University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

Fellow:Ayesha Zahid

2018-10-24T05:57:47Z

Basant Helal:

Ayesha Zahid is a student of Abu Dhabi University studying Bachelors of Architecture. She is highly interested in moulding ways of learning [[File:Ayesha.JPG|thumb]]throughintroducing innovation. In her fourth year she became a University Innovation Fellow.

Ayesha is not just highly focused in her academics but is an active participant in extra curriculars. She has volunteered numerous times for events like Science Fairs, Culture Days etc.  Also, she has participated in various competitions like Undergraduate Research Competition in UAE, Saint-Gobain’s Multi-comfort housing, Pavilion design competitions and so on. Ayesha has also done a lot of research work based on her major in collaboration with her peers and her professors. One of her notable works is also posted on websites like the research gate.

Ayesha is not just hardworking when it comes to her academia and university life, but she is also a fun-loving person. Among her hobbies is reading books, drawing, photography, travelling and visiting coffeeshops. Ayesha has travelled ever since her childhood and has an appreciation for different cultures. Her love for new things and places is apparent in her highly interesting Instagram account. In her free time Ayesha is often found reading or working in coffeeshops.

In her four years at the university, Ayesha has seen enough learning and met enough people to understand the ways in which her university ecosystem works. At this point she and her team are a strong asset in strengthening the innovation culture at her university.

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Fellow:Ayesha Zahid

2018-10-24T05:55:53Z

Basant Helal:

Ayesha Zahid is a student of Abu Dhabi University studying Bachelors of Architecture. She is highly interested in moulding ways of learning through[[File:Ayesha.JPG]] introducing innovation. In her fourth year she became a University Innovation Fellow.

Ayesha is not just highly focused in her academics but is an active participant in extra curriculars. She has volunteered numerous times for events like Science Fairs, Culture Days etc.  Also, she has participated in various competitions like Undergraduate Research Competition in UAE, Saint-Gobain’s Multi-comfort housing, Pavilion design competitions and so on. Ayesha has also done a lot of research work based on her major in collaboration with her peers and her professors. One of her notable works is also posted on websites like the research gate.

Ayesha is not just hardworking when it comes to her academia and university life, but she is also a fun-loving person. Among her hobbies is reading books, drawing, photography, travelling and visiting coffeeshops. Ayesha has travelled ever since her childhood and has an appreciation for different cultures. Her love for new things and places is apparent in her highly interesting Instagram account. In her free time Ayesha is often found reading or working in coffeeshops.

In her four years at the university, Ayesha has seen enough learning and met enough people to understand the ways in which her university ecosystem works. At this point she and her team are a strong asset in strengthening the innovation culture at her university.

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

File:Ayesha.JPG

2018-10-24T05:55:20Z

Basant Helal:

Fellow:Eman Ali

2018-10-23T21:30:37Z

Basant Helal:

Eman Ali is a University Innovation Fellow, and a student at Abu Dhabi University. She is a senior student [[File:Eman.jpg|thumb]]majoring in Digital Marketing. She chose this major because she believes that this major is the best major that matches her personality and interests. Because she loves photography, videography video editing and creating social media content. Eman is a very active person who can get crazy if she doesn't explore new things. So she decided to dedicate a lot of time for volunteering because she gets her happiness from the people she makes them happy. So she volunteered in the Middle East North Africa special Olympics for 4 days, and for her, this was one of the best experiences that she had ever been through. She also volunteered to do a social innovation workshop for 60 students with the help of a team and a university professor. Also, she was elected to be the student council and she was the events and the club coordinator. She coordinated many events along with the members such as the freshmen gathering, freshmen orientation, Air hockey tournament, Iftar distribution, the International day and so many. Eman has a lot of hobbies such as writing,  reading novels, drawing, making DIY, doing nail art, makeup, hair tutorials, henna, photography, and videography. Eman won the 2nd place with her team in the stock market competition which was organized by Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. She also has been on the dean's list every semester for outstanding academic performance. She still wants to achieve more because she thinks that people don't grow by age, the grow by experiences.   
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Fellow:Eman Ali

2018-10-23T21:25:15Z

Basant Helal:

Eman Ali is a University Innovation Fellow, and a student at Abu Dhabi University. She is a senior student majoring in Digital Marketing. She chose this major because she believes that this major is the best major that matches her personality and interests. Because she loves photography, videography video editing and creating social media content. Eman is a very active person who can get crazy if she doesn't explore new things. So she decided to dedicate a lot of time for volunteering because she gets her happiness from the people she makes them happy. So she volunteered in the Middle East North Africa special Olympics for 4 days, and for her, this was one of the best experiences that she had ever been through. She also volunteered to do a social innovation workshop for 60 students with the help of a team and a university professor. Also, she was elected to be the student council and she was the events and the club coordinator. She coordinated many events along with the members such as the freshmen gathering, freshmen orientation, Air hockey tournament, Iftar distribution, the International day and so many. Eman has a lot of hobbies such as writing,  reading novels, drawing, making DIY, doing nail art, makeup, hair tutorials, henna, photography, and videography. Eman won the 2nd place with her team in the stock market competition which was organized by Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. She also has been on the dean's list every semester for outstanding academic performance. She still wants to achieve more because she thinks that people don't grow by age, the grow by experiences.   [[
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Fellow:Eman Ali

2018-10-23T21:19:29Z

Basant Helal:

Eman Ali is a University Innovation Fellow, and a student at Abu Dhabi University. She is a senior student majoring in Digital Marketing. She chose this major because she believes that this major is the best major that matches her personality and interests. Because she loves photography, videography video editing and creating social media content. Eman is a very active person who can get crazy if she doesn't explore new things. So she decided to dedicate a lot of time for volunteering because she gets her happiness from the people she makes them happy. So she volunteered in the Middle East North Africa special Olympics for 4 days, and for her, this was one of the best experiences that she had ever been through. She also volunteered to do a social innovation workshop for 60 students with the help of a team and a university professor. Also, she was elected to be the student council and she was the events and the club coordinator. She coordinated many events along with the members such as the freshmen gathering, freshmen orientation, Air hockey tournament, Iftar distribution, the International day and so many. Eman has a lot of hobbies such as writing,  reading novels, drawing, making DIY, doing nail art, makeup, hair tutorials, henna, photography, and videography. Eman won the 2nd place with her team in the stock market competition which was organized by Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. She also has been on the dean's list every semester for outstanding academic performance. She still wants to achieve more because she thinks that people don't grow by age, the grow by experiences.   [[File:Picture1.png|thumb]]
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Fellow:Eman Ali

2018-10-23T21:10:06Z

Basant Helal:

Eman Ali is a University Innovation Fellow, and a student at Abu Dhabi University. She is a senior student majoring in Digital Marketing. She chose this major because she believes that this major is the best major that matches her personality and interests. Because she loves photography, videography video editing and creating social media content. Eman is a very active person who can get crazy if she doesn't explore new things. So she decided to dedicate a lot of time for volunteering because she gets her happiness from the people she makes them happy. So she volunteered in the Middle East North Africa special Olympics for 4 days, and for her, this was one of the best experiences that she had ever been through. She also volunteered to do a social innovation workshop for 60 students with the help of a team and a university professor. Also, she was elected to be the student council and she was the events and the club coordinator. She coordinated many events along with the members such as the freshmen gathering, freshmen orientation, Air hockey tournament, Iftar distribution, the International day and so many. Eman has a lot of hobbies such as writing,  reading novels, drawing, making DIY, doing nail art, makeup, hair tutorials, henna, photography, and videography. Eman won the 2nd place with her team in the stock market competition which was organized by Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. She also has been on the dean's list every semester for outstanding academic performance. She still wants to achieve more because she thinks that people don't grow by age, the grow by experiences.   [[File:Picture1.png|border|left|Picture1.png]]
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School:Abu Dhabi University

2018-10-23T21:04:18Z

Basant Helal:

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=== [[File:ADU.jpeg|thumb]] ===

=== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ===
Abu Dhabi University offers a wide range of courses and extra-curricular activities to convey the idea of innovation and entrepreneurship to the students. The university has got around 30 courses that expose the students to the I&E ecosystem.Various clubs such as the Entrepreneur club and Beta Sigma Gamma Honor Society have been significantly delivering the I&E concept on campus. Creative thinking workshops are held weekly by the innovation center, to welcome creative ideas from students of all majors.The university also organizes various annual competitions such as ADU innovates, and contests to encourage innovative research. An approximate of over 200 proposals have been received. Also, the mandatory internship program helps the students develop critical organizational skills and an entrepreneurial mindset. 

===  Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ===
Currently, Abu Dhabi University does not operate its own technology transfer office. The University is in its early phases of obtaining all necessary services to take potential projects further. However, all such requirements are being outsourced to reputable sources. Abu Dhabi University is taking its plan seriously and it has a lot of students who have the potential to make such projects successful.
=== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ===
Abu Dhabi University is still working on it, there are plans but nothing is implemented yet. The faculty is more encouraged to do researches and consultation.  There are contracts in place and some faculty is doing work outside of the university (for example through ADU KG, a sister organization/consultancy). Moreover, there is an assessment done by students to evaluate the professors’ performance, and there is a criterion in this evaluation which measures the innovative techniques used by the professors in the class and outside the class.  
=== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ===
On campus, the department of arts and science has developed spaces for innovation such as the chemistry and physics laboratories. The engineering department, on the other hand, has a regional partnership with a program called TechShop this is accessible to students of the same college.Tawazun industrial park plays a crucial role in the economy with access only to industry personnel, but there may be scope for students’ partnership in the near future.Gitex startup movement, Khalifa fund, and innovation 4 impact are considered sources of funding for entrepreneurs in the region. Innovation to impact is limited to digital entrepreneurs and companies. The government has also started the initiative and launched UAE innovates accessible to all residents of the UAE and a different program called as in5 is also open to students of all majors and entrepreneurs situated in the region. We have had the Chancellors innovation awards for 6 years already with hundreds of submissions from faculty, staff and students on improving ADU internal operations. ADU also ran Technopreneur innovation contest for 4 years with Khalifa Fund. This was a UAE level innovation contest for any UAE based entrepreneur.Mentoring, guidance, and advises are accessible to students of all majors and different campuses. On-campus programs are known as ADU innovates, ADU idea drop, and the Research and Development Center. The main motivation for this is, that some of the applied research projects could actually become commercial products for startups. So after the prototype phase, the Innovation center could help them with go to market phase.
=== Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts ===
The main contribution from ADU is naturally talented graduates for the job market. ADU strives to develop student profiles that have the skills and attitudes needed for the future workplace, and for advancing the local economy. The regional economic development programs like in5 and UAE innovates is open to all whether applying through an institute or independently. ADU doesn’t have any official partnership with these programs, but if taken into consideration it may be possible. However, ADU innovation center and faculties inform students about contests and encourage them to apply.Collaboration is already in place with TechShop but limited to students majoring in engineering. There are regular educational trips held that incorporate innovation as a result of successful companies. At ADU the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs plays a key role in helping students patent their ideas with Takamul program, and cover part of the patenting cost. They also inform and support research applications to national level competitions and sponsorship programs.
== Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_University_Student_Priorities Abu_Dhabi_University_Student_Priorities]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saleha_muhammad Saleha_muhammad]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Basant_Helal Basant_Helal]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/BettyLucille BettyLucille]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sarah_Eladly Sarah_Eladly]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/AYESHA_ZAHID AYESHA_ZAHID]

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File:ADU.jpeg

2018-10-23T21:03:56Z

Basant Helal:

Fellow:Sarah Eladly

2018-10-23T21:03:35Z

Basant Helal:

Sarah Eladly is a junior digital marketing student who is passionate about learning and interacting with people.  When asked why marketing? Sarah says that she believes that strategies learned in marketing are today’s weapons. According to her, marketing is used nowadays to make other people’s minds. So, she sees her role in using those tools for the benefit of humanity.  

Not only that Sarah was raised in a family with marketing background, but also, she was taught to innovate and think outside the box. At a very young age, Sarah joined various competitions at her school for ‘developing’ better means to conserve energy and save water at school. Also, she was given the chance to spread awareness among students about many topics, including cyberbullying and smoking.

Sarah sees a very great potential in taking the course with the University innovation Fellows as she always sought for ways to use her ideas and develop them into real solutions that the society would benefit from and finds this course a very useful tool to do that. Also, she believes that this course will widen her network and connect her new people. 
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Priorities:Abu Dhabi University Student Priorities

2018-10-23T20:58:44Z

Basant Helal:

== '''Strategy Priority #1: Innovation Community''' ==

=== Description ===

The innovation community is about gathering together inspiring students on campus. These students along with the UIF fellows believe in developing and improving the innovation culture at Abu Dhabi University. We aim to spread innovative knowledge through these students to further share it with their circle of friends and so on to widen the community through word of mouth and welcome new members on board. The purpose of this community is that students can relate, ideate and design solutions to problems from different colleges.

Team leader on task: Haleema Mulla Bakhsh

=== '''Tactic #1: Community of Inspiration''' ===

1-Looking out for these inspiring students? Approach students asking them about an inspiring personnel in their surrounding on campus who they might look up to for advice, suggestions and so on. The inspiration doesn’t necessarily need to be related to good academic performance only.

2-Collaborate with Innovative faculty members on preparing modules, tips on innovation. Moreover, get approval for allowing Video conference from where the speaker is visiting at the Innovation Centre which is at a different campus for students who are not at the same campus to also be a part of the event.

'''Time frame: 01/2019'''

3. Calling on these inspiring students to join an innovation community. From the very start of the training program, we are asked to find students with inspiring stories and I used the lesson I learned from there that I need to compliment and appreciate people for their achievements. Now email them individually to congratulate them for being an inspiration to others. During the prototype in Session 4 the test responded positively and was ready the support the innovation community.

4-To secure an available room for workshop and apply request through the student affairs department and the Innovation Centre. Alternatively, students sometimes cannot commit to attending workshops, so the modules need to be concise to share them on WhatsApp and social media.

5- Equipment for workshop to have hands on experience, request for funding if necessary to purchase these materials.

6-Call on volunteers or University Innovation Fellows to support the innovation community when conducting the workshop in a gathering and assist in recording feedback and registering attendees.

'''Time frame: 02/2019'''

=== Key metrics'''    ''' ===

*Number of members        

*Number of referrals through existing members         

*Number of students from each colleg'''e '''

== '''Strategy Priority #2: Encourage a Growth Mindset Environment''' ==

=== '''Sparking interest: The short workshop series''' ===

We would like to change the attitude students have towards their daily activities and help them shape and extend the way they utilize their talents and skill-based qualities to realize opportunities in their environment. In order to accomplish this, we need to create an interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and make students realize that Innovation is not bound to any major. We will be sparking interest through a series of student-led, short pop-up Inspire and Connect teaser activities, which will be held throughout the university. These activities will be between 20- 40 minutes long and rotate between different times, days and locations, to maximize exposure. These activities are designed to provoke students’ interest while having fun. Inspire and Connect will be sparking interest, in support of larger, more in-depth events held by the Innovation Center and increase student attendance at these events. Activities include Makespace challenges, design thinking race, interesting facts on start-ups, problem-solving workshops, think tank to shark tank etc.

Team leader on task: Betty Lucille Hillebrand

=== Tactic #1: Inspire and connect pop-up workshop series ===

1.1 Gather all planned/ scheduled events, workshops and activities from all departments in one database. 1.2 Collaborate with all student clubs to design and execute I&E games, challenges, and activities that will encourage attendance at larger Innovation             Center events

1.3 Obtain or assign students responsible to conduct workshops, inclusive of the male campus. (Innovation Ambassadors/creators)

1.4 Create and effective communication platform – Strategic priority 4

1.5 Source needed materials and funds 1.6 Obtain faculty and administrative feedback and support

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #2: Let's talk business ===

2.1 Organise TEDX talks with local SMB owners, life coaches and motivational speakers

2.2 Organise events with local business groups. 

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #3: Think tank to Shark tank ===

3.1 Hold 2-3 day challenge: One day to find a solution, one day to pitch your idea.

'''Timeframe: April 2019'''

=== '''Tactic #4: Easy Business info sessions''' ===

4.1 Provide students with current, easy to follow basic business information. Information from personal finance ( how to manage your money) to information on SME, Family business and Global business.

'''Timeframe: September 2019'''

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#3: Generating Interest of the students in innovation''' ==

=== Description ===

Throughout our research process for the landscape canvas, it was evident that students don’t get benefits of the resources provided by the university to encourage innovation. So, one of the main strategic priorities is to improve the innovation culture of students at ADU; that is, generating more interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship without the use of additional resources. Given that, a resource that is available to all students is an Innovation and Entrepreneurship course and will be used for this strategy. 

Team leader on task: Sarah Eladly

=== Plan ===

Creating a network of students who took this course and are encouraged to teach it to their friends who haven't. As we believe that our students may not be interested enough to enroll into innovation courses, peer mentoring can be a great opportunity to generate interest and knowledge about innovation among students and would help us enlarge the community of innovators.

=== key steps  ===

1- Targeting students who have taken or still taking the I&E course to teach it to others.

2- Preparing workshops for those students for techniques to teach this course and customizing it to fit each major. 

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

== '''Strategic Priority #4: Strengthen Communication (Information Wall)''' ==

=== Description  ===

After conducting the landscape canvas of our university, we realized that we have a gap of communication between the university and the students. There are many events on our campus that students barely hear about or notice. We believe communication is crucial when it comes to improving the student university experience as it helps them get the best of the resources provided on campus. Currently, the university advertises events on a TV in the corridor as rolling pictures. They also provide flyers and emails for some of the events. However, students are complaining that they don’t hear about those events happening beforehand. Therefore, the idea of an information wall that no one can miss emerged. The wall will be interactive, providing students with the opportunity to rate the events and give their feedback/ideas. There will be a clear noticeable countdown to upcoming events. This was the approach we proposed and developed according to students’ preferences and suggestions throughout the process of our prototyping.

