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Innovation and entrepreneurship education in China has been developed rapidly. In this paper, Five aspects were analyzed including concept and position, organization setting, faculty construction, teaching content and subject support and external support system by comparing innovation and entrepreneurship education of the United States, Britain, Germany, Australia, Japan and Singapore. We guide innovation...
User experience (UX) is emerging as a cross-functional field bridging professions as diverse as marketing, graphic design, web development, and technical communication. To build better user experiences, many industry-based organizations are creating teams across departments to spur innovation and collaborative problem-solving. At the same time, academia has been slow to offer courses and programs...
The new tools invading our digital world, such as tablets, smart phones are connected to the data centers through the internet and allows the introduction of new pedagogical tools. Among them, the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), available on internet sites, is inducing worldwide changes in the educative strategies. These tools are particularly well-suited to learn a good background, which is...
This paper presents the findings from an investigation into the training requirements for collaborative innovation. The data was gathered by means of exploratory interviews and compared with that of a UK national survey about training for innovation, a summary of the key points is presented. The researchers recommend that many of the training needs can be met through the design of a web based training...
In face of the situation that furniture enterprises are short of practical professionals who can integrate theory with practice in the work. Thinking of the present training modes for furniture professionals in domestic universities, this article introduces a new training mode for furniture professionals named "virtual class" and then emphasizes its necessities. It clearly expounds the training...
The research results of low students' scientific research motivation in current conditions in technical Institutions of Higher Education in Russia are represented. For problem solution the focus groups were interviewed and a general analysis of the students' scientific research activities was conducted. The analysis mentioned above included using modern models of motivation and examination of a new...
The papers in the Serious Games, Gamification and Innovation Minitrack discuss different aspects related to the adaption of Serious Games and the use of gamification as an innovation. Each offers a unique contribution to our understanding of how Serious Games would be used to support learning.
This article is an exploratory approach of the different strategies used in higher education institutions for implementing serious games. In the complex and often slow-moving education sector, serious games are challenging not only the learners and teachers' practices but also the organizations' strategies. What performance criteria can be used in this specific context to evaluate the training? What...
In this paper we investigate the future of human collaborative robots within the South African automotive industry. Human robot collaborative work has the potential to advance quality, efficiency and safety in manufacturing. The global automotive industry is constantly restructuring to yield the best out of its production, hence the labour force in South Africa has to adjust and prepare for the upcoming...
With a teaching/learning model constantly revisited in Spain and in practically all Europe, innovation in the teaching practice is part of the essence of the current models of teacher training. On that premise, we have collaborated with a group of permanent training advisers to identify the most widely used training typologies. At the same time we have analysed a typology that can bring together the...
The Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter)'s initiative for faculty development and institutional change — called Pathways to Innovation (Pathways) — is working with U.S. engineering schools to embed innovation and entrepreneurship learning opportunities into the undergraduate experience. Pathways' program design is grounded in the literature that identifies "best practices"...
The areas of expertise in physical therapy are growing and expanding and the work with human functionality and disability demands the interaction with various areas of knowledge, in addition to innovation and promotion of social capital. In recent years, the technological advances at various areas of the health care system have brought important improvement in the quality of life and in the early...
Subject contest is one of the important means to cultivate the ability of “creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship”, the engineering practice ability and the comprehensive quality for students. At the same time, it plays an important role in cultivating the students' comprehensive quality of learning awareness, autonomous learning ability, scientific spirit, cooperation consciousness, team spirit,...
This article brings together and complements previous discussions about the main contributions of Live Working (LW) in the modern management of electrical systems. Indeed, we will remember how LW are a good example of the application of the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility, how LW are an example of excellence in management and how along their many years of use, LW have been a continuous...
This paper presents the role of science, technology and innovation in the informal sector (Jua Kalis) in Uganda. Due to a lack of capital, increased taxes, lack of or insufficient skills, low or no education and training, limited access to technology and poor infrastructure among others have led to the influx of Jua Kalis. There is therefore a need to encourage and promote Jua Kalis (informal Sector)...
Experience in the development of creative abilities in the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development The University of Georgia (USA) is demonstrated. The content of educational cluster based on conception of Mental Integrative Metasystemic Innovative Methodology (MIMIM) is presented. The basic elements of methodology and technology of creativity with new sense are presented.
any organization's growth strategy in today's economy has an innovation component to it. This means the people who make up such organizations must be innovators, who can then grow the organization based on innovation. Usually such organizations have technically competent professionals but also those who are not trained in Innovation abilities, either as part of their formal education or on-the-job...
Knowledge Management (KM) program are profound among big organisations as it stimulates innovations. Innovation is crucial to ensure organisation's survival in this globalised world. Innovation is especially important for SMEs to remain competitive. Hence, the main aim of this study is to examine the readiness for innovation to the adoption of knowledge management among SMEs in Malaysia. This research...
We present the architecture of the ARISTOTELE platform, a semantic-based collaborative system for managing enterprises and organizations, specifically designed to include a variety of features. These range from top-level functionalities like managing enterprise processes and building innovation, to finer-grained tasks like customized support for the daily activities of workers, including the creation...
Although a lot has been already written and developed on the theme of business and e-business transformations failures, there still is a very high rate of failures. These failures are very high because of the problems encountered in the implementation phase of a business transformation project. Traditional business managers often lack the skills necessary for the implementation of innovation and technology;...
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