OBI - Developing an idea sharing platform for online collaboration and distributed student projects

Authors

  • Joona Juhani Kurikka IdeaSquare Aalto University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23726/cij.2017.458

Keywords:

CBI, online platform, innovation, design thinking, prototype

Abstract

Online Base Innovation (OBI) is a development project to create and test a scalable online platform to support globally distributed learning, collaboration and concept development. OBI development is coordinated by IdeaSquare, an innovation experiment at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

This paper will focus on defining the initial steps and structure for setting up a comprehensive online collaboration platform to support multidisciplinary development projects, and also to optimize the learning experience and collaboration efforts for the participating students. The empirical work is based on research during an earlier, more co-located project called Challenge Based Innovation @ CERN.  To make sure that such an approach can work in a wide range of extreme engineering challenges, IdeaSquare is starting to collaborate in a couple of engineering-driven pilot projects to continue improving and developing OBI. 

Author Biography

Joona Juhani Kurikka, IdeaSquare Aalto University

Joona Kurikka is a PhD Researcher at Aalto University and Associate at CERN, working at the innovation experiment IdeaSquare@CERN. As part of his work at CERN, he is coordinating and teaching student project like Challenge Based Innovation and various smaller creative workshops, hackathons and other projects. His current research focus is on processes and ICT tools for distributed collaboration and learning.

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Published

2017-06-30

How to Cite

Kurikka, J. J. (2017). OBI - Developing an idea sharing platform for online collaboration and distributed student projects. CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation, 1(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.23726/cij.2017.458

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017): Special Issue: "Experimenting in Innovation"

Section

Original Articles

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