Team leader on task: Basant Helal

=== Plan ===

Get more information from students about what they would like to be on that wall and how interactive they would like it. Start by a normal board where students can provide feedback and drop their ideas and rate events Secure funding and resources needed to provide the right wall (at a place where everyone can see it and stop by it) and the LCD with the videos/announcements on it. Get students feedback about the usefulness of the information wall and analyze the change it caused on our communication system (i.e. whether students will then be aware of the events happening and if enough of them are attending)

'''Timeframe: January 2019'''

== '''Strategy Priority #5: I & E Workshop and Methods of Advertising''' ==

=== '''Description''' ===

While studying the landscape canvas of our university, we discovered that students usually did not attend events about I and E organised on-campus. Our campus analysis together with various interviews with the faculty led us to the conclusion that:

1-We don’t have a strong innovation culture at our university.

2-And, that the communication between the university and the students regarding upcoming events, is not that strong.  

Recently, the innovation centre at our university organized a 3D printing workshop for students to familiarize them with the idea of 3D printing. Surprisingly, this time the room was full of students to such extent that we ran out of chairs! Hence, for my prototype, I saw this event as an opportunity to study the circumstances that led to this workshop being a ‘house full’.

Team leader on task: Ayesha Zahid

=== '''Research''' ===

1-Study the methods used to advertise the workshop by the faculty in-charge. The faculty used university TV screens, university e-mails, university apps and university social media pages to announce about this upcoming workshop.

2-Interview Dr. Petra from the innovation centre regarding the 3D printing workshop.

3-Discover if there were other departments involved besides the innovation centre. An architecture department Professor gave the tutorial on 3D printing along with displaying 3D printed models from the ‘architecture students projects archives.’

4-Check if any student-based clubs are involved in advertising or promoting the event. Student-based group called the architecture association helped promote the workshop through their own social media pages, Instagram and snapchat, along with verbal announcements and WhatsApp messages.

5-Interview the president of the architecture association regarding the 3D printing workshop.

6-Attend the workshop to record and document the whole event.

7-Get feedback from students who attended the workshop, regarding how successful the workshop was in terms of educating them about 3D printing. Moreover, get students feedback on how they heard about the workshop (i.e. what methods of advertising did they hear from about the workshop).

8-Reflect on how the review from students and the interview from Dr. Petra and Architecture Association President, can help us in devising solutions for the problems faced in our ecosystem. 

=== Tactic #1: Have hands-on activities that encourage innovation rather than speeches and talks that majority of students don’t attend. ===

1-Get in touch with the different student clubs at the university including the innovation club. Talk to the presidents of the club to encourage hands-on activities at club fairs and event days. 

'''2-People to meet''': - Presidents of different student clubs

  -Student support services office at the university to request for hosting student activity events.

  -Students that need to be made aware about innovation.

  -Finance departments to request funding for new events.

  -University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Hands-on activities about I and E- 2 weeks'''

=== '''Tactic #2: Encourage Professors to announce upcoming events during their classes before they start their lectures.''' ===

1-Meet Professors in their offices to introduce to them our tactic. Request the innovation centre to directly email the professors regarding upcoming events.

'''2-People to meet: - '''Professors of different departments.

                               - Dr. Petra from innovation centre

                               - The deans of different colleges for their approval on the tactic.

'''Time frame: Professors announcing upcoming events before lectures- 1 week'''

=== Tactic #3: Have more student-based groups at the university, that understand at a deeper level of how university students function and what are their needs as students.  ===

1-Gather the active and outgoing students and encourage them to find a purpose on-campus. Assist them to make a club to achieve their purpose. Encourage them to use ''‘empathy’'' to understand other students’ perspectives and needs. Meet the student support services at the university to promote student-based groups and fund these groups. 

'''2-People to meet: - '''Academic excelling Students

                                - Alumni or older club presidents to train new students on how to run clubs and student associations.

                                - Student support services offices to assist student-based groups for hosting student engagement events.

                                - Finance departments to request funding for new events.

                                - University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Student-based groups - Spring 2018/2019'''

== Strategy priority #6: Expanding the I&E Spirit on campus ==

Peers play a significant role on campus. They have the ability to influence the behavior and attitude of other students. Empowering and encouraging students can have a positive impact in bringing up the true spirit of innovation. Students taking the lead can help expand the I&E spirit on campus. Providing them with the knowledge and sufficient resources can make a huge change. Students are usually observed to be more open with their peers, expressing simple ideas and thoughts of value. 

 

'''Team Leaders on Task: Saleha Muhammad and Eman Ali '''

=== Tactic #1: Student Led Events  ===

1.1 Bring together student leaders who are ready to take up this as a challenge and educate peers about innovation and how to be creative with limited resources.

1.2 Mentors to supervise the event plan and advice leaders about the content that they will be explaining to the students.

1.3 Once the plan is ready to execute, Student affair can help assist the students.

 

'''Timeframe: November 2018'''

 

=== Tactic #2: ADU Inno-space (Makerspace)  ===

2.1: Allocating a free space for students.

2.2: Giving them the freedom to renovate the space with their ideas and creativity.

2.3: Providing them with a budget to get the needed resources.

2.3 Allowing a space for brainstorming and round table conference.

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

=== Tactic #3: Inno- talkvation (by Alumni) ===

3.1: Inviting successful graduates as guest speakers.

3.2: Encouraging students to have an open discussion.

3.3: Providing students with an insight into the entrepreneurial mindset.

''' '''

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

 

== Strategy priority #7: Promoting Startups ==

After viewing our landscape canvas, we found out that there are very few or no startups by the students. Usually, after students graduate, they are then engaged with startups. The university can encourage students to have their own startups, by providing them with the right platform and resources. Student startups are not only essential but also necessary, this inspires and encourages other students to do the same.

'''Team Leader on Task: Saleha Muhammad '''

=== Tactic #1: Open Market Day ===

1.1: Providing an opportunity to the students to openly sell their self-designed product or service.

1.2: Assigning a group of judges to evaluate students’ offerings.

1.3: Awarding the best offering and advising other groups on how they can improve in the event. 

'''Timeframe: April, ''''''2019'''

 

=== Tactic #2: Innovation Fair ===

2.1: Calling out students from different colleges to come up with their innovative ideas.

2.2: Lending them the required fund to carry out their project (idea).

2.3: Holding an open event to showcase their innovation.

 

'''Timeframe: Febrauary,''''' '''''2019'''

''' '''

=== Tactic #3: EXPRESS UP! ===

3.1: Inviting CEOs' of various local/International companies.

3.2: Students to express their prototypes in the related field.

3.3: Companies can partner with students in bringing their prototypes to life.

'''Timeframe: March, ''''''2019'''

== Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_University#Links Abu_Dhabi_University]

[[Haleema Mulla Bakhsh|Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Eman_Ali&action=edit Eman_Ali]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saleha_muhammad Saleha_muhammad]

[[Basant Helal|Basant_Helal]]

[[BettyLucille|BettyLucille]]

[[Sarah Eladly|Sarah_Eladly]]

[[AYESHA ZAHID|AYESHA_ZAHID]]

School:Abu Dhabi University

2018-10-23T20:58:01Z

Basant Helal:

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=== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ===
Abu Dhabi University offers a wide range of courses and extra-curricular activities to convey the idea of innovation and entrepreneurship to the students. The university has got around 30 courses that expose the students to the I&E ecosystem.Various clubs such as the Entrepreneur club and Beta Sigma Gamma Honor Society have been significantly delivering the I&E concept on campus. Creative thinking workshops are held weekly by the innovation center, to welcome creative ideas from students of all majors.The university also organizes various annual competitions such as ADU innovates, and contests to encourage innovative research. An approximate of over 200 proposals have been received. Also, the mandatory internship program helps the students develop critical organizational skills and an entrepreneurial mindset. 
===  Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ===
Currently, Abu Dhabi University does not operate its own technology transfer office. The University is in its early phases of obtaining all necessary services to take potential projects further. However, all such requirements are being outsourced to reputable sources. Abu Dhabi University is taking its plan seriously and it has a lot of students who have the potential to make such projects successful.
=== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ===
Abu Dhabi University is still working on it, there are plans but nothing is implemented yet. The faculty is more encouraged to do researches and consultation.  There are contracts in place and some faculty is doing work outside of the university (for example through ADU KG, a sister organization/consultancy). Moreover, there is an assessment done by students to evaluate the professors’ performance, and there is a criterion in this evaluation which measures the innovative techniques used by the professors in the class and outside the class.  
=== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ===
On campus, the department of arts and science has developed spaces for innovation such as the chemistry and physics laboratories. The engineering department, on the other hand, has a regional partnership with a program called TechShop this is accessible to students of the same college.Tawazun industrial park plays a crucial role in the economy with access only to industry personnel, but there may be scope for students’ partnership in the near future.Gitex startup movement, Khalifa fund, and innovation 4 impact are considered sources of funding for entrepreneurs in the region. Innovation to impact is limited to digital entrepreneurs and companies. The government has also started the initiative and launched UAE innovates accessible to all residents of the UAE and a different program called as in5 is also open to students of all majors and entrepreneurs situated in the region. We have had the Chancellors innovation awards for 6 years already with hundreds of submissions from faculty, staff and students on improving ADU internal operations. ADU also ran Technopreneur innovation contest for 4 years with Khalifa Fund. This was a UAE level innovation contest for any UAE based entrepreneur.Mentoring, guidance, and advises are accessible to students of all majors and different campuses. On-campus programs are known as ADU innovates, ADU idea drop, and the Research and Development Center. The main motivation for this is, that some of the applied research projects could actually become commercial products for startups. So after the prototype phase, the Innovation center could help them with go to market phase.
=== Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts ===
The main contribution from ADU is naturally talented graduates for the job market. ADU strives to develop student profiles that have the skills and attitudes needed for the future workplace, and for advancing the local economy. The regional economic development programs like in5 and UAE innovates is open to all whether applying through an institute or independently. ADU doesn’t have any official partnership with these programs, but if taken into consideration it may be possible. However, ADU innovation center and faculties inform students about contests and encourage them to apply.Collaboration is already in place with TechShop but limited to students majoring in engineering. There are regular educational trips held that incorporate innovation as a result of successful companies. At ADU the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs plays a key role in helping students patent their ideas with Takamul program, and cover part of the patenting cost. They also inform and support research applications to national level competitions and sponsorship programs.
== Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_University_Student_Priorities Abu_Dhabi_University_Student_Priorities]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saleha_muhammad Saleha_muhammad]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Basant_Helal Basant_Helal]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/BettyLucille BettyLucille]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sarah_Eladly Sarah_Eladly]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/AYESHA_ZAHID AYESHA_ZAHID]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Abu Dhabi University

2018-10-23T20:56:03Z

Basant Helal:

<div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>
=== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ===
Abu Dhabi University offers a wide range of courses and extra-curricular activities to convey the idea of innovation and entrepreneurship to the students. The university has got around 30 courses that expose the students to the I&E ecosystem.Various clubs such as the Entrepreneur club and Beta Sigma Gamma Honor Society have been significantly delivering the I&E concept on campus. Creative thinking workshops are held weekly by the innovation center, to welcome creative ideas from students of all majors.The university also organizes various annual competitions such as ADU innovates, and contests to encourage innovative research. An approximate of over 200 proposals have been received. Also, the mandatory internship program helps the students develop critical organizational skills and an entrepreneurial mindset. 
===  Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ===
Currently, Abu Dhabi University does not operate its own technology transfer office. The University is in its early phases of obtaining all necessary services to take potential projects further. However, all such requirements are being outsourced to reputable sources. Abu Dhabi University is taking its plan seriously and it has a lot of students who have the potential to make such projects successful.
=== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ===
Abu Dhabi University is still working on it, there are plans but nothing is implemented yet. The faculty is more encouraged to do researches and consultation.  There are contracts in place and some faculty is doing work outside of the university (for example through ADU KG, a sister organization/consultancy). Moreover, there is an assessment done by students to evaluate the professors’ performance, and there is a criterion in this evaluation which measures the innovative techniques used by the professors in the class and outside the class.  
=== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ===
On campus, the department of arts and science has developed spaces for innovation such as the chemistry and physics laboratories. The engineering department, on the other hand, has a regional partnership with a program called TechShop this is accessible to students of the same college.Tawazun industrial park plays a crucial role in the economy with access only to industry personnel, but there may be scope for students’ partnership in the near future.Gitex startup movement, Khalifa fund, and innovation 4 impact are considered sources of funding for entrepreneurs in the region. Innovation to impact is limited to digital entrepreneurs and companies. The government has also started the initiative and launched UAE innovates accessible to all residents of the UAE and a different program called as in5 is also open to students of all majors and entrepreneurs situated in the region. We have had the Chancellors innovation awards for 6 years already with hundreds of submissions from faculty, staff and students on improving ADU internal operations. ADU also ran Technopreneur innovation contest for 4 years with Khalifa Fund. This was a UAE level innovation contest for any UAE based entrepreneur.Mentoring, guidance, and advises are accessible to students of all majors and different campuses. On-campus programs are known as ADU innovates, ADU idea drop, and the Research and Development Center. The main motivation for this is, that some of the applied research projects could actually become commercial products for startups. So after the prototype phase, the Innovation center could help them with go to market phase.
=== Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts ===
The main contribution from ADU is naturally talented graduates for the job market. ADU strives to develop student profiles that have the skills and attitudes needed for the future workplace, and for advancing the local economy. The regional economic development programs like in5 and UAE innovates is open to all whether applying through an institute or independently. ADU doesn’t have any official partnership with these programs, but if taken into consideration it may be possible. However, ADU innovation center and faculties inform students about contests and encourage them to apply.Collaboration is already in place with TechShop but limited to students majoring in engineering. There are regular educational trips held that incorporate innovation as a result of successful companies. At ADU the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs plays a key role in helping students patent their ideas with Takamul program, and cover part of the patenting cost. They also inform and support research applications to national level competitions and sponsorship programs.
== Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_University_Student_Priorities Abu_Dhabi_University_Student_Priorities]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Haleema%20Mulla%20Bakhsh Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Basant%20Helal Basant_Helal]

[http://universityinnovation.org/BettyLucille BettyLucille]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sarah%20Eladly Sarah_Eladly]

[http://universityinnovation.org/AYESHA%20ZAHID AYESHA_ZAHID]


[[Category:Universities]]

Priorities:Abu Dhabi University Student Priorities

2018-10-23T20:55:02Z

Basant Helal:

== '''Strategy Priority #1: Innovation Community''' ==

=== Description ===

The innovation community is about gathering together inspiring students on campus. These students along with the UIF fellows believe in developing and improving the innovation culture at Abu Dhabi University. We aim to spread innovative knowledge through these students to further share it with their circle of friends and so on to widen the community through word of mouth and welcome new members on board. The purpose of this community is that students can relate, ideate and design solutions to problems from different colleges.

Team leader on task: Haleema Mulla Bakhsh

=== '''Tactic #1: Community of Inspiration''' ===

1-Looking out for these inspiring students? Approach students asking them about an inspiring personnel in their surrounding on campus who they might look up to for advice, suggestions and so on. The inspiration doesn’t necessarily need to be related to good academic performance only.

2-Collaborate with Innovative faculty members on preparing modules, tips on innovation. Moreover, get approval for allowing Video conference from where the speaker is visiting at the Innovation Centre which is at a different campus for students who are not at the same campus to also be a part of the event.

'''Time frame: 01/2019'''

3. Calling on these inspiring students to join an innovation community. From the very start of the training program, we are asked to find students with inspiring stories and I used the lesson I learned from there that I need to compliment and appreciate people for their achievements. Now email them individually to congratulate them for being an inspiration to others. During the prototype in Session 4 the test responded positively and was ready the support the innovation community.

4-To secure an available room for workshop and apply request through the student affairs department and the Innovation Centre. Alternatively, students sometimes cannot commit to attending workshops, so the modules need to be concise to share them on WhatsApp and social media.

5- Equipment for workshop to have hands on experience, request for funding if necessary to purchase these materials.

6-Call on volunteers or University Innovation Fellows to support the innovation community when conducting the workshop in a gathering and assist in recording feedback and registering attendees.

'''Time frame: 02/2019'''

=== Key metrics'''    ''' ===

*Number of members        

*Number of referrals through existing members         

*Number of students from each colleg'''e '''

== '''Strategy Priority #2: Encourage a Growth Mindset Environment''' ==

=== '''Sparking interest: The short workshop series''' ===

We would like to change the attitude students have towards their daily activities and help them shape and extend the way they utilize their talents and skill-based qualities to realize opportunities in their environment. In order to accomplish this, we need to create an interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and make students realize that Innovation is not bound to any major. We will be sparking interest through a series of student-led, short pop-up Inspire and Connect teaser activities, which will be held throughout the university. These activities will be between 20- 40 minutes long and rotate between different times, days and locations, to maximize exposure. These activities are designed to provoke students’ interest while having fun. Inspire and Connect will be sparking interest, in support of larger, more in-depth events held by the Innovation Center and increase student attendance at these events. Activities include Makespace challenges, design thinking race, interesting facts on start-ups, problem-solving workshops, think tank to shark tank etc.

Team leader on task: Betty Lucille Hillebrand

=== Tactic #1: Inspire and connect pop-up workshop series ===

1.1 Gather all planned/ scheduled events, workshops and activities from all departments in one database. 1.2 Collaborate with all student clubs to design and execute I&E games, challenges, and activities that will encourage attendance at larger Innovation             Center events

1.3 Obtain or assign students responsible to conduct workshops, inclusive of the male campus. (Innovation Ambassadors/creators)

1.4 Create and effective communication platform – Strategic priority 4

1.5 Source needed materials and funds 1.6 Obtain faculty and administrative feedback and support

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #2: Let's talk business ===

2.1 Organise TEDX talks with local SMB owners, life coaches and motivational speakers

2.2 Organise events with local business groups. 

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #3: Think tank to Shark tank ===

3.1 Hold 2-3 day challenge: One day to find a solution, one day to pitch your idea.

'''Timeframe: April 2019'''

=== '''Tactic #4: Easy Business info sessions''' ===

4.1 Provide students with current, easy to follow basic business information. Information from personal finance ( how to manage your money) to information on SME, Family business and Global business.

'''Timeframe: September 2019'''

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#3: Generating Interest of the students in innovation''' ==

=== Description ===

Throughout our research process for the landscape canvas, it was evident that students don’t get benefits of the resources provided by the university to encourage innovation. So, one of the main strategic priorities is to improve the innovation culture of students at ADU; that is, generating more interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship without the use of additional resources. Given that, a resource that is available to all students is an Innovation and Entrepreneurship course and will be used for this strategy. 

