Co-ideation

Although ideation is a way of creative thinking and expression that tends to focus on individual rather than communal activity, it can be beneficial for students to co-ideate, or to experience what I call co-ideation. The reason for this is that when students help each other to ideate (typically in pairs or groups of 4 - 6 students), they go through an intellectual and emotional learning process that help clarify their own thinking and understanding of ideation. Similarly, and as designers typically design for others, co-ideation with stakeholders (non-designers), may help designers find out what stakeholders think, what they value, and what would be useful to them.