Innovation and Contractorship

This course provides a foundation for working with innovation and product development. The course is based on a number of basic innovation and product development tools. Central to the course is insight into customer / user needs. Academic themes are revealing needs, creative processes, business models, anchoring, communication, innovation team, importance of fire, scenario technology, concept development, morphology and product design. The course provides the basis for developing teaching adapted to different groups from steps 8-13, which are linked to relevant curriculum goals.

KNOWLEDGE - Students will have knowledge about and overview over: Innovation and basic innovation tools. Concept and product development processes and methods. Relevant curricula that can be seen in conjunction with the subject; Innovation and entrepreneurship, in steps 8-13

SKILLS - The student should be able to: Demonstrate and interpret customer needs and translate them using creative tools for business models. Critically, creatively and systematically develop innovative and smart solutions to realize business models and meet customer needs. Conduct, present and evaluate a comprehensive innovation project in collaboration with others. Provide relevant theory in innovation and product development, as well as the connection between theory and practice. Schedule, implement, evaluate and document teaching for different groups in innovation and entrepreneurship. Develop, implement and evaluate cooperation with external relevant actors and know different ways of using external learning arenas.

GENERAL COMPETENCE - The student can: Facilitate entrepreneurship, innovation and innovation, and involve local work, social and cultural life in the education. Communicate subject matter in writing and verbally and using digital tools. Apply his vocational, occupational didactic and technological knowledge.

Lectures, self-study, group work and a comprehensive project assignment.