Team leader on task: Sarah Eladly

=== Plan ===

Creating a network of students who took this course and are encouraged to teach it to their friends who haven't. As we believe that our students may not be interested enough to enroll into innovation courses, peer mentoring can be a great opportunity to generate interest and knowledge about innovation among students and would help us enlarge the community of innovators.

=== key steps  ===

1- Targeting students who have taken or still taking the I&E course to teach it to others.

2- Preparing workshops for those students for techniques to teach this course and customizing it to fit each major. 

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

== '''Strategic Priority #4: Strengthen Communication (Information Wall)''' ==

=== Description  ===

After conducting the landscape canvas of our university, we realized that we have a gap of communication between the university and the students. There are many events on our campus that students barely hear about or notice. We believe communication is crucial when it comes to improving the student university experience as it helps them get the best of the resources provided on campus. Currently, the university advertises events on a TV in the corridor as rolling pictures. They also provide flyers and emails for some of the events. However, students are complaining that they don’t hear about those events happening beforehand. Therefore, the idea of an information wall that no one can miss emerged. The wall will be interactive, providing students with the opportunity to rate the events and give their feedback/ideas. There will be a clear noticeable countdown to upcoming events. This was the approach we proposed and developed according to students’ preferences and suggestions throughout the process of our prototyping.

Team leader on task: Basant Helal

=== Plan ===

Get more information from students about what they would like to be on that wall and how interactive they would like it. Start by a normal board where students can provide feedback and drop their ideas and rate events Secure funding and resources needed to provide the right wall (at a place where everyone can see it and stop by it) and the LCD with the videos/announcements on it. Get students feedback about the usefulness of the information wall and analyze the change it caused on our communication system (i.e. whether students will then be aware of the events happening and if enough of them are attending)

'''Timeframe: January 2019'''

== '''Strategy Priority #5: I & E Workshop and Methods of Advertising''' ==

=== '''Description''' ===

While studying the landscape canvas of our university, we discovered that students usually did not attend events about I and E organised on-campus. Our campus analysis together with various interviews with the faculty led us to the conclusion that:

1-We don’t have a strong innovation culture at our university.

2-And, that the communication between the university and the students regarding upcoming events, is not that strong.  

Recently, the innovation centre at our university organized a 3D printing workshop for students to familiarize them with the idea of 3D printing. Surprisingly, this time the room was full of students to such extent that we ran out of chairs! Hence, for my prototype, I saw this event as an opportunity to study the circumstances that led to this workshop being a ‘house full’.

Team leader on task: Ayesha Zahid

=== '''Research''' ===

1-Study the methods used to advertise the workshop by the faculty in-charge. The faculty used university TV screens, university e-mails, university apps and university social media pages to announce about this upcoming workshop.

2-Interview Dr. Petra from the innovation centre regarding the 3D printing workshop.

3-Discover if there were other departments involved besides the innovation centre. An architecture department Professor gave the tutorial on 3D printing along with displaying 3D printed models from the ‘architecture students projects archives.’

4-Check if any student-based clubs are involved in advertising or promoting the event. Student-based group called the architecture association helped promote the workshop through their own social media pages, Instagram and snapchat, along with verbal announcements and WhatsApp messages.

5-Interview the president of the architecture association regarding the 3D printing workshop.

6-Attend the workshop to record and document the whole event.

7-Get feedback from students who attended the workshop, regarding how successful the workshop was in terms of educating them about 3D printing. Moreover, get students feedback on how they heard about the workshop (i.e. what methods of advertising did they hear from about the workshop).

8-Reflect on how the review from students and the interview from Dr. Petra and Architecture Association President, can help us in devising solutions for the problems faced in our ecosystem. 

=== Tactic #1: Have hands-on activities that encourage innovation rather than speeches and talks that majority of students don’t attend. ===

1-Get in touch with the different student clubs at the university including the innovation club. Talk to the presidents of the club to encourage hands-on activities at club fairs and event days. 

'''2-People to meet''': - Presidents of different student clubs

  -Student support services office at the university to request for hosting student activity events.

  -Students that need to be made aware about innovation.

  -Finance departments to request funding for new events.

  -University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Hands-on activities about I and E- 2 weeks'''

=== '''Tactic #2: Encourage Professors to announce upcoming events during their classes before they start their lectures.''' ===

1-Meet Professors in their offices to introduce to them our tactic. Request the innovation centre to directly email the professors regarding upcoming events.

'''2-People to meet: - '''Professors of different departments.

                               - Dr. Petra from innovation centre

                               - The deans of different colleges for their approval on the tactic.

'''Time frame: Professors announcing upcoming events before lectures- 1 week'''

=== Tactic #3: Have more student-based groups at the university, that understand at a deeper level of how university students function and what are their needs as students.  ===

1-Gather the active and outgoing students and encourage them to find a purpose on-campus. Assist them to make a club to achieve their purpose. Encourage them to use ''‘empathy’'' to understand other students’ perspectives and needs. Meet the student support services at the university to promote student-based groups and fund these groups. 

'''2-People to meet: - '''Academic excelling Students

                                - Alumni or older club presidents to train new students on how to run clubs and student associations.

                                - Student support services offices to assist student-based groups for hosting student engagement events.

                                - Finance departments to request funding for new events.

                                - University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Student-based groups - Spring 2018/2019'''

== Strategy priority #6: Expanding the I&E Spirit on campus ==

Peers play a significant role on campus. They have the ability to influence the behavior and attitude of other students. Empowering and encouraging students can have a positive impact in bringing up the true spirit of innovation. Students taking the lead can help expand the I&E spirit on campus. Providing them with the knowledge and sufficient resources can make a huge change. Students are usually observed to be more open with their peers, expressing simple ideas and thoughts of value. 

 

'''Team Leaders on Task: Saleha Muhammad and Eman Ali '''

=== Tactic #1: Student Led Events  ===

1.1 Bring together student leaders who are ready to take up this as a challenge and educate peers about innovation and how to be creative with limited resources.

1.2 Mentors to supervise the event plan and advice leaders about the content that they will be explaining to the students.

1.3 Once the plan is ready to execute, Student affair can help assist the students.

 

'''Timeframe: November 2018'''

 

=== Tactic #2: ADU Inno-space (Makerspace)  ===

2.1: Allocating a free space for students.

2.2: Giving them the freedom to renovate the space with their ideas and creativity.

2.3: Providing them with a budget to get the needed resources.

2.3 Allowing a space for brainstorming and round table conference.

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

=== Tactic #3: Inno- talkvation (by Alumni) ===

3.1: Inviting successful graduates as guest speakers.

3.2: Encouraging students to have an open discussion.

3.3: Providing students with an insight into the entrepreneurial mindset.

''' '''

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

 

== Strategy priority #7: Promoting Startups ==

After viewing our landscape canvas, we found out that there are very few or no startups by the students. Usually, after students graduate, they are then engaged with startups. The university can encourage students to have their own startups, by providing them with the right platform and resources. Student startups are not only essential but also necessary, this inspires and encourages other students to do the same.

'''Team Leader on Task: Saleha Muhammad '''

=== Tactic #1: Open Market Day ===

1.1: Providing an opportunity to the students to openly sell their self-designed product or service.

1.2: Assigning a group of judges to evaluate students’ offerings.

1.3: Awarding the best offering and advising other groups on how they can improve in the event. 

'''Timeframe: April, ''''''2019'''

 

=== Tactic #2: Innovation Fair ===

2.1: Calling out students from different colleges to come up with their innovative ideas.

2.2: Lending them the required fund to carry out their project (idea).

2.3: Holding an open event to showcase their innovation.

 

'''Timeframe: Febrauary,''''' '''''2019'''

''' '''

=== Tactic #3: EXPRESS UP! ===

3.1: Inviting CEOs' of various local/International companies.

3.2: Students to express their prototypes in the related field.

3.3: Companies can partner with students in bringing their prototypes to life.

'''Timeframe: March, ''''''2019'''

== Links ==

[[Haleema Mulla Bakhsh|Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Eman_Ali&action=edit Eman_Ali]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saleha_muhammad Saleha_muhammad]

[[Basant Helal|Basant_Helal]]

[[BettyLucille|BettyLucille]]

[[Sarah Eladly|Sarah_Eladly]]

[[AYESHA ZAHID|AYESHA_ZAHID]]

School:Abu Dhabi University

2018-10-23T20:33:06Z

Basant Helal:

<div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>
=== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ===
Abu Dhabi University offers a wide range of courses and extra-curricular activities to convey the idea of innovation and entrepreneurship to the students. The university has got around 30 courses that expose the students to the I&E ecosystem.Various clubs such as the Entrepreneur club and Beta Sigma Gamma Honor Society have been significantly delivering the I&E concept on campus. Creative thinking workshops are held weekly by the innovation center, to welcome creative ideas from students of all majors.The university also organizes various annual competitions such as ADU innovates, and contests to encourage innovative research. An approximate of over 200 proposals have been received. Also, the mandatory internship program helps the students develop critical organizational skills and an entrepreneurial mindset. 
===  Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ===
Currently, Abu Dhabi University does not operate its own technology transfer office. The University is in its early phases of obtaining all necessary services to take potential projects further. However, all such requirements are being outsourced to reputable sources. Abu Dhabi University is taking its plan seriously and it has a lot of students who have the potential to make such projects successful.
=== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ===
Abu Dhabi University is still working on it, there are plans but nothing is implemented yet. The faculty is more encouraged to do researches and consultation.  There are contracts in place and some faculty is doing work outside of the university (for example through ADU KG, a sister organization/consultancy). Moreover, there is an assessment done by students to evaluate the professors’ performance, and there is a criterion in this evaluation which measures the innovative techniques used by the professors in the class and outside the class.  
=== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ===
On campus, the department of arts and science has developed spaces for innovation such as the chemistry and physics laboratories. The engineering department, on the other hand, has a regional partnership with a program called TechShop this is accessible to students of the same college.Tawazun industrial park plays a crucial role in the economy with access only to industry personnel, but there may be scope for students’ partnership in the near future.Gitex startup movement, Khalifa fund, and innovation 4 impact are considered sources of funding for entrepreneurs in the region. Innovation to impact is limited to digital entrepreneurs and companies. The government has also started the initiative and launched UAE innovates accessible to all residents of the UAE and a different program called as in5 is also open to students of all majors and entrepreneurs situated in the region. We have had the Chancellors innovation awards for 6 years already with hundreds of submissions from faculty, staff and students on improving ADU internal operations. ADU also ran Technopreneur innovation contest for 4 years with Khalifa Fund. This was a UAE level innovation contest for any UAE based entrepreneur.Mentoring, guidance, and advises are accessible to students of all majors and different campuses. On-campus programs are known as ADU innovates, ADU idea drop, and the Research and Development Center. The main motivation for this is, that some of the applied research projects could actually become commercial products for startups. So after the prototype phase, the Innovation center could help them with go to market phase.
=== Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts ===
The main contribution from ADU is naturally talented graduates for the job market. ADU strives to develop student profiles that have the skills and attitudes needed for the future workplace, and for advancing the local economy. The regional economic development programs like in5 and UAE innovates is open to all whether applying through an institute or independently. ADU doesn’t have any official partnership with these programs, but if taken into consideration it may be possible. However, ADU innovation center and faculties inform students about contests and encourage them to apply.Collaboration is already in place with TechShop but limited to students majoring in engineering. There are regular educational trips held that incorporate innovation as a result of successful companies. At ADU the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs plays a key role in helping students patent their ideas with Takamul program, and cover part of the patenting cost. They also inform and support research applications to national level competitions and sponsorship programs.
== Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_University_Student_Priorities Abu_Dhabi_University_Student_Priorities]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Haleema%20Mulla%20Bakhsh Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Saleha.muhammad Saleha_muhammad]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Basant%20Helal Basant_Helal]

[http://universityinnovation.org/BettyLucille BettyLucille]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sarah%20Eladly Sarah_Eladly]

[http://universityinnovation.org/AYESHA%20ZAHID AYESHA_ZAHID]

[http://universityinnovation.org/User%3AEman.Ali Eman.Ali]

[[Category:Universities]]

Fellow:Basant Helal

2018-10-23T20:29:14Z

Basant Helal:

Basant Helal is a university innovation fellow and an undergraduate student studying architecture in Abu Dhabi University (ADU). Basant is originally[[File:Basant.jpg.jpg|thumb]] from Cairo, Egypt where she lived until 2014 and then moved to continue her high school at the International School of Choueifat (ISC) and higher education at Abu Dhabi University (AD campus). In her second semester in the first year at ADU, she got introduced to the UIF.

From a young age Basant has always been interested in art, design and singing. During her high school years, she was an active member of the Student Life Organization Department which works on all kinds of events and programs to improve students’ experience and enhance the learning process. She was a shadow teacher for many subjects and an active mentor who enjoyed explaining the study material to students. She was also head of the Decoration Department which takes all the projects related to preparing posters, boards and all kinds of decorations for the school corridors and halls. She also helped in organizing events like Talent Shows, Green Day, Recruitment Day and National and International Days. She also participated in school events by giving speeches. Overall, she enjoys helping others and motivating them to become the best version of themselves.

Basant is passionate about bringing change to her campus and everyone in her life to make them feel better and enhance their experience.

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

File:Basant.jpg.jpg

2018-10-23T20:27:11Z

Basant Helal:

Fellow:Basant Helal

2018-10-22T00:24:45Z

Basant Helal:

Basant Helal is a university innovation fellow and an undergraduate student studying architecture in Abu Dhabi University (ADU). Basant is originally from Cairo, Egypt where she lived until 2014 and then moved to continue her high school at the International School of Choueifat (ISC) and higher education at Abu Dhabi University (AD campus). In her second semester in the first year at ADU, she got introduced to the UIF.

From a young age Basant has always been interested in art, design and singing. During her high school years, she was an active member of the Student Life Organization Department which works on all kinds of events and programs to improve students’ experience and enhance the learning process. She was a shadow teacher for many subjects and an active mentor who enjoyed explaining the study material to students. She was also head of the Decoration Department which takes all the projects related to preparing posters, boards and all kinds of decorations for the school corridors and halls. She also helped in organizing events like Talent Shows, Green Day, Recruitment Day and National and International Days. She also participated in school events by giving speeches. Overall, she enjoys helping others and motivating them to become the best version of themselves.

Basant is passionate about bringing change to her campus and everyone in her life to make them feel better and enhance their experience.

[[Category:Student Contributors]]

Fellow:Basant Helal

2018-10-22T00:24:13Z

Basant Helal:

User:Eman.Ali

2018-10-22T00:22:00Z

Basant Helal:

Eman is a University Innovation Fellow, who studies at Abu Dhabi University. She is Egyptian but she lived all her life in the United Arab Emirates. Eman just turned 22 years last July. Eman is a senior and she is currently studying Digital Marketing which is a new major that every company requires. Eman does a lot of things in her spare time, sometimes she reads, but most of the time she paints or does some DIY. Eman enjoys volunteering a lot because she gets her happiness from the people she makes happy. She volunteered in MENA special Olympics for disabled people, she also organized an awareness campaign for breast cancer. 

[[File:Eman.jpg|thumb|center|Eman.jpg]]

[[Category:Student Contributors]]

User:Eman.Ali

2018-10-22T00:20:57Z

Basant Helal:

Eman is a University Innovation Fellow, who studies at Abu Dhabi University. She is Egyptian but she lived all her life in the United Arab Emirates. Eman just turned 22 years last July. Eman is a senior and she is currently studying Digital Marketing which is a new major that every company requires. Eman does a lot of things in her spare time, sometimes she reads, but most of the time she paints or does some DIY. Eman enjoys volunteering a lot because she gets her happiness from the people she makes happy. She volunteered in MENA special Olympics for disabled people, she also organized an awareness campaign for breast cancer. 

[[File:Eman.jpg|thumb|center]]

Priorities:Abu Dhabi University Student Priorities

2018-10-22T00:20:07Z

Basant Helal:

== '''Strategy Priority #1: Innovation Community''' ==

=== Description ===

The innovation community is about gathering together inspiring students on campus. These students along with the UIF fellows believe in developing and improving the innovation culture at Abu Dhabi University. We aim to spread innovative knowledge through these students to further share it with their circle of friends and so on to widen the community through word of mouth and welcome new members on board. The purpose of this community is that students can relate, ideate and design solutions to problems from different colleges.

Team leader on task: Haleema Mulla Bakhsh

=== '''Tactic #1: Community of Inspiration''' ===

1-Looking out for these inspiring students? Approach students asking them about an inspiring personnel in their surrounding on campus who they might look up to for advice, suggestions and so on. The inspiration doesn’t necessarily need to be related to good academic performance only.

2-Collaborate with Innovative faculty members on preparing modules, tips on innovation. Moreover, get approval for allowing Video conference from where the speaker is visiting at the Innovation Centre which is at a different campus for students who are not at the same campus to also be a part of the event.

'''Time frame: 01/2019'''

3. Calling on these inspiring students to join an innovation community. From the very start of the training program, we are asked to find students with inspiring stories and I used the lesson I learned from there that I need to compliment and appreciate people for their achievements. Now email them individually to congratulate them for being an inspiration to others. During the prototype in Session 4 the test responded positively and was ready the support the innovation community.

4-To secure an available room for workshop and apply request through the student affairs department and the Innovation Centre. Alternatively, students sometimes cannot commit to attending workshops, so the modules need to be concise to share them on WhatsApp and social media.

5- Equipment for workshop to have hands on experience, request for funding if necessary to purchase these materials.

6-Call on volunteers or University Innovation Fellows to support the innovation community when conducting the workshop in a gathering and assist in recording feedback and registering attendees.

