Utriainen, T. M., & Taajamaa, V., & Movva, R. R., & Kurikka, J. (2017, June), Technology and Need as Starting Points for Innovation - Experiences from Multidisciplinary Student Teams  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--28936

\bibitem{asee_peer_28936}
  Utriainen, T. M., \& Taajamaa, V., \& Movva, R. R., \& Kurikka, J. (2017, June), \emph{Technology and Need as Starting Points for Innovation - Experiences from Multidisciplinary Student Teams}
  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio.
  10.18260/1-2--28936

Tuuli Maria Utriainen, Ville Taajamaa, Raghu Ram Movva, and Joona Kurikka.  "Technology and Need as Starting Points for Innovation - Experiences from Multidisciplinary Student Teams".  2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2017.  https://peer.asee.org/28936 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_28936}
  Tuuli Maria Utriainen, Ville Taajamaa, Raghu Ram Movva, and Joona Kurikka.
  "Technology and Need as Starting Points for Innovation - Experiences from Multidisciplinary Student Teams".
  \emph{2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2017.
  https://peer.asee.org/28936 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

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AB  - Technology and need as starting points for innovation - experiences from multidisciplinary student teams

In research organizations, the starting point for innovation is typically technology developed in-house and the application of it in a novel field. The authors have experimented with an unconventional approach in the context of CERN, where course structures start with a need instead of technology.

We introduce an open-ended course Innovation for Change, that utilizes design thinking as an underlying structure. The course sets considerable emphasis on the first phases of the design thinking process, which include ideation, observation, need finding, and early phase prototyping.

In order to understand the preferred starting points for innovation (need, technology or self-defined), the students' opinions were gathered through an online survey post kick off and post project. The data was analyzed with both statistical and qualitative methods.

The research results demonstrate that the students had a slight preference for need-based challenge framing in the start of the project. However, by the end of the project, their preferences were fairly evenly divided between the need, technology or self-defined challenge approaches. Some evidence was gained to support the hypothesis, that the students would find a need-based challenge framing motivating. In future research different demographic groups could be surveyed to find differences in e.g. field based or cultural perceptions.

AU  - Tuuli Maria Utriainen
AU  - Ville Taajamaa
AU  - Raghu Ram Movva
AU  - Joona Kurikka
CY  - Columbus, Ohio
DA  - 2017/06/24
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Technology and Need as Starting Points for Innovation - Experiences from Multidisciplinary Student Teams
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