The Convergence Innovation Competition: Helping Students Create Innovative Products and Experiences via Technical and Business Mentorship

The Convergence Innovation Competition is an annual event designed to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship among students from multiple disciplines and experience levels. The competition provides a unique model for engaging industrial partners to work with students through category definition,...

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Published inHuman-Computer Interaction: Users and Contexts pp. 144 - 153
Main Authors Clark, Russ, Sanders, Matt, Davidson, Brian, Jayaraman, Siva, DiSalvo, Carl
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 2015
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Competitions
Entrepreneurship
Experiential learning
Hackathons
Innovation
Mobile computing
Student engagement
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Summary:The Convergence Innovation Competition is an annual event designed to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship among students from multiple disciplines and experience levels. The competition provides a unique model for engaging industrial partners to work with students through category definition, mentoring and judging. In this paper we describe the evolution of the program over the last eight years, lessons learned and new opportunities for engaging students in a meaningful learning experience.
ISBN:331921005X
9783319210056
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-21006-3_15