Open innovation in cultural heritage: brainstorming
with eCHOIng partners
1
Katerina Zourou, Ph.D, Web2Learn
March 31, 2022
eCHOIng meeting, NTNU
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme

What is open
innovation?
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Is this open
innovation?
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Katerina
Zourou,
eCHOIng
project,
NTNU
31/3/22
Is this open
innovation?

Is this open innovation?
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Katerina Zourou, eCHOIng project, NTNU 31/3/22
Is this open innovation?

Civic engagement
is everywhere…
and also in 2021
EU policy papers
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https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-
/publication/ffbe0115-6cfc-11e7-b2f2-
01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF/source-77975731
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Open innovation & civic engagement
2017 EU study

Several understandings
of open innovation
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https://www.boardofinnovation.com/blog/how-to-approach-open-innovation-strategy/

Open innovation in eCHOIng (p. 6 of application)
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”OI will be understood as a set of digitally enhanced participatory activities whose main
forms are”:
a) hacktivism (activism by means of hacking for a social
purpose, such as hackathons/datathons, 24H sprints),
b) maker movement,
c) citizen science and
d) crowd initiatives such as crowdfunding and crowdsourcing.
=> See also this 2021 open access paper about these 4 forms of OI

a) hacktivism
(activism by means of hacking for a social
purpose, such as hackathons/datathons,
24H sprints)
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Open Data Day
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https://opendataday.org/

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EU Datathon
https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eudatathon
Is there a geographical limitation?

b) maker movement
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Participatory creation of artifacts (in maker spaces, fab labs)
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c) citizen science
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c) citizen science
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d) crowd initiatives such as
crowdfunding and crowdsourcing.
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Examples of crowdfunding platforms

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Examples of crowd campaigns

In a nutshell
Open innovation= 3 main ingredients
1) participatory practice +
2) degree of openness (open data, open access, open review)
3) Creation of a result (artifact, prototype, intellectual result) that
may be marketable
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2 relevant ongoing EU projects
• HEIDI - Digital Actions at HEIs as a catalyst for social change in the
COVID-19 crisis’ https://heidiproject.eu/
• INOS -Integrating Open and Citizen Science into Active Learning
Approaches in Higher Education https://inos-project.eu/
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Some open access resources
Zourou, K. 2021. Language learning as the agency for a social purpose: examples from the
coronavirus pandemic, Alsic journal, Vol. 23, n° 1, http://journals.openedition.org/alsic/4880
Dabrowska, J., & Savitskaya, I. (2014). When culture matters: exploring the open innovation
paradigm. International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 8(1), 94-118.
https://lutpub.lut.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/158344/Justyna%20Dabrowska%20A4.pdf?sequence=1#p
age=164
Triantafyllou, Evangelia, Teo, Elisha, Kalaitzi, Vasso, Bethlehem, Elizabeth, Zourou, Katerina,
Schwalm, Helene, Hautala, Karoliina, & Pata, Kai. (2021). Encouraging Collaboration between
Citizens, Higher Education and Library Staff and Students through Open Knowledge and Open
Innovation Activities. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4760370
Della Corte, V., Aria, M., & Del Gaudio, G. (2017). Smart, open, user innovation and competitive
advantage: A model for museums and heritage sites. Museum Management and Curatorship, 32(1),
50-79. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09647775.2016.1247380
Zourou, K. 2020. Academia permeating society through Citizen Science: use cases of engagement in
Higher Education. INOS consortium. Accessible at https://inos-project.eu/
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