This page gives access to core STEAM methods developed by participating partner institutions for use within Higher Education.
Some methods were already in use while others were generated during the Erasmus + STEAM INC project by hacking and repurposing existing methods. Although developed within Higher Education contexts, these methods may easily be adapted and applied to teaching at other levels of education or outside formal education.
The Showcase
The Showcase method creates the setting of a simulated to encourage exploration and communication of the state of the art of machine learning. | Read more...
Service Blueprint
The Service Blueprint method is mainly used to manage service operations and to innovate products, the touchpoints with the customer and thus the customer experience. | Read more...
The Situation Room
“The Situation Room” is an immersive experience in which visitors face complex questions and difficult choices. | Read more...
The Mind Lab
“The Mind Lab” is a collaborative idea generation method used by underagraduate students taking part in the ‘Idea Translation Lab’ Elective module at Trinity College Dublin. | Read more...
Sites of Practice
A site-responsive project exploring the nature of “site” in relation to interdisciplinary art and science practice, looking at the considerations of working in and between different sites | Read more...
STEAM Sprint
A ‘STEAM Sprint’ is a flexible design thinking framework that can be used to help your stakeholders to tackle product, service, or societal challenges and test new ideas. | Read more...
Visionary surprise
This method is used during the introduction day before the actual start of an MSc programme. The aim is to enable students to get to know each other and to learn about the new institution. | Read more...
Looping Reduction
‘Looping Reduction’ is a project design and development approach applied to a one semester course that brings together students with very diverse educational backgrounds | Read more...
Unlocking STEAM Collaboratively
This STEAM method is intended to help participants engage with and understand different perspectives in relation to an issue or challenge. | Read more...
The Future Timeline
Participants collaboratively collect information about a topic with respect to its past (historical) and current (contemporary) developments and try to predict its future potential. | Read more...