The project aims at developing innovative teaching and learning approaches to include Creativity and Innovation Management (CIM) in HE and in practice.This will be achieved with the help of an innovative, self-directed learning approach at the interface of higher education and business.CIM competences are hardly to be acquired in frontal teaching lessons or self-learning exercises.The ideal learning contexts to acquire these competences are the informal/non-formal ones such as traineeships or mobility. However, it is a challenge to set up learning contexts that facilitate creativity and innovation management. Up to now only singular attempts have been made to systematically include the development of these competences in curricular or extracurricular HE courses and the assessment of these competences requires a new competence framework system to give evidence of students’ development, to connect them to existing certification systems and to offer a European wide validation approach.CIM will develop and pilot an approach to tackle this issue based on a long-term partnership of academia, business and educational partners.The traineeships will involve students from 6 universities and will be carried out in businesses in different EU member-states (students will travel to other EU countries). The innovative momentum of these internships is that they work along a project management structure and self-directed learning approach; each trainee will plan, develop and assess his/her project, which leads towards at least one of the key competences described above.Well-proven validation approaches will be applied to assess and evidence informal learning.Students will develop CIM projects along an innovative blended learning concept based on transferrable study units that can be integrated in the formal curricula and on an experiential learning approach in EU enterprises.Competences will be validated and connected to EU validation and certification tools.
The project aimed at developing innovative teaching and learning approaches to include Creativity and Innovation Management (CIM), using a competence-oriented and constructive learning and developing approach that leads to concrete product and service prototypes.Educational professionals in HEI and in businesses have been qualified to facilitate CIM learning projects in a learner-centred way and also validate the competence development therein.
The CIM project dealt with the acquisition and validation of competences related to Creativity and Innovation in Higher Education Institutes and Business. The acquisition of these 21st century skills affords not only new learning concepts but also a new way of facilitation. Both approaches (learning and facilitating innovation) have been combined by the CIM consortium of 16 partners from 9 member states.
<< Background >> The CIM project dealt with the acquisition and validation of competences related to Creativity and Innovation in Higher Education Institutes and Business. The acquisition of these 21st century skills affords not only new learning concepts but also a new way of facilitation. Both approaches (learning and facilitating innovation) have been combined by the CIM consortium of 16 partners from 9 member states. << Objectives >> The project aimed at developing innovative teaching and learning approaches to include Creativity and Innovation Management (CIM), using a competence-oriented and constructive learning and developing approach that leads to concrete product and service prototypes.Educational professionals in HEI and in businesses have been qualified to facilitate CIM learning projects in a learner-centred way and also validate the competence development therein. << Implementation >> The project started with a comprehensive survey designed to understand the needs of the different targets groups and educational sectors in terms of Creativity and Innovation Management. Subsequently, the project designed competence frameworks for future innovators and their facilitators. These formed the basis for a 5-day training mobility in which 66 educators learned how to facilitate practical learning projects on Creativity and Innovation in Higher Education and Business contexts. << Results >> Based on the developed learning and facilitation instruments and approaches for “Design Based Collaborative Learning” the training and counselling concept was delivered to 66 professionals. They facilitated 66 learning projects in 9 partner countries with 90 learners and validated their development in terms of competence in spotting ideas and opportunities.CIM organised three large-scale conferencing events with more than 250 participants to largely disseminate and valorise its outcomes.