Innovation

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Welcome
Innovation Knowledge Application
Peter Condon, Napier CTE
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morituri te salutamus
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Introduction
Variation in Sitka Spruce
Genetics and the future selection for quality
Improving quality by conversion
Innovations in panel products
Voc Emissions
Exterior cladding
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Innovation into Application
Knowledge

• People understand the idea

• People see the value of using the innovation

• You can produce what people want

• Enough people want your idea

• The idea is developed to the point of use

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Where can you go for the knowledge
Ye can lead a man up to the university, but
you can't make him think (Dunne).
You cannot teach anybody anything you can
only help them to learn. (Galileo)
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The IWSc
History

• Exemplar courses

• Quality assurance

• Nonpartisan training

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Knowledge
It has become more difficult to get the message
out there
So how do we reach the learners?
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respice, adspice, prospice
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So why not let industry teach?

• It is not their prime purpose in life

2. Most industries see training as a cost not a
benefit
3. Some are using it to promote sales
4. It seems to be at basic levels
5. Often it is simply what is needed for the
company
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Perhaps it is time for the IWSc to be innovative?
E-learning must move beyond simple repurposing of
existing courseware to more creative and
innovative approaches. (Forman 2002)
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Looking for a definition of Innovation
Change that creates a new dimension of
performance Peter Drucker
A firm's innovation begins with sensing and
anticipating customer problems and needs'' Runco
and Basadur (1993)
Pushing for solutions to problems not yet
defined for markets not yet explored, with little
data''. Vandermerwe (1995)
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Innovation
Recognised system of adoption
Rogers (1962)
Innovators Early Adopters Early Majority
Late Majority Laggards
Moore (1985)
Innovators Early Adopters CHASM
Early Majority Late majority Laggards
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a fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi
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Why we dont cross the chasm?
CHASM
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Innovation Education
Simulation
Illustration
Video
Crossword
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Other means of enhancing knowledge
Investigating the web
Discussion boards
Submit a short essay for peer review
Blogs
Wikis
All of these are examples of Collaborative
learning
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docendo discimus
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3 ways to learn online
Behavioural
Contextual
Collaborative
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How many of you use Wikipedia?
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How can the IWSc be innovative
Instead of saying here is our course, this is
what we are going to teach you
Try what would you like to learn today?
Instead of this is what we have always done
Try what do we need to do to satisfy our
learners?
Instead of we cant get people to meetings
Try we will encourage online discourse
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Contact details
p.condon_at_napier.ac.uk
Demonstrations of interactivity http//cte.napier
.ac.uk/teo/demos.php