The cocreation project at focus in this chapter consists of an innovation platform and a university-company collaboration model for the creation of new products and services. It is a cocreation of innovation project with multidisciplinary teams of university students, supervised by teachers (facilitators), who work together with employees of a private, public or third sector organization to find solutions to solve real problems.
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An Outlook on the Facilitators' Perspectives of a Cocreation Project at a Higher Education Institution
Sandra Nunes (Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal),
Luisa Carvalho (Instituto Politecnico de Setúbal, Portugal),
Sandrina B. Moreira (Instituto Politecnico de Setúbal, Portugal),
Raquel Pereira (Instituto Politecnico de Setúbal, Portugal),
Pedro Mares (Instituto Politecnico de Setúbal, Portugal), and
Pedro Santos (Instituto Politecnico de Setúbal, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2023
|Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6701-5.ch004
Abstract
Innovative pedagogical methodologies are becoming increasingly applicable in the context of higher education. In this cocreation project, multidisciplinary teams of students, companies/organizations' representatives, and teachers focus on finding solutions to real problems. The project also involves the training of teachers to play the role of facilitator, stimulating and conducting a concrete project of collaborative creation of innovation. This chapter aims to present the impact of the second edition of this project from the facilitators' perspective that took place in a higher education institution in Portugal, the Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, from September 2021 to February 2022. Main results reveal the possibility of increasing students' proactivity, highlighting the perception of increased capacity building in communication and collaboration; increased relationship between the academy and the embedded context, stimulating partnerships with stakeholders in the region; and boosting international work, favoring internationalization processes at home, even in a pandemic context.