Abstract
Educational innovation through conference attendance is the main theme of this paper. It starts by describing and contrasting product and education innovation, highlighting the importance of the step of influencing and determining the future direction of the market or community of practice. It goes on to describe the important learning processes associated with copying, affirming its importance in the way that educational innovations spread and develop. The paper includes several personal examples where ideas have been copied and developed following E&PDE papers. The paper poses a further question regarding the place that subconscious innovation takes place, treating it as a topic for further research.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 3 Sept 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education - Duration: 9 Mar 2015 → … |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education |
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| Period | 9/03/15 → … |
Keywords
- conference attendance
- Educational innovation
- Product innovation
- copying
