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= <span style="color:#000000;">STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE I&E ECOSYSTEM (2018) </span> =

== <span style="color:#000000;">Stategy #1: Transform the ''"Co-Work"'' into a makerspace </span> ==

<span style="color:#000000;">'''''<span style="font-size:medium;">Malena and Agustina will lead this project.</span>'''''</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">After analyzing the landscape canvas, we identified that our university doesn’t have a physical place for the innovation ecosystem.</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">Our challenge:</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;">'''''How may we create a place exclusively for the innovation ecosystem where I&E is stimulated and encouraged?'''''</span></p><span style="color:#000000;">Our objective, is to redesign the cowork space so that it becomes a common place to innovate and undertake. In this way we can centralize the I&E in one spot and establish its concept within the university. This co-work would facilitate the promotion of different I&E-related activities and the collaboration among people who are interested in different projects.</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">Even though this physical place already exists, it isn’t used as a place to collaborate, socialize and stimulate innovation.Instead, most students just go there to study individually for exams. So, how do we change the way in which students use the co-work of Santander?</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">Our conclusion was that we need a change of approach or, in other words, we should change the way people perceive this place and its purpose. In order to do that, &nbsp;we are going to promote the Co-work as a place where students can go and start a project, a place to become an entrepreneur and innovator. We want to generate an integrated network in which people can share their knowledge and help each other.</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">Secondly, we will provide a large variety of materials, both stationery materials such as blackboards, markers, post-it’s, legos and technological devices such as computers, projector, and a lot of plugs (which are really necessary).</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">We also want to redesign the walls, creating in these areas opportunities to interact with each other. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span>

 <span style="color:#000000;">A brainstorming wall, in which people can write questions, leave messages, ask for advice, etc.</span>

 <span style="color:#000000;">A “linking board” in which people can write their name, career, what they can give others (in terms of knowledge), if they need help in a project, and a contact number.</span>

 <span style="color:#000000;">'''Step #1:''' Talk to Magdalena Giuria, Íthaka’s director, to find out the relation between Santander Bank and the university so as to identify the person in charge of the Co-work.</span>

 <span style="color:#000000;">'''Step #2:''' Speak with the responsible of the Co-work, show him the prototype and ask him for approval.</span>

 <span style="color:#000000;">'''Step #3:''' Quote a price for the redesign of the co-work.</span>

 <span style="color:#000000;">'''Step #4:''' Ask Íthaka and/or Students Affairs for financial support. Negotiate and adapt budget.</span>

 <span style="color:#000000;">'''Step #5:''' Purchase the items and arrange them in the Co-work.</span>

== <span style="color:#000000;">Strategy #2: Organizing exisiting I&E activities ''-Passport to Ithaka-'' </span> ==

<span style="color:#000000;">'''''<span style="font-size:medium;">Maite and Brian will lead this project.</span>'''''</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">We feel as there is a lack of connection between Íthaka’s mentoring of the project and the process that occurs before it. In other words, we believe that there isn’t enough information on what a student initially needs to do if he/she wants to “emprender”. &nbsp;íthaka’s mentoring of the project is excellent for a more advanced stage but not for the initial stage. Moreover, UCU offers very good workshops, courses and speeches but there isn’t a common thread that leads the students through all of these.</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">Our challenge:</span><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;">'''''How may we link or connect the different I&E activities and offer a more guided process?'''''</span></p><span style="color:#000000;">The idea is to create a guide for students who want to get involved in the I&E ecosystem but don’t really know how. The guide, called Passport to Íthaka, would present all the I&E activities in which they can participate. These would be organized according to the experience required in “Baby steps activities” and “Nurturing stage activities”. The last-stage activities would be based on the knowledge acquired in the first-stage activities and would have as a final objective the presentation of an innovative idea to Íthaka. The “Passport to Íthaka” would be a website in which students could see all the activities together with theirs descriptions, reviews and dates.</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">It should be noted that we, the candidates to fellows, would be incharge of keeping up to date, promoting and creating the activities.</span>