'''Time frame: 02/2019'''

=== Key metrics'''    ''' ===

*Number of members        

*Number of referrals through existing members         

*Number of students from each colleg'''e '''

== '''Strategy Priority #2: Encourage a Growth Mindset Environment''' ==

=== '''Sparking interest: The short workshop series''' ===

We would like to change the attitude students have towards their daily activities and help them shape and extend the way they utilize their talents and skill-based qualities to realize opportunities in their environment. In order to accomplish this, we need to create an interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and make students realize that Innovation is not bound to any major. We will be sparking interest through a series of student-led, short pop-up Inspire and Connect teaser activities, which will be held throughout the university. These activities will be between 20- 40 minutes long and rotate between different times, days and locations, to maximize exposure. These activities are designed to provoke students’ interest while having fun. Inspire and Connect will be sparking interest, in support of larger, more in-depth events held by the Innovation Center and increase student attendance at these events. Activities include Makespace challenges, design thinking race, interesting facts on start-ups, problem-solving workshops, think tank to shark tank etc.

Team leader on task: Betty Lucille Hillebrand

=== Tactic #1: Inspire and connect pop-up workshop series ===

1.1 Gather all planned/ scheduled events, workshops and activities from all departments in one database. 1.2 Collaborate with all student clubs to design and execute I&E games, challenges, and activities that will encourage attendance at larger Innovation             Center events

1.3 Obtain or assign students responsible to conduct workshops, inclusive of the male campus. (Innovation Ambassadors/creators)

1.4 Create and effective communication platform – Strategic priority 4

1.5 Source needed materials and funds 1.6 Obtain faculty and administrative feedback and support

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #2: Let's talk business ===

2.1 Organise TEDX talks with local SMB owners, life coaches and motivational speakers

2.2 Organise events with local business groups. 

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #3: Think tank to Shark tank ===

3.1 Hold 2-3 day challenge: One day to find a solution, one day to pitch your idea.

'''Timeframe: April 2019'''

=== '''Tactic #4: Easy Business info sessions''' ===

4.1 Provide students with current, easy to follow basic business information. Information from personal finance ( how to manage your money) to information on SME, Family business and Global business.

'''Timeframe: September 2019'''

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#3: Generating Interest of the students in innovation''' ==

=== Description ===

Throughout our research process for the landscape canvas, it was evident that students don’t get benefits of the resources provided by the university to encourage innovation. So, one of the main strategic priorities is to improve the innovation culture of students at ADU; that is, generating more interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship without the use of additional resources. Given that, a resource that is available to all students is an Innovation and Entrepreneurship course and will be used for this strategy. 

Team leader on task: Sarah Eladly

=== Plan ===

Creating a network of students who took this course and are encouraged to teach it to their friends who haven't. As we believe that our students may not be interested enough to enroll into innovation courses, peer mentoring can be a great opportunity to generate interest and knowledge about innovation among students and would help us enlarge the community of innovators.

=== key steps  ===

1- Targeting students who have taken or still taking the I&E course to teach it to others.

2- Preparing workshops for those students for techniques to teach this course and customizing it to fit each major. 

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

== '''Strategic Priority #4: Strengthen Communication (Information Wall)''' ==

=== Description  ===

After conducting the landscape canvas of our university, we realized that we have a gap of communication between the university and the students. There are many events on our campus that students barely hear about or notice. We believe communication is crucial when it comes to improving the student university experience as it helps them get the best of the resources provided on campus. Currently, the university advertises events on a TV in the corridor as rolling pictures. They also provide flyers and emails for some of the events. However, students are complaining that they don’t hear about those events happening beforehand. Therefore, the idea of an information wall that no one can miss emerged. The wall will be interactive, providing students with the opportunity to rate the events and give their feedback/ideas. There will be a clear noticeable countdown to upcoming events. This was the approach we proposed and developed according to students’ preferences and suggestions throughout the process of our prototyping.

Team leader on task: Basant Helal

=== Plan ===

Get more information from students about what they would like to be on that wall and how interactive they would like it. Start by a normal board where students can provide feedback and drop their ideas and rate events Secure funding and resources needed to provide the right wall (at a place where everyone can see it and stop by it) and the LCD with the videos/announcements on it. Get students feedback about the usefulness of the information wall and analyze the change it caused on our communication system (i.e. whether students will then be aware of the events happening and if enough of them are attending)

'''Timeframe: January 2019'''

== '''Strategy Priority #5: I & E Workshop and Methods of Advertising''' ==

=== '''Description''' ===

While studying the landscape canvas of our university, we discovered that students usually did not attend events about I and E organised on-campus. Our campus analysis together with various interviews with the faculty led us to the conclusion that:

1-We don’t have a strong innovation culture at our university.

2-And, that the communication between the university and the students regarding upcoming events, is not that strong.  

Recently, the innovation centre at our university organized a 3D printing workshop for students to familiarize them with the idea of 3D printing. Surprisingly, this time the room was full of students to such extent that we ran out of chairs! Hence, for my prototype, I saw this event as an opportunity to study the circumstances that led to this workshop being a ‘house full’.

Team leader on task: Ayesha Zahid

=== '''Research''' ===

1-Study the methods used to advertise the workshop by the faculty in-charge. The faculty used university TV screens, university e-mails, university apps and university social media pages to announce about this upcoming workshop.

2-Interview Dr. Petra from the innovation centre regarding the 3D printing workshop.

3-Discover if there were other departments involved besides the innovation centre. An architecture department Professor gave the tutorial on 3D printing along with displaying 3D printed models from the ‘architecture students projects archives.’

4-Check if any student-based clubs are involved in advertising or promoting the event. Student-based group called the architecture association helped promote the workshop through their own social media pages, Instagram and snapchat, along with verbal announcements and WhatsApp messages.

5-Interview the president of the architecture association regarding the 3D printing workshop.

6-Attend the workshop to record and document the whole event.

7-Get feedback from students who attended the workshop, regarding how successful the workshop was in terms of educating them about 3D printing. Moreover, get students feedback on how they heard about the workshop (i.e. what methods of advertising did they hear from about the workshop).

8-Reflect on how the review from students and the interview from Dr. Petra and Architecture Association President, can help us in devising solutions for the problems faced in our ecosystem. 

=== Tactic #1: Have hands-on activities that encourage innovation rather than speeches and talks that majority of students don’t attend. ===

1-Get in touch with the different student clubs at the university including the innovation club. Talk to the presidents of the club to encourage hands-on activities at club fairs and event days. 

'''2-People to meet''': - Presidents of different student clubs

  -Student support services office at the university to request for hosting student activity events.

  -Students that need to be made aware about innovation.

  -Finance departments to request funding for new events.

  -University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Hands-on activities about I and E- 2 weeks'''

=== '''Tactic #2: Encourage Professors to announce upcoming events during their classes before they start their lectures.''' ===

1-Meet Professors in their offices to introduce to them our tactic. Request the innovation centre to directly email the professors regarding upcoming events.

'''2-People to meet: - '''Professors of different departments.

                               - Dr. Petra from innovation centre

                               - The deans of different colleges for their approval on the tactic.

'''Time frame: Professors announcing upcoming events before lectures- 1 week'''

=== Tactic #3: Have more student-based groups at the university, that understand at a deeper level of how university students function and what are their needs as students.  ===

1-Gather the active and outgoing students and encourage them to find a purpose on-campus. Assist them to make a club to achieve their purpose. Encourage them to use ''‘empathy’'' to understand other students’ perspectives and needs. Meet the student support services at the university to promote student-based groups and fund these groups. 

'''2-People to meet: - '''Academic excelling Students

                                - Alumni or older club presidents to train new students on how to run clubs and student associations.

                                - Student support services offices to assist student-based groups for hosting student engagement events.

                                - Finance departments to request funding for new events.

                                - University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Student-based groups - Spring 2018/2019'''

== Strategy priority #6: Expanding the I&E Spirit on campus ==

Peers play a significant role on campus. They have the ability to influence the behavior and attitude of other students. Empowering and encouraging students can have a positive impact in bringing up the true spirit of innovation. Students taking the lead can help expand the I&E spirit on campus. Providing them with the knowledge and sufficient resources can make a huge change. Students are usually observed to be more open with their peers, expressing simple ideas and thoughts of value. 

 

'''Team Leaders on Task: Saleha Muhammad and Eman Ali '''

=== Tactic #1: Student Led Events  ===

1.1 Bring together student leaders who are ready to take up this as a challenge and educate peers about innovation and how to be creative with limited resources.

1.2 Mentors to supervise the event plan and advice leaders about the content that they will be explaining to the students.

1.3 Once the plan is ready to execute, Student affair can help assist the students.

 

'''Timeframe: November 2018'''

 

=== Tactic #2: ADU Inno-space (Makerspace)  ===

2.1: Allocating a free space for students.

2.2: Giving them the freedom to renovate the space with their ideas and creativity.

2.3: Providing them with a budget to get the needed resources.

2.3 Allowing a space for brainstorming and round table conference.

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

=== Tactic #3: Inno- talkvation (by Alumni) ===

3.1: Inviting successful graduates as guest speakers.

3.2: Encouraging students to have an open discussion.

3.3: Providing students with an insight into the entrepreneurial mindset.

''' '''

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

 

== Strategy priority #7: Promoting Startups ==

After viewing our landscape canvas, we found out that there are very few or no startups by the students. Usually, after students graduate, they are then engaged with startups. The university can encourage students to have their own startups, by providing them with the right platform and resources. Student startups are not only essential but also necessary, this inspires and encourages other students to do the same.

'''Team Leader on Task: Saleha Muhammad '''

=== Tactic #1: Open Market Day ===

1.1: Providing an opportunity to the students to openly sell their self-designed product or service.

1.2: Assigning a group of judges to evaluate students’ offerings.

1.3: Awarding the best offering and advising other groups on how they can improve in the event. 

'''Timeframe: April, ''''''2019'''

 

=== Tactic #2: Innovation Fair ===

2.1: Calling out students from different colleges to come up with their innovative ideas.

2.2: Lending them the required fund to carry out their project (idea).

2.3: Holding an open event to showcase their innovation.

 

'''Timeframe: Febrauary,''''' '''''2019'''

''' '''

=== Tactic #3: EXPRESS UP! ===

3.1: Inviting CEOs' of various local/International companies.

3.2: Students to express their prototypes in the related field.

3.3: Companies can partner with students in bringing their prototypes to life.

'''Timeframe: March, ''''''2019'''

== Links ==

[[Haleema Mulla Bakhsh|Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Saleha.muhammad Saleha.muhammad]

[[Basant Helal|Basant_Helal]]

[[BettyLucille|BettyLucille]]

[[Sarah Eladly|Sarah_Eladly]]

[[AYESHA ZAHID|AYESHA_ZAHID]]

[[User:Eman.Ali|Eman.Ali]]

Fellow:Basant Helal

2018-10-22T00:11:21Z

Basant Helal:

Fellow:Basant Helal

2018-10-22T00:09:51Z

Basant Helal:

Priorities:Abu Dhabi University Student Priorities

2018-10-22T00:06:30Z

Basant Helal:

== '''Strategy Priority #1: Innovation Community''' ==

=== Description ===

The innovation community is about gathering together inspiring students on campus. These students along with the UIF fellows believe in developing and improving the innovation culture at Abu Dhabi University. We aim to spread innovative knowledge through these students to further share it with their circle of friends and so on to widen the community through word of mouth and welcome new members on board. The purpose of this community is that students can relate, ideate and design solutions to problems from different colleges.

Team leader on task: Haleema Mulla Bakhsh

=== '''Tactic #1: Community of Inspiration''' ===

1-Looking out for these inspiring students? Approach students asking them about an inspiring personnel in their surrounding on campus who they might look up to for advice, suggestions and so on. The inspiration doesn’t necessarily need to be related to good academic performance only.

2-Collaborate with Innovative faculty members on preparing modules, tips on innovation. Moreover, get approval for allowing Video conference from where the speaker is visiting at the Innovation Centre which is at a different campus for students who are not at the same campus to also be a part of the event.

'''Time frame: 01/2019'''

3. Calling on these inspiring students to join an innovation community. From the very start of the training program, we are asked to find students with inspiring stories and I used the lesson I learned from there that I need to compliment and appreciate people for their achievements. Now email them individually to congratulate them for being an inspiration to others. During the prototype in Session 4 the test responded positively and was ready the support the innovation community.

4-To secure an available room for workshop and apply request through the student affairs department and the Innovation Centre. Alternatively, students sometimes cannot commit to attending workshops, so the modules need to be concise to share them on WhatsApp and social media.

5- Equipment for workshop to have hands on experience, request for funding if necessary to purchase these materials.

6-Call on volunteers or University Innovation Fellows to support the innovation community when conducting the workshop in a gathering and assist in recording feedback and registering attendees.

'''Time frame: 02/2019'''

=== Key metrics'''    ''' ===

*Number of members        

*Number of referrals through existing members         

*Number of students from each colleg'''e '''

== '''Strategy Priority #2: Encourage a Growth Mindset Environment''' ==

=== '''Sparking interest: The short workshop series''' ===

We would like to change the attitude students have towards their daily activities and help them shape and extend the way they utilize their talents and skill-based qualities to realize opportunities in their environment. In order to accomplish this, we need to create an interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and make students realize that Innovation is not bound to any major. We will be sparking interest through a series of student-led, short pop-up Inspire and Connect teaser activities, which will be held throughout the university. These activities will be between 20- 40 minutes long and rotate between different times, days and locations, to maximize exposure. These activities are designed to provoke students’ interest while having fun. Inspire and Connect will be sparking interest, in support of larger, more in-depth events held by the Innovation Center and increase student attendance at these events. Activities include Makespace challenges, design thinking race, interesting facts on start-ups, problem-solving workshops, think tank to shark tank etc.

Team leader on task: Betty Lucille Hillebrand

=== Tactic #1: Inspire and connect pop-up workshop series ===

1.1 Gather all planned/ scheduled events, workshops and activities from all departments in one database. 1.2 Collaborate with all student clubs to design and execute I&E games, challenges, and activities that will encourage attendance at larger Innovation             Center events

1.3 Obtain or assign students responsible to conduct workshops, inclusive of the male campus. (Innovation Ambassadors/creators)

1.4 Create and effective communication platform – Strategic priority 4

1.5 Source needed materials and funds 1.6 Obtain faculty and administrative feedback and support

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #2: Let's talk business ===

2.1 Organise TEDX talks with local SMB owners, life coaches and motivational speakers

2.2 Organise events with local business groups. 

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #3: Think tank to Shark tank ===

3.1 Hold 2-3 day challenge: One day to find a solution, one day to pitch your idea.

'''Timeframe: April 2019'''

=== '''Tactic #4: Easy Business info sessions''' ===

4.1 Provide students with current, easy to follow basic business information. Information from personal finance ( how to manage your money) to information on SME, Family business and Global business.

'''Timeframe: September 2019'''

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#3: Generating Interest of the students in innovation''' ==

=== Description ===

Throughout our research process for the landscape canvas, it was evident that students don’t get benefits of the resources provided by the university to encourage innovation. So, one of the main strategic priorities is to improve the innovation culture of students at ADU; that is, generating more interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship without the use of additional resources. Given that, a resource that is available to all students is an Innovation and Entrepreneurship course and will be used for this strategy. 

Team leader on task: Sarah Eladly

=== Plan ===

Creating a network of students who took this course and are encouraged to teach it to their friends who haven't. As we believe that our students may not be interested enough to enroll into innovation courses, peer mentoring can be a great opportunity to generate interest and knowledge about innovation among students and would help us enlarge the community of innovators.

=== key steps  ===

1- Targeting students who have taken or still taking the I&E course to teach it to others.

2- Preparing workshops for those students for techniques to teach this course and customizing it to fit each major. 

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

== '''Strategic Priority #4: Strengthen Communication (Information Wall)''' ==

=== Description  ===

After conducting the landscape canvas of our university, we realized that we have a gap of communication between the university and the students. There are many events on our campus that students barely hear about or notice. We believe communication is crucial when it comes to improving the student university experience as it helps them get the best of the resources provided on campus. Currently, the university advertises events on a TV in the corridor as rolling pictures. They also provide flyers and emails for some of the events. However, students are complaining that they don’t hear about those events happening beforehand. Therefore, the idea of an information wall that no one can miss emerged. The wall will be interactive, providing students with the opportunity to rate the events and give their feedback/ideas. There will be a clear noticeable countdown to upcoming events. This was the approach we proposed and developed according to students’ preferences and suggestions throughout the process of our prototyping.

Team leader on task: Basant Helal

=== Plan ===

Get more information from students about what they would like to be on that wall and how interactive they would like it. Start by a normal board where students can provide feedback and drop their ideas and rate events Secure funding and resources needed to provide the right wall (at a place where everyone can see it and stop by it) and the LCD with the videos/announcements on it. Get students feedback about the usefulness of the information wall and analyze the change it caused on our communication system (i.e. whether students will then be aware of the events happening and if enough of them are attending)

'''Timeframe: January 2019'''

== '''Strategy Priority #5: I & E Workshop and Methods of Advertising''' ==

=== '''Description''' ===

While studying the landscape canvas of our university, we discovered that students usually did not attend events about I and E organised on-campus. Our campus analysis together with various interviews with the faculty led us to the conclusion that:

1-We don’t have a strong innovation culture at our university.

2-And, that the communication between the university and the students regarding upcoming events, is not that strong.  

Recently, the innovation centre at our university organized a 3D printing workshop for students to familiarize them with the idea of 3D printing. Surprisingly, this time the room was full of students to such extent that we ran out of chairs! Hence, for my prototype, I saw this event as an opportunity to study the circumstances that led to this workshop being a ‘house full’.

Team leader on task: Ayesha Zahid

=== '''Research''' ===

1-Study the methods used to advertise the workshop by the faculty in-charge. The faculty used university TV screens, university e-mails, university apps and university social media pages to announce about this upcoming workshop.

2-Interview Dr. Petra from the innovation centre regarding the 3D printing workshop.

3-Discover if there were other departments involved besides the innovation centre. An architecture department Professor gave the tutorial on 3D printing along with displaying 3D printed models from the ‘architecture students projects archives.’

4-Check if any student-based clubs are involved in advertising or promoting the event. Student-based group called the architecture association helped promote the workshop through their own social media pages, Instagram and snapchat, along with verbal announcements and WhatsApp messages.

5-Interview the president of the architecture association regarding the 3D printing workshop.

6-Attend the workshop to record and document the whole event.

7-Get feedback from students who attended the workshop, regarding how successful the workshop was in terms of educating them about 3D printing. Moreover, get students feedback on how they heard about the workshop (i.e. what methods of advertising did they hear from about the workshop).

