Analyzing Co-Creation in Educational Living Labs using the Knowledge Appropriation Model

In this paper, we introduce the knowledge appropriation model as an analytical framework to study co-creation processes in School-University Partnerships. The model explains transformative learning processes in the context of innovation adoption in organizations, communities, groups and individuals and how they are interconnected. We demonstrate the suitability of the model by describing several cases of Educational Living Labs currently being developed for introducing innovative teaching practices in STEM subjects in secondary schools. We derive a research model that relates co-creation in Living Labs to the eventual adoption of learning innovation in schools.