We’ve handpicked some of our most innovative and
entrepreneurial students and grads to bring you Swinburne Startups – a unique marketplace at this year’s Open Day.
Decked out along John Street, you’re bound to find a range of products and services to suit yourself, friends and family, and your beloved canine pal (yes, there are even dog treats)!
They say everything happens for a reason, so when David Nicolaides’ 15-year career at Holden came to an end it wasn’t long before an opportunity came knocking.
Starting your own company can be quite a risky venture. So when we discovered that Bachelor of Business student Aubrey Paternott had his own company and a mobile app in the works, we wanted to know more.
The Australian Government’s innovation and science strategy includes 24 specific initiatives designed to kick start Australian innovation, including $1.1 billion to drive what Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calls an ‘ideas boom’. We asked our experts for their insights on some of the key innovation initiatives.
Innovation plays a vital role at Swinburne. Whether it’s supported by exceptional facilities and equipment or through industry engaged initiatives and support, Swinburne knows innovation. The Swinburne Innovation Cup is a competition for Swinburne researchers and research students that aims to promote research innovation within our community.
Dr Noordin Shehabudeen is one of Swinburne’s (and possibly the world’s) most inspiring innovation experts. Recently, he has started combining his lifetime of expertise and experience with demonstrations, magic tricks, running shoes and teddy bears to get young people thinking about innovation in a way they never imagined. Find out about his latest quest which took him into high-schools and helped him to discover just how much we can gain from learning to ‘unlearn’.
Behind the MOOC – Innovation for Powerful Outcomes
How do you make innovation happen? It’s the number one question that Swinburne’s Dr Noordin Shehabuddeen aims to help students answer in his free four week course through Open2Study.
Noordin’s MOOC – Innovation for Powerful Outcomes – is geared towards working professionals and students interested in gaining an in-depth look at the foundations of innovation.
“Innovation is cross-disciplinary, it’s cross-industry. I will take participants through a stimulating mix of creative experiments and innovation examples,” he said.
“My hope is for people to come out of it with the practical tools, robust concepts and some unusual but very effective approaches for making innovation happen in the real world.”
A huge amount of work was put into making the MOOC. Not only did Noordin translate his materials to an online environment, but the filming that brought the course to life took a tremendous effort to put together.
“The challenge was to deliver extended concepts in a series of 6-10 minute videos, without losing depth, while keeping the participants engaged. I used examples, metaphors, physical props, and illustrations to help create a visual story, enabling me to condense things down to the absolute essence.”
“Online instruction is definitely not sterile. It is not unidirectional. You can ask a participant to pause the video and do something before coming back. The participant can follow your instructions and experience things with you.”
“Knowledge becomes stale when it stops flowing. As an educator I like to reach out to as many people as possible and share my own experience and knowledge – the MOOC provides that.”
The four week course is open for open for enrolment now and begins September 9th.
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