8-Reflect on how the review from students and the interview from Dr. Petra and Architecture Association President, can help us in devising solutions for the problems faced in our ecosystem. 

=== Tactic #1: Have hands-on activities that encourage innovation rather than speeches and talks that majority of students don’t attend. ===

1-Get in touch with the different student clubs at the university including the innovation club. Talk to the presidents of the club to encourage hands-on activities at club fairs and event days. 

'''2-People to meet''': - Presidents of different student clubs

  -Student support services office at the university to request for hosting student activity events.

  -Students that need to be made aware about innovation.

  -Finance departments to request funding for new events.

  -University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Hands-on activities about I and E- 2 weeks'''

=== '''Tactic #2: Encourage Professors to announce upcoming events during their classes before they start their lectures.''' ===

1-Meet Professors in their offices to introduce to them our tactic. Request the innovation centre to directly email the professors regarding upcoming events.

'''2-People to meet: - '''Professors of different departments.

                               - Dr. Petra from innovation centre

                               - The deans of different colleges for their approval on the tactic.

'''Time frame: Professors announcing upcoming events before lectures- 1 week'''

=== Tactic #3: Have more student-based groups at the university, that understand at a deeper level of how university students function and what are their needs as students.  ===

1-Gather the active and outgoing students and encourage them to find a purpose on-campus. Assist them to make a club to achieve their purpose. Encourage them to use ''‘empathy’'' to understand other students’ perspectives and needs. Meet the student support services at the university to promote student-based groups and fund these groups. 

'''2-People to meet: - '''Academic excelling Students

                                - Alumni or older club presidents to train new students on how to run clubs and student associations.

                                - Student support services offices to assist student-based groups for hosting student engagement events.

                                - Finance departments to request funding for new events.

                                - University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Student-based groups - Spring 2018/2019'''

== Strategy priority #6: Expanding the I&E Spirit on campus ==

Peers play a significant role on campus. They have the ability to influence the behavior and attitude of other students. Empowering and encouraging students can have a positive impact in bringing up the true spirit of innovation. Students taking the lead can help expand the I&E spirit on campus. Providing them with the knowledge and sufficient resources can make a huge change. Students are usually observed to be more open with their peers, expressing simple ideas and thoughts of value. 

 

'''Team Leaders on Task: Saleha Muhammad and Eman Ali '''

=== Tactic #1: Student Led Events  ===

1.1 Bring together student leaders who are ready to take up this as a challenge and educate peers about innovation and how to be creative with limited resources.

1.2 Mentors to supervise the event plan and advice leaders about the content that they will be explaining to the students.

1.3 Once the plan is ready to execute, Student affair can help assist the students.

 

'''Timeframe: November 2018'''

 

=== Tactic #2: ADU Inno-space (Makerspace)  ===

2.1: Allocating a free space for students.

2.2: Giving them the freedom to renovate the space with their ideas and creativity.

2.3: Providing them with a budget to get the needed resources.

2.3 Allowing a space for brainstorming and round table conference.

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

=== Tactic #3: Inno- talkvation (by Alumni) ===

3.1: Inviting successful graduates as guest speakers.

3.2: Encouraging students to have an open discussion.

3.3: Providing students with an insight into the entrepreneurial mindset.

''' '''

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

 

== Strategy priority #7: Promoting Startups ==

After viewing our landscape canvas, we found out that there are very few or no startups by the students. Usually, after students graduate, they are then engaged with startups. The university can encourage students to have their own startups, by providing them with the right platform and resources. Student startups are not only essential but also necessary, this inspires and encourages other students to do the same.

'''Team Leader on Task: Saleha Muhammad '''

=== Tactic #1: Open Market Day ===

1.1: Providing an opportunity to the students to openly sell their self-designed product or service.

1.2: Assigning a group of judges to evaluate students’ offerings.

1.3: Awarding the best offering and advising other groups on how they can improve in the event. 

'''Timeframe: April, ''''''2019'''

 

=== Tactic #2: Innovation Fair ===

2.1: Calling out students from different colleges to come up with their innovative ideas.

2.2: Lending them the required fund to carry out their project (idea).

2.3: Holding an open event to showcase their innovation.

 

'''Timeframe: Febrauary,''''' '''''2019'''

''' '''

=== Tactic #3: EXPRESS UP! ===

3.1: Inviting CEOs' of various local/International companies.

3.2: Students to express their prototypes in the related field.

3.3: Companies can partner with students in bringing their prototypes to life.

'''Timeframe: March, ''''''2019'''

== Links ==

[[Haleema Mulla Bakhsh|Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Saleha.muhammad Saleha.muhammad]

[[Basant Helal|Basant_Helal]]

[[BettyLucille|BettyLucille]]

[[Sarah Eladly|Sarah_Eladly]]

[[AYESHA ZAHID|AYESHA_ZAHID]]

[[Eman_Salama|Eman_Salama]]

Priorities:Abu Dhabi University Student Priorities

2018-10-22T00:06:03Z

Basant Helal:

== '''Strategy Priority #1: Innovation Community''' ==

=== Description ===

The innovation community is about gathering together inspiring students on campus. These students along with the UIF fellows believe in developing and improving the innovation culture at Abu Dhabi University. We aim to spread innovative knowledge through these students to further share it with their circle of friends and so on to widen the community through word of mouth and welcome new members on board. The purpose of this community is that students can relate, ideate and design solutions to problems from different colleges.

Team leader on task: Haleema Mulla Bakhsh

=== '''Tactic #1: Community of Inspiration''' ===

1-Looking out for these inspiring students? Approach students asking them about an inspiring personnel in their surrounding on campus who they might look up to for advice, suggestions and so on. The inspiration doesn’t necessarily need to be related to good academic performance only.

2-Collaborate with Innovative faculty members on preparing modules, tips on innovation. Moreover, get approval for allowing Video conference from where the speaker is visiting at the Innovation Centre which is at a different campus for students who are not at the same campus to also be a part of the event.

'''Time frame: 01/2019'''

3. Calling on these inspiring students to join an innovation community. From the very start of the training program, we are asked to find students with inspiring stories and I used the lesson I learned from there that I need to compliment and appreciate people for their achievements. Now email them individually to congratulate them for being an inspiration to others. During the prototype in Session 4 the test responded positively and was ready the support the innovation community.

4-To secure an available room for workshop and apply request through the student affairs department and the Innovation Centre. Alternatively, students sometimes cannot commit to attending workshops, so the modules need to be concise to share them on WhatsApp and social media.

5- Equipment for workshop to have hands on experience, request for funding if necessary to purchase these materials.

6-Call on volunteers or University Innovation Fellows to support the innovation community when conducting the workshop in a gathering and assist in recording feedback and registering attendees.

'''Time frame: 02/2019'''

=== Key metrics'''    ''' ===

*Number of members        

*Number of referrals through existing members         

*Number of students from each colleg'''e '''

== '''Strategy Priority #2: Encourage a Growth Mindset Environment''' ==

=== '''Sparking interest: The short workshop series''' ===

We would like to change the attitude students have towards their daily activities and help them shape and extend the way they utilize their talents and skill-based qualities to realize opportunities in their environment. In order to accomplish this, we need to create an interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and make students realize that Innovation is not bound to any major. We will be sparking interest through a series of student-led, short pop-up Inspire and Connect teaser activities, which will be held throughout the university. These activities will be between 20- 40 minutes long and rotate between different times, days and locations, to maximize exposure. These activities are designed to provoke students’ interest while having fun. Inspire and Connect will be sparking interest, in support of larger, more in-depth events held by the Innovation Center and increase student attendance at these events. Activities include Makespace challenges, design thinking race, interesting facts on start-ups, problem-solving workshops, think tank to shark tank etc.

Team leader on task: Betty Lucille Hillebrand

=== Tactic #1: Inspire and connect pop-up workshop series ===

1.1 Gather all planned/ scheduled events, workshops and activities from all departments in one database. 1.2 Collaborate with all student clubs to design and execute I&E games, challenges, and activities that will encourage attendance at larger Innovation             Center events

1.3 Obtain or assign students responsible to conduct workshops, inclusive of the male campus. (Innovation Ambassadors/creators)

1.4 Create and effective communication platform – Strategic priority 4

1.5 Source needed materials and funds 1.6 Obtain faculty and administrative feedback and support

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #2: Let's talk business ===

2.1 Organise TEDX talks with local SMB owners, life coaches and motivational speakers

2.2 Organise events with local business groups. 

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #3: Think tank to Shark tank ===

3.1 Hold 2-3 day challenge: One day to find a solution, one day to pitch your idea.

'''Timeframe: April 2019'''

=== '''Tactic #4: Easy Business info sessions''' ===

4.1 Provide students with current, easy to follow basic business information. Information from personal finance ( how to manage your money) to information on SME, Family business and Global business.

'''Timeframe: September 2019'''

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#3: Generating Interest of the students in innovation''' ==

=== Description ===

Throughout our research process for the landscape canvas, it was evident that students don’t get benefits of the resources provided by the university to encourage innovation. So, one of the main strategic priorities is to improve the innovation culture of students at ADU; that is, generating more interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship without the use of additional resources. Given that, a resource that is available to all students is an Innovation and Entrepreneurship course and will be used for this strategy. 

Team leader on task: Sarah Eladly

=== Plan ===

Creating a network of students who took this course and are encouraged to teach it to their friends who haven't. As we believe that our students may not be interested enough to enroll into innovation courses, peer mentoring can be a great opportunity to generate interest and knowledge about innovation among students and would help us enlarge the community of innovators.

=== key steps  ===

1- Targeting students who have taken or still taking the I&E course to teach it to others.

2- Preparing workshops for those students for techniques to teach this course and customizing it to fit each major. 

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

== '''Strategic Priority #4: Strengthen Communication (Information Wall)''' ==

=== Description  ===

After conducting the landscape canvas of our university, we realized that we have a gap of communication between the university and the students. There are many events on our campus that students barely hear about or notice. We believe communication is crucial when it comes to improving the student university experience as it helps them get the best of the resources provided on campus. Currently, the university advertises events on a TV in the corridor as rolling pictures. They also provide flyers and emails for some of the events. However, students are complaining that they don’t hear about those events happening beforehand. Therefore, the idea of an information wall that no one can miss emerged. The wall will be interactive, providing students with the opportunity to rate the events and give their feedback/ideas. There will be a clear noticeable countdown to upcoming events. This was the approach we proposed and developed according to students’ preferences and suggestions throughout the process of our prototyping.

Team leader on task: Basant Helal

=== Plan ===

Get more information from students about what they would like to be on that wall and how interactive they would like it. Start by a normal board where students can provide feedback and drop their ideas and rate events Secure funding and resources needed to provide the right wall (at a place where everyone can see it and stop by it) and the LCD with the videos/announcements on it. Get students feedback about the usefulness of the information wall and analyze the change it caused on our communication system (i.e. whether students will then be aware of the events happening and if enough of them are attending)

'''Timeframe: January 2019'''

== '''Strategy Priority #5: I & E Workshop and Methods of Advertising''' ==

=== '''Description''' ===

While studying the landscape canvas of our university, we discovered that students usually did not attend events about I and E organised on-campus. Our campus analysis together with various interviews with the faculty led us to the conclusion that:

1-We don’t have a strong innovation culture at our university.

2-And, that the communication between the university and the students regarding upcoming events, is not that strong.  

Recently, the innovation centre at our university organized a 3D printing workshop for students to familiarize them with the idea of 3D printing. Surprisingly, this time the room was full of students to such extent that we ran out of chairs! Hence, for my prototype, I saw this event as an opportunity to study the circumstances that led to this workshop being a ‘house full’.

Team leader on task: Ayesha Zahid

=== '''Research''' ===

1-Study the methods used to advertise the workshop by the faculty in-charge. The faculty used university TV screens, university e-mails, university apps and university social media pages to announce about this upcoming workshop.

2-Interview Dr. Petra from the innovation centre regarding the 3D printing workshop.

3-Discover if there were other departments involved besides the innovation centre. An architecture department Professor gave the tutorial on 3D printing along with displaying 3D printed models from the ‘architecture students projects archives.’

4-Check if any student-based clubs are involved in advertising or promoting the event. Student-based group called the architecture association helped promote the workshop through their own social media pages, Instagram and snapchat, along with verbal announcements and WhatsApp messages.

5-Interview the president of the architecture association regarding the 3D printing workshop.

6-Attend the workshop to record and document the whole event.

7-Get feedback from students who attended the workshop, regarding how successful the workshop was in terms of educating them about 3D printing. Moreover, get students feedback on how they heard about the workshop (i.e. what methods of advertising did they hear from about the workshop).

8-Reflect on how the review from students and the interview from Dr. Petra and Architecture Association President, can help us in devising solutions for the problems faced in our ecosystem. 

=== Tactic #1: Have hands-on activities that encourage innovation rather than speeches and talks that majority of students don’t attend. ===

1-Get in touch with the different student clubs at the university including the innovation club. Talk to the presidents of the club to encourage hands-on activities at club fairs and event days. 

'''2-People to meet''': - Presidents of different student clubs

  -Student support services office at the university to request for hosting student activity events.

  -Students that need to be made aware about innovation.

  -Finance departments to request funding for new events.

  -University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Hands-on activities about I and E- 2 weeks'''

=== '''Tactic #2: Encourage Professors to announce upcoming events during their classes before they start their lectures.''' ===

1-Meet Professors in their offices to introduce to them our tactic. Request the innovation centre to directly email the professors regarding upcoming events.

'''2-People to meet: - '''Professors of different departments.

                               - Dr. Petra from innovation centre

                               - The deans of different colleges for their approval on the tactic.

'''Time frame: Professors announcing upcoming events before lectures- 1 week'''

=== Tactic #3: Have more student-based groups at the university, that understand at a deeper level of how university students function and what are their needs as students.  ===

1-Gather the active and outgoing students and encourage them to find a purpose on-campus. Assist them to make a club to achieve their purpose. Encourage them to use ''‘empathy’'' to understand other students’ perspectives and needs. Meet the student support services at the university to promote student-based groups and fund these groups. 

'''2-People to meet: - '''Academic excelling Students

                                - Alumni or older club presidents to train new students on how to run clubs and student associations.

                                - Student support services offices to assist student-based groups for hosting student engagement events.

                                - Finance departments to request funding for new events.

                                - University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Student-based groups - Spring 2018/2019'''

== Strategy priority #6: Expanding the I&E Spirit on campus ==

Peers play a significant role on campus. They have the ability to influence the behavior and attitude of other students. Empowering and encouraging students can have a positive impact in bringing up the true spirit of innovation. Students taking the lead can help expand the I&E spirit on campus. Providing them with the knowledge and sufficient resources can make a huge change. Students are usually observed to be more open with their peers, expressing simple ideas and thoughts of value. 

 

'''Team Leaders on Task: Saleha Muhammad and Eman Ali '''

=== Tactic #1: Student Led Events  ===

1.1 Bring together student leaders who are ready to take up this as a challenge and educate peers about innovation and how to be creative with limited resources.

1.2 Mentors to supervise the event plan and advice leaders about the content that they will be explaining to the students.

1.3 Once the plan is ready to execute, Student affair can help assist the students.

 

'''Timeframe: November 2018'''

 

=== Tactic #2: ADU Inno-space (Makerspace)  ===

2.1: Allocating a free space for students.

2.2: Giving them the freedom to renovate the space with their ideas and creativity.

2.3: Providing them with a budget to get the needed resources.

2.3 Allowing a space for brainstorming and round table conference.

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

=== Tactic #3: Inno- talkvation (by Alumni) ===

3.1: Inviting successful graduates as guest speakers.

3.2: Encouraging students to have an open discussion.

3.3: Providing students with an insight into the entrepreneurial mindset.

''' '''

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

 

== Strategy priority #7: Promoting Startups ==

After viewing our landscape canvas, we found out that there are very few or no startups by the students. Usually, after students graduate, they are then engaged with startups. The university can encourage students to have their own startups, by providing them with the right platform and resources. Student startups are not only essential but also necessary, this inspires and encourages other students to do the same.

'''Team Leader on Task: Saleha Muhammad '''

=== Tactic #1: Open Market Day ===

1.1: Providing an opportunity to the students to openly sell their self-designed product or service.

1.2: Assigning a group of judges to evaluate students’ offerings.

1.3: Awarding the best offering and advising other groups on how they can improve in the event. 

'''Timeframe: April, ''''''2019'''

 

=== Tactic #2: Innovation Fair ===

2.1: Calling out students from different colleges to come up with their innovative ideas.

2.2: Lending them the required fund to carry out their project (idea).

2.3: Holding an open event to showcase their innovation.

 

'''Timeframe: Febrauary,''''' '''''2019'''

''' '''

=== Tactic #3: EXPRESS UP! ===

3.1: Inviting CEOs' of various local/International companies.

3.2: Students to express their prototypes in the related field.

3.3: Companies can partner with students in bringing their prototypes to life.

'''Timeframe: March, ''''''2019'''

== Links ==

[[Haleema Mulla Bakhsh|Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Saleha.muhammad Saleha.muhammad]

[[Basant Helal|Basant_Helal]]

[[BettyLucille|BettyLucille]]

[[Sarah Eladly|Sarah_Eladly]]

[[AYESHA ZAHID|AYESHA_ZAHID]]

Eman Salama

Fellow:Betty Lucille

2018-10-22T00:00:29Z

Basant Helal:

<div>Betty Lucille is currently enrolled at Abu Dhabi University in the Bachelors of Business Administration in Management program. Betty is a University Innovation Fellow. She has also recently become a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honors Society at Abu Dhabi University.</div><div> </div><div>After she completed high school, Betty decided to work full time and study her Bachelors of Commerce in Management and Finance degree, which she achieved with honors at the University of South Africa. Betty worked in office administration and later spent 2 years in Event management, where she managed, among other events, the BP Charity Pro-am golf tournaments. This event raised over Dhs100,000 for kids with special needs at The Future Center and Indian Ladies Association Special Care Center in Abu Dhabi.</div><div> </div><div>As a hobby, she and a friend operated an online business, Upscale in the city, where they bought solid wood second-hand furniture and gave them new life, restored or redesigned them.</div><div> </div><div>Betty enjoys spending time with her family. They often go camping in the desert to enjoy the unique beauty of the United Arab Emirates landscape.</div><div> </div>
[[Category: Student Contributors]]

User:Saleha.muhammad

2018-10-21T23:59:55Z

Basant Helal:

Saleha Muhammad is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying accounting in Abu Dhabi University. Saleha is a passionate learner and after exploring the possible career path, she chose to pursue her bachelors in the University of Abu Dhabi. Being actively involved in both academic and co-curricular activities, she was chosen by her friends and faculty for the University Innovation Fellows program.

