Open School: How to organize Innovation Contests with Students?
Nizar Abdelkafi
Abstract: This paper deals with open school, as a new mindset in the world of higher education. Open school describes a new form of co-creation with students who become active contributors and knowledge producers in their universities. We identify a framework with eight decision parameters, which must be taken into account when an open school platform is used to organize innovation contests with students. The experimental settings of two innovation contests initiated at the University of Leipzig are compared against each other by using this framework. The experiments reveal advantages, but also problems that should be solved in the future.