Mind-Mapping

Challenge and selection

Mind mapping is a very innovative tool. As I teach students of engineering background, this tool  always helps me to motivate students to develop creative solution of any problem. The basic  challenge with the engineering students was the approach, they always think in a traditional  approach in which they are habitual to use their left side of the brain. For designing of any  engineering solution, usually, students were dependent on the past data/ past engineering  solutions/ literature that give them traditional thinking solutions. I use mind mapping techniques  frequently with the students and colleagues for research purposes. I have used sticky notes  technique with the students by giving them a problem and asked for identifying the pattern and  theme lying inside the diversified data. This technique is very helpful to communicate diversified  views on a particular problem by the individuals.

Application

I would like to share a mind-mapping technique used by the engineering students of our  university. I have given a problem “how to make online education more interesting and  engaging” to the students to develop creative solutions.  Students were divided into different  groups of five members each. Each student has given time (30 minutes) to explore the  information or data from the partner/students of other groups (survey) or from the internet. Then,  the students have to write their views on sticky notes and place them on the whiteboard. Every  student had written their views and placed them on the board. After the inspection by me, I told  to identify the pattern or theme from the various sticky notes and the theme/ pattern should be  written on the top as the title from other colored sticky notes and put all the relevant sticky notes  below that title so that we can identify the various patterns from the different views given by the  students. Students were very excited and we recorded the highest participation in the session due  to the adoption of a new methodology. Students were given different views from which the  pattern was identified to brainstorm.

Insight and approach

The learning I got from conducting this activity is that the students have ideas and creative minds  to develop any creative solution but we need to motivate them for a systematic approach to  develop creative solutions like mind mapping. As we have used sticky notes to share the various  maybe even wild views related to problems which given them some pattern to think for a  possible creative solution, this kind of mind mapping technique should be used to develop an out  of the box solutions.

Apart from sticky notes which I have used randomly, I came to know the different techniques of  mind mapping from this course, now I will be more confident to use the various mind mapping  techniques to communicate the views of individuals and make students use most of these  techniques.


Reflection- Mind - Mapping Challenge and selection Mind mapping is a very innovative tool . As I teach students of engineering background , this tool always helps me to motivate students to develop creative solution of any problem . The basic challenge with the engineering students was the approach , they always think in a traditional approach in which they are habitual to use their left side of the brain . For designing of any engineering solution , usually , students were dependent on the past data/ past engineering solutions/ literature that give them traditional thinking solutions . I use mind mapping techniques frequently with the students and colleagues for research purposes . I have used sticky notes technique with the students by giving them a problem and asked for identifying the pattern and theme lying inside the diversified data . This technique is very helpful to communicate diversified views on a particular problem by the individuals . Application I would like to share a mind - mapping technique used by the engineering students of our university . I have given a problem “ how to make online education more interesting and engaging ” to the students to develop creative solutions . Students were divided into different groups of five members each . Each student has given time ( 30 minutes ) to explore the information or data from the partner / students of other groups ( survey ) or from the internet . Then , the students have to write their views on sticky notes and place them on the whiteboard . Every student had written their views and placed them on the board . After the inspection by me , I told to identify the pattern or theme from the various sticky notes and the theme/ pattern should be written on the top as the title from other colored sticky notes and put all the relevant sticky notes below that title so that we can identify the various patterns from the different views given by the students . Students were very excited and we recorded the highest participation in the session due to the adoption of a new methodology . Students were given different views from which the pattern was identified to brainstorm . Insight and approach The learning I got from conducting this activity is that the students have ideas and creative minds to develop any creative solution but we need to motivate them for a systematic approach to develop creative solutions like mind mapping . As we have used sticky notes to share the various maybe even wild views related to problems which given them some pattern to think for a possible creative solution , this kind of mind mapping technique should be used to develop an out of the box solutions . Apart from sticky notes which I have used randomly , I came to know the different techniques of mind mapping from this course , now I will be more confident to use the various mind mapping techniques to communicate the views of individuals and make students use most of these techniques .