She is currently the president of the student council, who is committed to execute student council events and ensure that students' opinions and concerns are heard at every level. She has also worked as a course assistant in the university college to improve first-year students' experience on campus. In addition, she is a tutor in the learning support center, where she helps students in business-related courses.

She is interested in learning different languages. She can speak upto five languages fluently and is currently learning Turkish. Saleha also loves to travel and explore new cultures. During her leisure time, she bakes and she has also thought of starting an online business to sell her delicious handmade desserts. 
[[Category: Student Contributors]]

Fellow:Haleema Mulla Bakhsh

2018-10-21T23:59:26Z

Basant Helal:

Haleema Mulla Bakhsh is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying Business Management at Abu Dhabi University (ADU). Her focus in the major is Change, Human resource, Entrepreneurship Management. Haleema Mulla Bakhsh is a University Innovation Fellow [[File:Haleema.jpg|frame]]<div>After exploring the importance of education and realizing its need, she decided to join Abu Dhabi University. There she participated in most of the activities and her friends and faculty found her ideal for the University innovation fellows program.<div>She has been a tutor for many of the university courses at the university and is an active member of sports club, arts and crafts club. She has also served as a member of student council on her campus and played a role of a community service coordinator for over a year. She has also participated in the professional leadership program conducted by the university.At a young age she was more inclined towards designing and cultivated her skills in henna designing at her school. At the university, along with her group members, she had won 2nd place at the stock market competition against different university from all over the country. In 2017, she was selected candidate for scholarship by the Unilever under the fair and lovely foundation scholarship program in the UAE.She is highly passionate about making students and employee experience better through the management system served at many organizations. Therefore, alongside her education she’s worked full time to apply the theoretical knowledge from classrooms to the real world. She believes there is so much yet to be learned.</div></div>
[[Category: Student Contributors]]

Fellow:Ayesha Zahid

2018-10-21T23:54:04Z

Basant Helal:

Ayesha Zahid is a student of Abu Dhabi University studying Bachelors of Architecture. She is highly interested in moulding ways of learning through introducing innovation. In her fourth year she became a University Innovation Fellow.

Ayesha is not just highly focused in her academics but is an active participant in extra curriculars. She has volunteered numerous times for events like Science Fairs, Culture Days etc.  Also, she has participated in various competitions like Undergraduate Research Competition in UAE, Saint-Gobain’s Multi-comfort housing, Pavilion design competitions and so on. Ayesha has also done a lot of research work based on her major in collaboration with her peers and her professors. One of her notable works is also posted on websites like the research gate.

Ayesha is not just hardworking when it comes to her academia and university life, but she is also a fun-loving person. Among her hobbies is reading books, drawing, photography, travelling and visiting coffeeshops. Ayesha has travelled ever since her childhood and has an appreciation for different cultures. Her love for new things and places is apparent in her highly interesting Instagram account. In her free time Ayesha is often found reading or working in coffeeshops.

In her four years at the university, Ayesha has seen enough learning and met enough people to understand the ways in which her university ecosystem works. At this point she and her team are a strong asset in strengthening the innovation culture at her university.
[[Category:Student Contributors]]

Fellow:Ayesha Zahid

2018-10-21T23:52:05Z

Basant Helal:

Fellow:Ayesha Zahid

2018-10-21T23:51:39Z

Basant Helal:

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Ayesha Zahid is a student of Abu Dhabi University studying Bachelors of Architecture. She is highly interested in moulding ways of learning through introducing innovation. In her fourth year she became a University Innovation Fellow.

Ayesha is not just highly focused in her academics but is an active participant in extra curriculars. She has volunteered numerous times for events like Science Fairs, Culture Days etc.  Also, she has participated in various competitions like Undergraduate Research Competition in UAE, Saint-Gobain’s Multi-comfort housing, Pavilion design competitions and so on. Ayesha has also done a lot of research work based on her major in collaboration with her peers and her professors. One of her notable works is also posted on websites like the research gate.

Ayesha is not just hardworking when it comes to her academia and university life, but she is also a fun-loving person. Among her hobbies is reading books, drawing, photography, travelling and visiting coffeeshops. Ayesha has travelled ever since her childhood and has an appreciation for different cultures. Her love for new things and places is apparent in her highly interesting Instagram account. In her free time Ayesha is often found reading or working in coffeeshops.

In her four years at the university, Ayesha has seen enough learning and met enough people to understand the ways in which her university ecosystem works. At this point she and her team are a strong asset in strengthening the innovation culture at her university.
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Fellow:Ayesha Zahid

2018-10-21T23:50:27Z

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Ayesha Zahid is a student of Abu Dhabi University studying Bachelors of Architecture. She is highly interested in moulding ways of learning through introducing innovation. In her fourth year she became a University Innovation Fellow.

Ayesha is not just highly focused in her academics but is an active participant in extra curriculars. She has volunteered numerous times for events like Science Fairs, Culture Days etc.  Also, she has participated in various competitions like Undergraduate Research Competition in UAE, Saint-Gobain’s Multi-comfort housing, Pavilion design competitions and so on. Ayesha has also done a lot of research work based on her major in collaboration with her peers and her professors. One of her notable works is also posted on websites like the research gate.

Ayesha is not just hardworking when it comes to her academia and university life, but she is also a fun-loving person. Among her hobbies is reading books, drawing, photography, travelling and visiting coffeeshops. Ayesha has travelled ever since her childhood and has an appreciation for different cultures. Her love for new things and places is apparent in her highly interesting Instagram account. In her free time Ayesha is often found reading or working in coffeeshops.

In her four years at the university, Ayesha has seen enough learning and met enough people to understand the ways in which her university ecosystem works. At this point she and her team are a strong asset in strengthening the innovation culture at her university.

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2018-10-21T23:49:51Z

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Priorities:Abu Dhabi University Student Priorities

2018-10-21T23:48:00Z

Basant Helal:

== '''Strategy Priority #1: Innovation Community''' ==

=== Description ===

The innovation community is about gathering together inspiring students on campus. These students along with the UIF fellows believe in developing and improving the innovation culture at Abu Dhabi University. We aim to spread innovative knowledge through these students to further share it with their circle of friends and so on to widen the community through word of mouth and welcome new members on board. The purpose of this community is that students can relate, ideate and design solutions to problems from different colleges.

Team leader on task: Haleema Mulla Bakhsh

=== '''Tactic #1: Community of Inspiration''' ===

1-Looking out for these inspiring students? Approach students asking them about an inspiring personnel in their surrounding on campus who they might look up to for advice, suggestions and so on. The inspiration doesn’t necessarily need to be related to good academic performance only.

2-Collaborate with Innovative faculty members on preparing modules, tips on innovation. Moreover, get approval for allowing Video conference from where the speaker is visiting at the Innovation Centre which is at a different campus for students who are not at the same campus to also be a part of the event.

'''Time frame: 01/2019'''

3. Calling on these inspiring students to join an innovation community. From the very start of the training program, we are asked to find students with inspiring stories and I used the lesson I learned from there that I need to compliment and appreciate people for their achievements. Now email them individually to congratulate them for being an inspiration to others. During the prototype in Session 4 the test responded positively and was ready the support the innovation community.

4-To secure an available room for workshop and apply request through the student affairs department and the Innovation Centre. Alternatively, students sometimes cannot commit to attending workshops, so the modules need to be concise to share them on WhatsApp and social media.

5- Equipment for workshop to have hands on experience, request for funding if necessary to purchase these materials.

6-Call on volunteers or University Innovation Fellows to support the innovation community when conducting the workshop in a gathering and assist in recording feedback and registering attendees.

'''Time frame: 02/2019'''

=== Key metrics'''    ''' ===

*Number of members        

*Number of referrals through existing members         

*Number of students from each colleg'''e '''

== '''Strategy Priority #2: Encourage a Growth Mindset Environment''' ==

=== '''Sparking interest: The short workshop series''' ===

We would like to change the attitude students have towards their daily activities and help them shape and extend the way they utilize their talents and skill-based qualities to realize opportunities in their environment. In order to accomplish this, we need to create an interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and make students realize that Innovation is not bound to any major. We will be sparking interest through a series of student-led, short pop-up Inspire and Connect teaser activities, which will be held throughout the university. These activities will be between 20- 40 minutes long and rotate between different times, days and locations, to maximize exposure. These activities are designed to provoke students’ interest while having fun. Inspire and Connect will be sparking interest, in support of larger, more in-depth events held by the Innovation Center and increase student attendance at these events. Activities include Makespace challenges, design thinking race, interesting facts on start-ups, problem-solving workshops, think tank to shark tank etc.

Team leader on task: Betty Lucille Hillebrand

=== Tactic #1: Inspire and connect pop-up workshop series ===

1.1 Gather all planned/ scheduled events, workshops and activities from all departments in one database. 1.2 Collaborate with all student clubs to design and execute I&E games, challenges, and activities that will encourage attendance at larger Innovation             Center events

1.3 Obtain or assign students responsible to conduct workshops, inclusive of the male campus. (Innovation Ambassadors/creators)

1.4 Create and effective communication platform – Strategic priority 4

1.5 Source needed materials and funds 1.6 Obtain faculty and administrative feedback and support

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #2: Let's talk business ===

2.1 Organise TEDX talks with local SMB owners, life coaches and motivational speakers

2.2 Organise events with local business groups. 

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #3: Think tank to Shark tank ===

3.1 Hold 2-3 day challenge: One day to find a solution, one day to pitch your idea.

'''Timeframe: April 2019'''

=== '''Tactic #4: Easy Business info sessions''' ===

4.1 Provide students with current, easy to follow basic business information. Information from personal finance ( how to manage your money) to information on SME, Family business and Global business.

'''Timeframe: September 2019'''

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#3: Generating Interest of the students in innovation''' ==

=== Description ===

Throughout our research process for the landscape canvas, it was evident that students don’t get benefits of the resources provided by the university to encourage innovation. So, one of the main strategic priorities is to improve the innovation culture of students at ADU; that is, generating more interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship without the use of additional resources. Given that, a resource that is available to all students is an Innovation and Entrepreneurship course and will be used for this strategy. 

Team leader on task: Sarah Eladly

=== Plan ===

Creating a network of students who took this course and are encouraged to teach it to their friends who haven't. As we believe that our students may not be interested enough to enroll into innovation courses, peer mentoring can be a great opportunity to generate interest and knowledge about innovation among students and would help us enlarge the community of innovators.

=== key steps  ===

1- Targeting students who have taken or still taking the I&E course to teach it to others.

2- Preparing workshops for those students for techniques to teach this course and customizing it to fit each major. 

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

== '''Strategic Priority #4: Strengthen Communication (Information Wall)''' ==

=== Description  ===

After conducting the landscape canvas of our university, we realized that we have a gap of communication between the university and the students. There are many events on our campus that students barely hear about or notice. We believe communication is crucial when it comes to improving the student university experience as it helps them get the best of the resources provided on campus. Currently, the university advertises events on a TV in the corridor as rolling pictures. They also provide flyers and emails for some of the events. However, students are complaining that they don’t hear about those events happening beforehand. Therefore, the idea of an information wall that no one can miss emerged. The wall will be interactive, providing students with the opportunity to rate the events and give their feedback/ideas. There will be a clear noticeable countdown to upcoming events. This was the approach we proposed and developed according to students’ preferences and suggestions throughout the process of our prototyping.

Team leader on task: Basant Helal

=== Plan ===

Get more information from students about what they would like to be on that wall and how interactive they would like it. Start by a normal board where students can provide feedback and drop their ideas and rate events Secure funding and resources needed to provide the right wall (at a place where everyone can see it and stop by it) and the LCD with the videos/announcements on it. Get students feedback about the usefulness of the information wall and analyze the change it caused on our communication system (i.e. whether students will then be aware of the events happening and if enough of them are attending)

'''Timeframe: January 2019'''

== '''Strategy Priority #5: I & E Workshop and Methods of Advertising''' ==

=== '''Description''' ===

While studying the landscape canvas of our university, we discovered that students usually did not attend events about I and E organised on-campus. Our campus analysis together with various interviews with the faculty led us to the conclusion that:

1-We don’t have a strong innovation culture at our university.

2-And, that the communication between the university and the students regarding upcoming events, is not that strong.  

Recently, the innovation centre at our university organized a 3D printing workshop for students to familiarize them with the idea of 3D printing. Surprisingly, this time the room was full of students to such extent that we ran out of chairs! Hence, for my prototype, I saw this event as an opportunity to study the circumstances that led to this workshop being a ‘house full’.

Team leader on task: Ayesha Zahid

=== '''Research''' ===

1-Study the methods used to advertise the workshop by the faculty in-charge. The faculty used university TV screens, university e-mails, university apps and university social media pages to announce about this upcoming workshop.

2-Interview Dr. Petra from the innovation centre regarding the 3D printing workshop.

3-Discover if there were other departments involved besides the innovation centre. An architecture department Professor gave the tutorial on 3D printing along with displaying 3D printed models from the ‘architecture students projects archives.’

4-Check if any student-based clubs are involved in advertising or promoting the event. Student-based group called the architecture association helped promote the workshop through their own social media pages, Instagram and snapchat, along with verbal announcements and WhatsApp messages.

5-Interview the president of the architecture association regarding the 3D printing workshop.

6-Attend the workshop to record and document the whole event.

7-Get feedback from students who attended the workshop, regarding how successful the workshop was in terms of educating them about 3D printing. Moreover, get students feedback on how they heard about the workshop (i.e. what methods of advertising did they hear from about the workshop).

8-Reflect on how the review from students and the interview from Dr. Petra and Architecture Association President, can help us in devising solutions for the problems faced in our ecosystem. 

=== Tactic #1: Have hands-on activities that encourage innovation rather than speeches and talks that majority of students don’t attend. ===

1-Get in touch with the different student clubs at the university including the innovation club. Talk to the presidents of the club to encourage hands-on activities at club fairs and event days. 

'''2-People to meet''': - Presidents of different student clubs

  -Student support services office at the university to request for hosting student activity events.

  -Students that need to be made aware about innovation.

  -Finance departments to request funding for new events.

  -University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Hands-on activities about I and E- 2 weeks'''

=== '''Tactic #2: Encourage Professors to announce upcoming events during their classes before they start their lectures.''' ===

1-Meet Professors in their offices to introduce to them our tactic. Request the innovation centre to directly email the professors regarding upcoming events.

'''2-People to meet: - '''Professors of different departments.

                               - Dr. Petra from innovation centre

                               - The deans of different colleges for their approval on the tactic.

'''Time frame: Professors announcing upcoming events before lectures- 1 week'''

=== Tactic #3: Have more student-based groups at the university, that understand at a deeper level of how university students function and what are their needs as students.  ===

1-Gather the active and outgoing students and encourage them to find a purpose on-campus. Assist them to make a club to achieve their purpose. Encourage them to use ''‘empathy’'' to understand other students’ perspectives and needs. Meet the student support services at the university to promote student-based groups and fund these groups. 

'''2-People to meet: - '''Academic excelling Students

                                - Alumni or older club presidents to train new students on how to run clubs and student associations.

                                - Student support services offices to assist student-based groups for hosting student engagement events.

                                - Finance departments to request funding for new events.

                                - University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Student-based groups - Spring 2018/2019'''

== Strategy priority #6: Expanding the I&E Spirit on campus ==

Peers play a significant role on campus. They have the ability to influence the behavior and attitude of other students. Empowering and encouraging students can have a positive impact in bringing up the true spirit of innovation. Students taking the lead can help expand the I&E spirit on campus. Providing them with the knowledge and sufficient resources can make a huge change. Students are usually observed to be more open with their peers, expressing simple ideas and thoughts of value. 

 

'''Team Leaders on Task: Saleha Muhammad and Eman Ali '''

=== Tactic #1: Student Led Events  ===

1.1 Bring together student leaders who are ready to take up this as a challenge and educate peers about innovation and how to be creative with limited resources.

1.2 Mentors to supervise the event plan and advice leaders about the content that they will be explaining to the students.

1.3 Once the plan is ready to execute, Student affair can help assist the students.

 

'''Timeframe: November 2018'''

 

=== Tactic #2: ADU Inno-space (Makerspace)  ===

2.1: Allocating a free space for students.

2.2: Giving them the freedom to renovate the space with their ideas and creativity.

2.3: Providing them with a budget to get the needed resources.

2.3 Allowing a space for brainstorming and round table conference.

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

=== Tactic #3: Inno- talkvation (by Alumni) ===

3.1: Inviting successful graduates as guest speakers.

3.2: Encouraging students to have an open discussion.

3.3: Providing students with an insight into the entrepreneurial mindset.

''' '''

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

 

== Strategy priority #7: Promoting Startups ==

After viewing our landscape canvas, we found out that there are very few or no startups by the students. Usually, after students graduate, they are then engaged with startups. The university can encourage students to have their own startups, by providing them with the right platform and resources. Student startups are not only essential but also necessary, this inspires and encourages other students to do the same.

'''Team Leader on Task: Saleha Muhammad '''

=== Tactic #1: Open Market Day ===

1.1: Providing an opportunity to the students to openly sell their self-designed product or service.

1.2: Assigning a group of judges to evaluate students’ offerings.

1.3: Awarding the best offering and advising other groups on how they can improve in the event. 

'''Timeframe: April, ''''''2019'''

 

=== Tactic #2: Innovation Fair ===

2.1: Calling out students from different colleges to come up with their innovative ideas.

2.2: Lending them the required fund to carry out their project (idea).

2.3: Holding an open event to showcase their innovation.

 

'''Timeframe: Febrauary,''''' '''''2019'''

''' '''

=== Tactic #3: EXPRESS UP! ===

3.1: Inviting CEOs' of various local/International companies.