*<span style="color:#000000;">'''Step #1: '''Schedule a meeting with Students Affairs (Martín Pérez) and Íthaka (Magdalena Giuria) to ask for approval.</span>*<span style="color:#000000;">'''Step #2: '''Look through all the activities of the UCU and organize them in: “Baby steps activities” and “Nurturing Stage activities”.</span>*<span style="color:#000000;">'''Step #3: '''Make a team of advanced Computer Science students to design the website.</span>

== <span style="color:#000000;">Strategy #3:&nbsp;Cross-curricular subject ''”Innovate in Your major”'' == <span style="font-size:medium;">'''''Josefina and Paola will lead this project.'''''</span>==

We detected that students are not interested in innovation neither in entrepreneurship<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''''Josefina and Paola will lead this project.'''''</span></span>

Our challenge:<p span style="text-aligncolor: center#000000;">'''''How to improve the lack of innovative spirit We detected that students are not interested in innovation neither in the curricular?'''''entrepreneurship.</pspan>The idea is to create an 8 week free-choice elective for all the careers, in order to teach I&E skills through practice and testimonies, and to show students that it’s possible to think of an idea and make it real . Th subject will promote interdisiplinar works, being the first subject which integrates students from every major in one class.

Two professors would teach this subject<span style="color:#000000;">Our challenge:</span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: one #000000;">'''''How to improve the lack of them would be innovative spirit in the curricular?'''''</span></p><span style="color:#000000;">The idea is to create an 8 week free-choice elective for all the careers, in order to teach I&E professional skills through practice and testimonies, and to show students that it’s possible to think of an idea and the other one would be a different hands-on entrepreneur every weekmake it real . Each week Th subject will focus in a particular areapromote interdisiplinar works, so that it touches most of the diverse interests of being the first subject which integrates studentsfrom every major in one class.</span>

This course <span style="color:#000000;">Two professors would teach this subject: one of them would also include be an I&nbsp;E professional and the other one would be a different hands-on entrepreneur every week. Each week will focus in a project during the last four weeks particular area, so that it touches most of the diverse interests of the students can learn in a practical way.</span>

*'''Step #1<span style="color: '''Investigate about MEC (Ministry of education and culture) requirements to implement a new subject.*'''Step #2: '''Talk with Mónica Arzuaga (vice rector of academic programs) to obtain support and endorse the proposal.*'''Step #3:''' Determine subject formalities. 000000;">This includes subject duration, teachers and schedule.*'''Step #4: '''Organize course would also include &nbsp;a meeting inviting Career coordinators, Deans, and Monica Arzuaga to explain how project during the subject works and its objectives.*'''Step #5:''' Promote the subject between last four weeks so that students exhausting every communication resourcecan learn in a practical way. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span>

== <span style="color:#000000;">Strategy #4:&nbsp;After class Friday meetings </span> ==

<span style="color:#000000;">'''''<span style="font-size:medium;">Malena and Brian will lead this project</span>'''''</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">One of the main problems that we identified is that students don’t feel attracted to participate and engage in the I&E environment.</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">Our challenge:</span><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;">'''''How may we encourage first-year students to notice and take advantage of the I&E ecosystem?'''''</span></p><span style="color:#000000;">Weakly after-class reunions will be our solution.&nbsp; Students can have dinner and interact with each other through games and challenges related to innovation and creativity.</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">The dynamics and techniques involved would vary throughout the two first months of every semester. The idea is to promote creativity and lateral thinking through out games, challenges, and other dynamics that will encourage the idea of an innovative community.</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">Also, differents teachers and students interested in sharing their experiences would be present, answering questions and giving advice.</span>

*<span style="color:#000000;">'''Step #1:''' Organice a meeting with Magdalena Giuria, Director of Íthaka to get to know some resources needed to innovate and the best ways to promote them.</span>*<span style="color:#000000;">'''Step #2''': Develop a detail plan abuot the meetings, including objectives, activities planned with the information provided by íthaka and personal resources.</span>*<span style="color:#000000;">'''Step #3:''' Empatize with first year students to design and define the best way to promote the activity in a creative and effective way.</span>*<span style="color:#000000;">'''Step #4:''' Organice a meeting with Martín Pérez, Director of Students Affairs, to present the proyect and endorse the proposal.</span><div><span style="color:#000000;"><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><br/></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>