Learner profiling for innovation education across disciplines: A work in progress paper

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the efforts we are currently making to improve our innovation education exercise and competition called Idelab24. Over the past three years at Gjovik university college, we have run the Idelab24 which has involved more than 2000 of our 2nd year bachelor students. This work in progress paper discusses both the major practical and theoretical problems we have faced while running Idelab24 over the last three years. We also discuss our current work in progress to develop a web based open access multi-lingual media platform (English, Swedish, Norwegian and Arabic) called Hyper Interactive Presenter (HIP) to improve our innovation education. This platform is designed to use learner profiling to improve group formation of participants and to improve the customization of training and education of innovative skills and knowledge across disciplines and across cultures.