3.2: Students to express their prototypes in the related field.

3.3: Companies can partner with students in bringing their prototypes to life.

'''Timeframe: March, ''''''2019'''

== Links ==

[[Haleema Mulla Bakhsh|Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Saleha.muhammad Saleha.muhammad]

[[Basant Helal|Basant_Helal]]

[[BettyLucille|BettyLucille]]

[[Sarah Eladly|Sarah_Eladly]]

[[AYESHA_ZAHID|AYESHA_ZAHID]]

Priorities:Abu Dhabi University Student Priorities

2018-10-21T23:31:31Z

Basant Helal:

== '''Strategy Priority #1: Innovation Community''' ==

=== Description ===

The innovation community is about gathering together inspiring students on campus. These students along with the UIF fellows believe in developing and improving the innovation culture at Abu Dhabi University. We aim to spread innovative knowledge through these students to further share it with their circle of friends and so on to widen the community through word of mouth and welcome new members on board. The purpose of this community is that students can relate, ideate and design solutions to problems from different colleges.

Team leader on task: Haleema Mulla Bakhsh

=== '''Tactic #1: Community of Inspiration''' ===

1-Looking out for these inspiring students? Approach students asking them about an inspiring personnel in their surrounding on campus who they might look up to for advice, suggestions and so on. The inspiration doesn’t necessarily need to be related to good academic performance only.

2-Collaborate with Innovative faculty members on preparing modules, tips on innovation. Moreover, get approval for allowing Video conference from where the speaker is visiting at the Innovation Centre which is at a different campus for students who are not at the same campus to also be a part of the event.

'''Time frame: 01/2019'''

3. Calling on these inspiring students to join an innovation community. From the very start of the training program, we are asked to find students with inspiring stories and I used the lesson I learned from there that I need to compliment and appreciate people for their achievements. Now email them individually to congratulate them for being an inspiration to others. During the prototype in Session 4 the test responded positively and was ready the support the innovation community.

4-To secure an available room for workshop and apply request through the student affairs department and the Innovation Centre. Alternatively, students sometimes cannot commit to attending workshops, so the modules need to be concise to share them on WhatsApp and social media.

5- Equipment for workshop to have hands on experience, request for funding if necessary to purchase these materials.

6-Call on volunteers or University Innovation Fellows to support the innovation community when conducting the workshop in a gathering and assist in recording feedback and registering attendees.

'''Time frame: 02/2019'''

=== Key metrics'''    ''' ===

*Number of members        

*Number of referrals through existing members         

*Number of students from each colleg'''e '''

== '''Strategy Priority #2: Encourage a Growth Mindset Environment''' ==

=== '''Sparking interest: The short workshop series''' ===

We would like to change the attitude students have towards their daily activities and help them shape and extend the way they utilize their talents and skill-based qualities to realize opportunities in their environment. In order to accomplish this, we need to create an interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and make students realize that Innovation is not bound to any major. We will be sparking interest through a series of student-led, short pop-up Inspire and Connect teaser activities, which will be held throughout the university. These activities will be between 20- 40 minutes long and rotate between different times, days and locations, to maximize exposure. These activities are designed to provoke students’ interest while having fun. Inspire and Connect will be sparking interest, in support of larger, more in-depth events held by the Innovation Center and increase student attendance at these events. Activities include Makespace challenges, design thinking race, interesting facts on start-ups, problem-solving workshops, think tank to shark tank etc.

Team leader on task: Betty Lucille Hillebrand

=== Tactic #1: Inspire and connect pop-up workshop series ===

1.1 Gather all planned/ scheduled events, workshops and activities from all departments in one database. 1.2 Collaborate with all student clubs to design and execute I&E games, challenges, and activities that will encourage attendance at larger Innovation             Center events

1.3 Obtain or assign students responsible to conduct workshops, inclusive of the male campus. (Innovation Ambassadors/creators)

1.4 Create and effective communication platform – Strategic priority 4

1.5 Source needed materials and funds 1.6 Obtain faculty and administrative feedback and support

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #2: Let's talk business ===

2.1 Organise TEDX talks with local SMB owners, life coaches and motivational speakers

2.2 Organise events with local business groups. 

'''Timeframe: February 2019'''

=== Tactic #3: Think tank to Shark tank ===

3.1 Hold 2-3 day challenge: One day to find a solution, one day to pitch your idea.

'''Timeframe: April 2019'''

=== '''Tactic #4: Easy Business info sessions''' ===

4.1 Provide students with current, easy to follow basic business information. Information from personal finance ( how to manage your money) to information on SME, Family business and Global business.

'''Timeframe: September 2019'''

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#3: Generating Interest of the students in innovation''' ==

=== Description ===

Throughout our research process for the landscape canvas, it was evident that students don’t get benefits of the resources provided by the university to encourage innovation. So, one of the main strategic priorities is to improve the innovation culture of students at ADU; that is, generating more interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship without the use of additional resources. Given that, a resource that is available to all students is an Innovation and Entrepreneurship course and will be used for this strategy. 

Team leader on task: Sarah Eladly

=== Plan ===

Creating a network of students who took this course and are encouraged to teach it to their friends who haven't. As we believe that our students may not be interested enough to enroll into innovation courses, peer mentoring can be a great opportunity to generate interest and knowledge about innovation among students and would help us enlarge the community of innovators.

=== key steps  ===

1- Targeting students who have taken or still taking the I&E course to teach it to others.

2- Preparing workshops for those students for techniques to teach this course and customizing it to fit each major. 

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

== '''Strategic Priority #4: Strengthen Communication (Information Wall)''' ==

=== Description  ===

After conducting the landscape canvas of our university, we realized that we have a gap of communication between the university and the students. There are many events on our campus that students barely hear about or notice. We believe communication is crucial when it comes to improving the student university experience as it helps them get the best of the resources provided on campus. Currently, the university advertises events on a TV in the corridor as rolling pictures. They also provide flyers and emails for some of the events. However, students are complaining that they don’t hear about those events happening beforehand. Therefore, the idea of an information wall that no one can miss emerged. The wall will be interactive, providing students with the opportunity to rate the events and give their feedback/ideas. There will be a clear noticeable countdown to upcoming events. This was the approach we proposed and developed according to students’ preferences and suggestions throughout the process of our prototyping.

Team leader on task: Basant Helal

=== Plan ===

Get more information from students about what they would like to be on that wall and how interactive they would like it. Start by a normal board where students can provide feedback and drop their ideas and rate events Secure funding and resources needed to provide the right wall (at a place where everyone can see it and stop by it) and the LCD with the videos/announcements on it. Get students feedback about the usefulness of the information wall and analyze the change it caused on our communication system (i.e. whether students will then be aware of the events happening and if enough of them are attending)

'''Timeframe: January 2019'''

== '''Strategy Priority #5: I & E Workshop and Methods of Advertising''' ==

=== '''Description''' ===

While studying the landscape canvas of our university, we discovered that students usually did not attend events about I and E organised on-campus. Our campus analysis together with various interviews with the faculty led us to the conclusion that:

1-We don’t have a strong innovation culture at our university.

2-And, that the communication between the university and the students regarding upcoming events, is not that strong.  

Recently, the innovation centre at our university organized a 3D printing workshop for students to familiarize them with the idea of 3D printing. Surprisingly, this time the room was full of students to such extent that we ran out of chairs! Hence, for my prototype, I saw this event as an opportunity to study the circumstances that led to this workshop being a ‘house full’.

Team leader on task: Ayesha Zahid

=== '''Research''' ===

1-Study the methods used to advertise the workshop by the faculty in-charge. The faculty used university TV screens, university e-mails, university apps and university social media pages to announce about this upcoming workshop.

2-Interview Dr. Petra from the innovation centre regarding the 3D printing workshop.

3-Discover if there were other departments involved besides the innovation centre. An architecture department Professor gave the tutorial on 3D printing along with displaying 3D printed models from the ‘architecture students projects archives.’

4-Check if any student-based clubs are involved in advertising or promoting the event. Student-based group called the architecture association helped promote the workshop through their own social media pages, Instagram and snapchat, along with verbal announcements and WhatsApp messages.

5-Interview the president of the architecture association regarding the 3D printing workshop.

6-Attend the workshop to record and document the whole event.

7-Get feedback from students who attended the workshop, regarding how successful the workshop was in terms of educating them about 3D printing. Moreover, get students feedback on how they heard about the workshop (i.e. what methods of advertising did they hear from about the workshop).

8-Reflect on how the review from students and the interview from Dr. Petra and Architecture Association President, can help us in devising solutions for the problems faced in our ecosystem. 

=== Tactic #1: Have hands-on activities that encourage innovation rather than speeches and talks that majority of students don’t attend. ===

1-Get in touch with the different student clubs at the university including the innovation club. Talk to the presidents of the club to encourage hands-on activities at club fairs and event days. 

'''2-People to meet''': - Presidents of different student clubs

  -Student support services office at the university to request for hosting student activity events.

  -Students that need to be made aware about innovation.

  -Finance departments to request funding for new events.

  -University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Hands-on activities about I and E- 2 weeks'''

=== '''Tactic #2: Encourage Professors to announce upcoming events during their classes before they start their lectures.''' ===

1-Meet Professors in their offices to introduce to them our tactic. Request the innovation centre to directly email the professors regarding upcoming events.

'''2-People to meet: - '''Professors of different departments.

                               - Dr. Petra from innovation centre

                               - The deans of different colleges for their approval on the tactic.

'''Time frame: Professors announcing upcoming events before lectures- 1 week'''

=== Tactic #3: Have more student-based groups at the university, that understand at a deeper level of how university students function and what are their needs as students.  ===

1-Gather the active and outgoing students and encourage them to find a purpose on-campus. Assist them to make a club to achieve their purpose. Encourage them to use ''‘empathy’'' to understand other students’ perspectives and needs. Meet the student support services at the university to promote student-based groups and fund these groups. 

'''2-People to meet: - '''Academic excelling Students

                                - Alumni or older club presidents to train new students on how to run clubs and student associations.

                                - Student support services offices to assist student-based groups for hosting student engagement events.

                                - Finance departments to request funding for new events.

                                - University Administration for approval of new events.

'''Time frame: Student-based groups - Spring 2018/2019'''

== Strategy priority #6: Expanding the I&E Spirit on campus ==

Peers play a significant role on campus. They have the ability to influence the behavior and attitude of other students. Empowering and encouraging students can have a positive impact in bringing up the true spirit of innovation. Students taking the lead can help expand the I&E spirit on campus. Providing them with the knowledge and sufficient resources can make a huge change. Students are usually observed to be more open with their peers, expressing simple ideas and thoughts of value. 

 

'''Team Leaders on Task: Saleha Muhammad and Eman Ali '''

=== Tactic #1: Student Led Events  ===

1.1 Bring together student leaders who are ready to take up this as a challenge and educate peers about innovation and how to be creative with limited resources.

1.2 Mentors to supervise the event plan and advice leaders about the content that they will be explaining to the students.

1.3 Once the plan is ready to execute, Student affair can help assist the students.

 

'''Timeframe: November 2018'''

 

=== Tactic #2: ADU Inno-space (Makerspace)  ===

2.1: Allocating a free space for students.

2.2: Giving them the freedom to renovate the space with their ideas and creativity.

2.3: Providing them with a budget to get the needed resources.

2.3 Allowing a space for brainstorming and round table conference.

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

=== Tactic #3: Inno- talkvation (by Alumni) ===

3.1: Inviting successful graduates as guest speakers.

3.2: Encouraging students to have an open discussion.

3.3: Providing students with an insight into the entrepreneurial mindset.

''' '''

'''Timeframe: December 2018'''

 

== Strategy priority #7: Promoting Startups ==

After viewing our landscape canvas, we found out that there are very few or no startups by the students. Usually, after students graduate, they are then engaged with startups. The university can encourage students to have their own startups, by providing them with the right platform and resources. Student startups are not only essential but also necessary, this inspires and encourages other students to do the same.

'''Team Leader on Task: Saleha Muhammad '''

=== Tactic #1: Open Market Day ===

1.1: Providing an opportunity to the students to openly sell their self-designed product or service.

1.2: Assigning a group of judges to evaluate students’ offerings.

1.3: Awarding the best offering and advising other groups on how they can improve in the event. 

'''Timeframe: April, ''''''2019'''

 

=== Tactic #2: Innovation Fair ===

2.1: Calling out students from different colleges to come up with their innovative ideas.

2.2: Lending them the required fund to carry out their project (idea).

2.3: Holding an open event to showcase their innovation.

 

'''Timeframe: Febrauary,''''' '''''2019'''

''' '''

=== Tactic #3: EXPRESS UP! ===

3.1: Inviting CEOs' of various local/International companies.

3.2: Students to express their prototypes in the related field.

3.3: Companies can partner with students in bringing their prototypes to life.

'''Timeframe: March, ''''''2019'''

== Links ==

[[Haleema Mulla Bakhsh|Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Saleha.muhammad Saleha.muhammad]

[[Basant Helal|Basant_Helal]]

[[BettyLucille|BettyLucille]]

[[Sarah Eladly|Sarah_Eladly]]

Fellow:Basant Helal

2018-10-19T08:55:50Z

Basant Helal:

Fellow:Basant Helal

2018-10-19T08:52:31Z

Basant Helal:

Fellow:Basant Helal

2018-10-19T08:49:55Z

Basant Helal: Created page with "File: Basant Helal is a university innovation fellow and an undergraduate student studying architecture in Abu Dhabi University (ADU). Basant is originally from Cairo..."

[[File:]] Basant Helal is a university innovation fellow and an undergraduate student studying architecture in Abu Dhabi University (ADU). Basant is originally from Cairo, Egypt where she lived until 2014 and then moved to continue her high school at the International School of Choueifat (ISC) and higher education at Abu Dhabi University (AD campus). In her second semester in the first year at ADU, she got introduced to the UIF.

From a young age Basant has always been interested in art, design and singing. During her high school years, she was an active member of the Student Life Organization Department which works on all kinds of events and programs to improve students’ experience and enhance the learning process. She was a shadow teacher for many subjects and an active mentor who enjoyed explaining the study material to students. She was also head of the Decoration Department which takes all the projects related to preparing posters, boards and all kinds of decorations for the school corridors and halls. She also helped in organizing events like Talent Shows, Green Day, Recruitment Day and National and International Days. She also participated in school events by giving speeches. Overall, she enjoys helping others and motivating them to become the best version of themselves.

Basant is passionate about bringing change to her campus and everyone in her life to make them feel better and enhance their experience.

Priorities:Abu Dhabi University Student Priorities

2018-10-04T20:56:07Z

Basant Helal:

== Strategy Priority #1: Innovation Community ==

=== Description ===

The innovation community is about gathering together inspiring students on campus. These students along with the UIF fellows believe in developing and improving the innovation culture at Abu Dhabi University. We aim to spread innovative knowledge through these students to further share it with their circle of friends and so on to widen the community through word of mouth and welcome new members on board. The purpose of this community is that students can relate, ideate and design solutions to problems from different colleges.

Team leader on task: Haleema Mulla Bakhsh

=== Plan ===

1-Looking out for these inspiring students? Approach students asking them about an inspiring personnel in their surrounding on campus who they might look up to for advice, suggestions and so on. The inspiration doesn’t necessarily need to be related to good academic performance only.

2-Collaborate with Innovative faculty members on preparing modules, tips on innovation. Moreover, get approval for allowing Video conference from where the speaker is visiting at the Innovation Centre which is at a different campus for students who are not at the same campus to also be a part of the event.

Time frame: 01/2019

3-Calling on these inspiring students to join an innovation community. From the very start of the training program, we are asked to find students with inspiring stories and I used the lesson I learned from there that I need to compliment and appreciate people for their achievements. Now email them individually to congratulate them for being an inspiration to others. During the prototype in Session 4 the test responded positively and was ready the support the innovation community.

4-To secure an available room for workshop and apply request through the student affairs department and the Innovation Centre. Alternatively, students sometimes cannot commit to attending workshops, so the modules need to be concise to share them on WhatsApp and social media.

5- Equipment for workshop to have hands on experience, request for funding if necessary to purchase these materials.

6-Call on volunteers or University Innovation Fellows to support the innovation community when conducting the workshop in a gathering and assist in recording feedback and registering attendees.

Time frame: 02/2019

=== '''Key metrics''' ===

-          Number of members

-          Number of referrals through existing members

-          Number of students from each college

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#2: Encourage a growth mindset environment''' ==

=== Sparking interest: The short workshop series ===

 We would like to change the attitude students have towards their daily activities and help them shape and extend the way they utilize their talents and skill-based qualities to realize opportunities in their environment. In order to accomplish this, we need to create an interest in I&E, and make students realize that Innovation is not bound to any major. We will be sparking interest through a series of student-led, short pop-up Inspire and Connect teaser activities, which will be held throughout the university. These activities will be between 20- 40 minutes long and rotate between different times, days and locations, to maximize exposure. These activities are designed to provoke students’ interest while having fun. Inspire and Connect will be sparking interest, in support of larger, more in-depth events held by the Innovation Center.

Team leader on task: Betty Lucille Hillebrand

=== Tactic #1: ===

 1.1 Gather all planned/ scheduled events, workshops and activities from all departments in one database. 1.2 Collaborate with all student clubs to design I&E games, challenges, and activities that will encourage attendance at larger Innovation Center events 1.3 Source needed materials and funds 1.4 Obtain faculty and administrative feedback and support

 Timeframe: December 2018

=== Tactic #2: ===

 2.1 Compile a workable schedule for Inspire and Connect activities, which will be inline with Innovation Center events 2.2  Obtain or assign students responsible to conduct workshops, inclusive of the male campus. (Innovation Ambassadors/creators) 2.3 Secure a location and obtain the necessary equipment and material

 Timeframe: January 2019

=== Tactic #3: ===

3.1 Create and effective communication platform – Strategic priority #? 3.2 Create awareness by advertising the event schedule on all advertising media well in advance.

