DEVELOPING INNOVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION: THE CATALYTIC EFFECT OF CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
Year: 2015
Editor: Guy Bingham, Darren Southee, John McCardle, Ahmed Kovacevic, Erik Bohemia, Brian Parkinson
Author: Dowlen, Chris
Series: E&PDE
Institution: Visiting Fellow, London South Bank University
Section: Innovation
Page(s): 450-455
ISBN: 978-1-904670-62-9
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.
Keywords: Product innovation, educational innovation, copying, conference attendance