Competence

Innovation
competence –
A complex concept
and an ambitious aim
in higher education
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Outline of the presentation
A. Part 1, TUAS team
– Innovation pedagogy
– Innovation competence
– Developing innovation
competence
– Methods used
B. Part 2, UPV Frances Watts
– ICB: innovation competence
barometer
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The World is Changing
knowledge
society
Aging of human
population
Environmental
problems
Changes in
working life
Technological
development
Global economy
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In the knowledge society the earnings
logic of companies is based on
innovations. !
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Explicit
knowledge
Stable world
Traditional university pedagogy
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Tacit
knowledge
Constantly changing world
Innovation pedagogy
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The constantly
changing world
requires new
means!
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There is space for a new
culture in education:
the innovation culture.
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Innovation pedagogy is the new
innovation culture which leads
to innovative know-how.
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Tacit
knowledge
Explicit
knowledge
Constantly changing world
Innovation pedagogy: making the tacit explicit
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Innovation
The process of
constantly improving
knowledge, which leads
to new sustainable,
ideas, products, further
knowledge or other
practices applicable in
working life
Innopeda®
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Competence
Competence means the proven
ability to use knowledge, skills
and personal, social and/or
methodological abilities , in work
or study situations and in
professional and personal
development. In the context of
the European Qualifications
Framework, competence is
described in terms of
responsibility and autonomy.
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How does EU feel about Innovation
activities?
Is there any support awailable?
Harri
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When aiming to produce
innovations we must
understand what are the
competencies anticipating
them.
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• We call these competencies
innovation competencies.
• individual
• interpersonal
• networking
Interaction/
network
relationship
* ERDIM – Educational
Research, Development
and Innovation Methods
* flexible curricula
* multi-disciplinarity
* internationalisation
* entrepreneurship
* various assessment
methods
Competencies
Study
field
specific
Final
learning
outcomes
Innovation
Individual
Interpersonal
Networking
Ability to
participate
in diverse
innovation
processes
Innovations
Meta-innovations
How do the companies feel about
innovation competencies?
Sami
Ari
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We believe that the
innovation competencies
should be set as an aim for
every student in any study
programme.
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An innovative individual
forms the base
Individual innovation competencies!
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Ability to connect through interaction
in the network of competencies
Problem
Output
Interpersonal innovation competencies!
Ability to build networks
and operate using them
Interaction/
Networking innovation
competencies!
relationship
How do we assess the
innovation competencies?
Interaction/
Individual
Networking
relationship
Problem
Interpersonal
Output
There is a need for a tool to
assess the innovation
competencies.
The tool which has been
developed is the ICB
barometer.
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But how do we assess the
competences in general?
Taru
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There are a lot of different ways to organize education
Explicit
knowledge
Stable world
Educational
arrangements
Tacit
knowledge
Constantly changing world
Case Project Hatchery
Case Sales Competition
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Case TTI Design Studio
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Harri what is the international feedback?
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Now I give the word to Frances.
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