 Timeframe: February 2019

=== Tactic #4: Conduct the first Inspire and Connect workshop! ===

 Timeframe: February 2019

=== ===

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#3: Generating Interest of the students in innovation''' ==

=== Description ===

Throughout our research process for the landscape canvas, it was evident that students don’t get benefits of the resources provided by the university to encourage innovation. So, one of the main strategic priorities is to improve the innovation culture of students at ADU; that is, generating more interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship without the use of additional resources. Given that, a resource that is available to all students is an ''Innovation and Entrepreneurship'' course and will be used for this strategy. 

Team leader on task: Sarah Eladly

=== Plan ===

Creating a network of students who took this course and are encouraged to teach it to their friends who haven't. As we believe that our students may not be interested enough to enrol into innovation courses, peer mentoring can be a great opportunity to generate interest and knowledge about innovation among students and would help us enlarge the community of innovators. 

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=== key steps ===

1- Targeting students who have taken or still taking the I&E course to teach it to others.

2- Preparing workshops for those students for techniques to teach this course and customizing it to fit each major. 

Timeframe: December 2018

'''Strategic priority #4: Strenghthen Communication (Information Wall)'''

'''Description: '''

After conducting the landscape canvas of our university, we realized that we have a gap of communication between the university and the students. There are many events on our campus that students barely hear about or notice. We believe communication is crucial when it comes to improving the student university experience as it helps them get the best of the resources provided on campus.Currently, the university advertises events on a TV in the corridor as rolling pictures .They also provide flyers and emails for some of the events. However, students are complaining that they don’t hear about those events happening beforehand. Therefore, the idea of an information wall that no one can miss emerged. The wall will be interactive, providing students with the opportunity to rate the events and give their feedback/ideas. There will be a clear noticeable countdown to upcoming events. This was the approach we proposed and developed according to students’ preferences and suggestions throughout the process of our prototyping.

Team leader on task: Basant Helal

'''Plan:'''

#Get more information from students about what they would like to be on that wall and how interactive they would like it.
#Start by a normal board where students can provide feedback and drop their ideas and rate events
#Secure funding and resources needed to provide the right wall (at a place where everyone can see it and stop by it) and the LCD with the videos/announcements on it.
#Get students feedback about the usefulness of the information wall and analyze the change it caused on our communication system (i.e whether or not students will then be aware of the events happening and if enough of them are attending)

Time frame: January 2019

== Links ==

[[Haleema Mulla Bakhsh|Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]], 

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Abu Dhabi University Student Priorities

2018-10-04T20:45:17Z

Basant Helal:

== Strategy Priority #1: Innovation Community ==

=== Description ===

The innovation community is about gathering together inspiring students on campus. These students along with the UIF fellows believe in developing and improving the innovation culture at Abu Dhabi University. We aim to spread innovative knowledge through these students to further share it with their circle of friends and so on to widen the community through word of mouth and welcome new members on board. The purpose of this community is that students can relate, ideate and design solutions to problems from different colleges.

Team leader on task: Haleema Mulla Bakhsh

=== Plan ===

1-Looking out for these inspiring students? Approach students asking them about an inspiring personnel in their surrounding on campus who they might look up to for advice, suggestions and so on. The inspiration doesn’t necessarily need to be related to good academic performance only.

2-Collaborate with Innovative faculty members on preparing modules, tips on innovation. Moreover, get approval for allowing Video conference from where the speaker is visiting at the Innovation Centre which is at a different campus for students who are not at the same campus to also be a part of the event.

Time frame: 01/2019

3-Calling on these inspiring students to join an innovation community. From the very start of the training program, we are asked to find students with inspiring stories and I used the lesson I learned from there that I need to compliment and appreciate people for their achievements. Now email them individually to congratulate them for being an inspiration to others. During the prototype in Session 4 the test responded positively and was ready the support the innovation community.

4-To secure an available room for workshop and apply request through the student affairs department and the Innovation Centre. Alternatively, students sometimes cannot commit to attending workshops, so the modules need to be concise to share them on WhatsApp and social media.

5- Equipment for workshop to have hands on experience, request for funding if necessary to purchase these materials.

6-Call on volunteers or University Innovation Fellows to support the innovation community when conducting the workshop in a gathering and assist in recording feedback and registering attendees.

Time frame: 02/2019

=== '''Key metrics''' ===

-          Number of members

-          Number of referrals through existing members

-          Number of students from each college

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#2: Encourage a growth mindset environment''' ==

=== Sparking interest: The short workshop series ===

 We would like to change the attitude students have towards their daily activities and help them shape and extend the way they utilize their talents and skill-based qualities to realize opportunities in their environment. In order to accomplish this, we need to create an interest in I&E, and make students realize that Innovation is not bound to any major. We will be sparking interest through a series of student-led, short pop-up Inspire and Connect teaser activities, which will be held throughout the university. These activities will be between 20- 40 minutes long and rotate between different times, days and locations, to maximize exposure. These activities are designed to provoke students’ interest while having fun. Inspire and Connect will be sparking interest, in support of larger, more in-depth events held by the Innovation Center.

Team leader on task: Betty Lucille Hillebrand

=== Tactic #1: ===

 1.1 Gather all planned/ scheduled events, workshops and activities from all departments in one database. 1.2 Collaborate with all student clubs to design I&E games, challenges, and activities that will encourage attendance at larger Innovation Center events 1.3 Source needed materials and funds 1.4 Obtain faculty and administrative feedback and support

 Timeframe: December 2018

=== Tactic #2: ===

 2.1 Compile a workable schedule for Inspire and Connect activities, which will be inline with Innovation Center events 2.2  Obtain or assign students responsible to conduct workshops, inclusive of the male campus. (Innovation Ambassadors/creators) 2.3 Secure a location and obtain the necessary equipment and material

 Timeframe: January 2019

=== Tactic #3: ===

3.1 Create and effective communication platform – Strategic priority #? 3.2 Create awareness by advertising the event schedule on all advertising media well in advance.

 Timeframe: February 2019

=== Tactic #4: Conduct the first Inspire and Connect workshop! ===

 Timeframe: February 2019

=== ===

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#3: Generating Interest of the students in innovation''' ==

=== Description ===

Throughout our research process for the landscape canvas, it was evident that students don’t get benefits of the resources provided by the university to encourage innovation. So, one of the main strategic priorities is to improve the innovation culture of students at ADU; that is, generating more interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship without the use of additional resources. Given that, a resource that is available to all students is an ''Innovation and Entrepreneurship'' course and will be used for this strategy. 

Team leader on task: Sarah Eladly

=== Plan ===

Creating a network of students who took this course and are encouraged to teach it to their friends who haven't. As we believe that our students may not be interested enough to enrol into innovation courses, peer mentoring can be a great opportunity to generate interest and knowledge about innovation among students and would help us enlarge the community of innovators. 

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=== key steps ===

1- Targeting students who have taken or still taking the I&E course to teach it to others.

2- Preparing workshops for those students for techniques to teach this course and customizing it to fit each major. 

Timeframe: December 2018

'''Strategic priority #4: Strenghthen Communication (Information Wall)'''

'''Description: '''

After conducting the landscape canvas of our university, we realized that we have a gap of communication between the university and the students. There are many events on our campus that students barely hear about or notice. Currently, the university advertises events on a TV in the corridor as rolling pictures .They also provide flyers and emails for some of the events. However, students are complaining that they don’t hear about those events happening beforehand. Therefore, the idea of an information wall that no one can miss emerged. The wall will be interactive, providing students with the opportunity to rate the events and give their feedback/ideas. There will be a clear noticeable countdown to upcoming events. This was the approach we proposed and developed according to students’ preferences and suggestions throughout the process of our prototyping.

== Links ==

[[Haleema Mulla Bakhsh|Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]], 

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Abu Dhabi University Student Priorities

2018-10-04T20:36:27Z

Basant Helal:

== Strategy Priority #1: Innovation Community ==

=== Description ===

The innovation community is about gathering together inspiring students on campus. These students along with the UIF fellows believe in developing and improving the innovation culture at Abu Dhabi University. We aim to spread innovative knowledge through these students to further share it with their circle of friends and so on to widen the community through word of mouth and welcome new members on board. The purpose of this community is that students can relate, ideate and design solutions to problems from different colleges.

Team leader on task: Haleema Mulla Bakhsh

=== Plan ===

1-Looking out for these inspiring students? Approach students asking them about an inspiring personnel in their surrounding on campus who they might look up to for advice, suggestions and so on. The inspiration doesn’t necessarily need to be related to good academic performance only.

2-Collaborate with Innovative faculty members on preparing modules, tips on innovation. Moreover, get approval for allowing Video conference from where the speaker is visiting at the Innovation Centre which is at a different campus for students who are not at the same campus to also be a part of the event.

Time frame: 01/2019

3-Calling on these inspiring students to join an innovation community. From the very start of the training program, we are asked to find students with inspiring stories and I used the lesson I learned from there that I need to compliment and appreciate people for their achievements. Now email them individually to congratulate them for being an inspiration to others. During the prototype in Session 4 the test responded positively and was ready the support the innovation community.

4-To secure an available room for workshop and apply request through the student affairs department and the Innovation Centre. Alternatively, students sometimes cannot commit to attending workshops, so the modules need to be concise to share them on WhatsApp and social media.

5- Equipment for workshop to have hands on experience, request for funding if necessary to purchase these materials.

6-Call on volunteers or University Innovation Fellows to support the innovation community when conducting the workshop in a gathering and assist in recording feedback and registering attendees.

Time frame: 02/2019

=== '''Key metrics''' ===

-          Number of members

-          Number of referrals through existing members

-          Number of students from each college

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#2: Encourage a growth mindset environment''' ==

=== Sparking interest: The short workshop series ===

 We would like to change the attitude students have towards their daily activities and help them shape and extend the way they utilize their talents and skill-based qualities to realize opportunities in their environment. In order to accomplish this, we need to create an interest in I&E, and make students realize that Innovation is not bound to any major. We will be sparking interest through a series of student-led, short pop-up Inspire and Connect teaser activities, which will be held throughout the university. These activities will be between 20- 40 minutes long and rotate between different times, days and locations, to maximize exposure. These activities are designed to provoke students’ interest while having fun. Inspire and Connect will be sparking interest, in support of larger, more in-depth events held by the Innovation Center.

Team leader on task: Betty Lucille Hillebrand

=== Tactic #1: ===

 1.1 Gather all planned/ scheduled events, workshops and activities from all departments in one database. 1.2 Collaborate with all student clubs to design I&E games, challenges, and activities that will encourage attendance at larger Innovation Center events 1.3 Source needed materials and funds 1.4 Obtain faculty and administrative feedback and support

 Timeframe: December 2018

=== Tactic #2: ===

 2.1 Compile a workable schedule for Inspire and Connect activities, which will be inline with Innovation Center events 2.2  Obtain or assign students responsible to conduct workshops, inclusive of the male campus. (Innovation Ambassadors/creators) 2.3 Secure a location and obtain the necessary equipment and material

 Timeframe: January 2019

=== Tactic #3: ===

3.1 Create and effective communication platform – Strategic priority #? 3.2 Create awareness by advertising the event schedule on all advertising media well in advance.

 Timeframe: February 2019

=== Tactic #4: Conduct the first Inspire and Connect workshop! ===

 Timeframe: February 2019

=== ===

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#3: Generating Interest of the students in innovation''' ==

=== Description ===

Throughout our research process for the landscape canvas, it was evident that students don’t get benefits of the resources provided by the university to encourage innovation. So, one of the main strategic priorities is to improve the innovation culture of students at ADU; that is, generating more interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship without the use of additional resources. Given that, a resource that is available to all students is an ''Innovation and Entrepreneurship'' course and will be used for this strategy. 

Team leader on task: Sarah Eladly

=== Plan ===

Creating a network of students who took this course and are encouraged to teach it to their friends who haven't. As we believe that our students may not be interested enough to enrol into innovation courses, peer mentoring can be a great opportunity to generate interest and knowledge about innovation among students and would help us enlarge the community of innovators. 

=== key steps ===

1- Targeting students who have taken or still taking the I&E course to teach it to others.

2- Preparing workshops for those students for techniques to teach this course and customizing it to fit each major. 

Timeframe: December 2018

'''Strategic priority #4: Strenghthen Communication (Information Wall)'''

'''Description: '''

After conducting the landscape canvas of our university, we realized that we have a gap of communication between the university and the students. There are many events on our campus that students barely hear about or notice. Currently, the university advertises events on a TV in the corridor as rolling pictures .They also provide flyers and emails for some of the events. However, students are complaining that they don’t hear about those events happening beforehand. Therefore, the idea of an information wall that no one can miss emerged. The wall will be interactive, providing students with the opportunity to rate the events and give their feedback/ideas. There will be a clear noticeable countdown to upcoming events. This was the approach we proposed and developed according to students’ preferences and suggestions throughout the process of our prototyping.

'''Plan:'''

'''Time frame:'''

== Links ==

[[Haleema Mulla Bakhsh|Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]], 

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Abu Dhabi University Student Priorities

2018-10-04T20:33:35Z

Basant Helal:

== Strategy Priority #1: Innovation Community ==

=== Description ===

The innovation community is about gathering together inspiring students on campus. These students along with the UIF fellows believe in developing and improving the innovation culture at Abu Dhabi University. We aim to spread innovative knowledge through these students to further share it with their circle of friends and so on to widen the community through word of mouth and welcome new members on board. The purpose of this community is that students can relate, ideate and design solutions to problems from different colleges.

Team leader on task: Haleema Mulla Bakhsh

=== Plan ===

1-Looking out for these inspiring students? Approach students asking them about an inspiring personnel in their surrounding on campus who they might look up to for advice, suggestions and so on. The inspiration doesn’t necessarily need to be related to good academic performance only.

2-Collaborate with Innovative faculty members on preparing modules, tips on innovation. Moreover, get approval for allowing Video conference from where the speaker is visiting at the Innovation Centre which is at a different campus for students who are not at the same campus to also be a part of the event.

Time frame: 01/2019

3-Calling on these inspiring students to join an innovation community. From the very start of the training program, we are asked to find students with inspiring stories and I used the lesson I learned from there that I need to compliment and appreciate people for their achievements. Now email them individually to congratulate them for being an inspiration to others. During the prototype in Session 4 the test responded positively and was ready the support the innovation community.

4-To secure an available room for workshop and apply request through the student affairs department and the Innovation Centre. Alternatively, students sometimes cannot commit to attending workshops, so the modules need to be concise to share them on WhatsApp and social media.

5- Equipment for workshop to have hands on experience, request for funding if necessary to purchase these materials.

6-Call on volunteers or University Innovation Fellows to support the innovation community when conducting the workshop in a gathering and assist in recording feedback and registering attendees.

Time frame: 02/2019

=== '''Key metrics''' ===

-          Number of members

-          Number of referrals through existing members

-          Number of students from each college

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#2: Encourage a growth mindset environment''' ==

=== Sparking interest: The short workshop series ===

 We would like to change the attitude students have towards their daily activities and help them shape and extend the way they utilize their talents and skill-based qualities to realize opportunities in their environment. In order to accomplish this, we need to create an interest in I&E, and make students realize that Innovation is not bound to any major. We will be sparking interest through a series of student-led, short pop-up Inspire and Connect teaser activities, which will be held throughout the university. These activities will be between 20- 40 minutes long and rotate between different times, days and locations, to maximize exposure. These activities are designed to provoke students’ interest while having fun. Inspire and Connect will be sparking interest, in support of larger, more in-depth events held by the Innovation Center.

Team leader on task: Betty Lucille Hillebrand

=== Tactic #1: ===

 1.1 Gather all planned/ scheduled events, workshops and activities from all departments in one database. 1.2 Collaborate with all student clubs to design I&E games, challenges, and activities that will encourage attendance at larger Innovation Center events 1.3 Source needed materials and funds 1.4 Obtain faculty and administrative feedback and support

 Timeframe: December 2018

=== Tactic #2: ===

 2.1 Compile a workable schedule for Inspire and Connect activities, which will be inline with Innovation Center events 2.2  Obtain or assign students responsible to conduct workshops, inclusive of the male campus. (Innovation Ambassadors/creators) 2.3 Secure a location and obtain the necessary equipment and material

 Timeframe: January 2019

=== Tactic #3: ===

3.1 Create and effective communication platform – Strategic priority #? 3.2 Create awareness by advertising the event schedule on all advertising media well in advance.

 Timeframe: February 2019

=== Tactic #4: Conduct the first Inspire and Connect workshop! ===

 Timeframe: February 2019

=== ===

== '''Strategic '''Priority '''#3: Generating Interest of the students in innovation''' ==

=== Description ===

Throughout our research process for the landscape canvas, it was evident that students don’t get benefits of the resources provided by the university to encourage innovation. So, one of the main strategic priorities is to improve the innovation culture of students at ADU; that is, generating more interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship without the use of additional resources. Given that, a resource that is available to all students is an ''Innovation and Entrepreneurship'' course and will be used for this strategy. 

Team leader on task: Sarah Eladly

=== Plan ===

Creating a network of students who took this course and are encouraged to teach it to their friends who haven't. As we believe that our students may not be interested enough to enrol into innovation courses, peer mentoring can be a great opportunity to generate interest and knowledge about innovation among students and would help us enlarge the community of innovators. 

=== key steps ===

1- Targeting students who have taken or still taking the I&E course to teach it to others.

2- Preparing workshops for those students for techniques to teach this course and customizing it to fit each major. 

Timeframe: December 2018

'''Strategic priority #4: Strenghten Communication (Information Wall)'''

'''Description: '''

<span style="font-size:medium;"After conducting the landscape canvas of our university, we realized that we have a gap of communication between the university and the students. There are many events on our campus that students barely hear about or notice. Currently, the university advertises events on a TV in the corridor as pictures rolling. They also provide flyers and emails for some of the events. However, students are complaining that they don’t hear about those events happening beforehand. Therefore, the idea of an informal wall that no one can miss noticing emerged. The wall will be interactive, providing students with the opportunity to rate the events and give their feedback/ideas. There will be a clear noticeable countdown to upcoming events. This was the approach we proposed and developed according to students’ preferences and suggestions throughout the process of our prototyping.

'''Plan:'''

'''Time frame:'''

== Links ==

[[Haleema Mulla Bakhsh|Haleema_Mulla_Bakhsh]], 

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]