Cross-Cultural Innovation and Collaboration (2 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The course is designed to provide students with hands-on experience in international collaboration, innovation, and cultural exchange. Through a blend of workshops, cultural activities, and real-world problem-solving, students will learn to navigate cross-cultural team dynamics, generate innovative collaboration concepts, and build sustainable partnerships between academic institutions and industries in different cultural contexts.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
• Understand Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Demonstrate an understanding of cross-cultural dynamics and effective communication.
• Analyze Institutional Ecosystems: Analyze and map out areas for collaboration and development.
• Generate Innovative Collaboration Concepts: Apply creative ideation and concept development techniques
• Validate and Refine Concepts Based on Feedback: Use critical feedbacky to refine and validate innovation concepts, assessing their feasibility and potential for real-world implementation.

Content (course unit)

Content:
Study Visit to Ningbo University
Monday 28.10.
• Orientation to Student Mobility Week and tour of campus (with NBU teachers)
• getting to know each other and creating student teams for the project

Tuesday 29.10.
• Visit to Ningbo Industrial Park and e-Commerce facilities
• Workshop 1 – Identifying future opportunities

Wednesday 30.10.
• Workshop 2: Creating concepts

Thursday 31.10.
• Workshop 3: Validating the concepts, Receiving feedback from NBU teachers

Friday 01.11.
• Cultural Day and award to participation certificates

Prerequisites (course unit)

Participation in the student exchange.

Assessment scale

0-5

Further information

None.