Development of user-driven research methods as the starting point for living lab activities

The pedagogical starting point for developing instruction in digital media was to produce new competence. The outcome of the development work was a teaching model that follows the user-driven design process, with the aim of providing students with the ability to act as developers of product development and innovation processes in their fields. The study entity forms a dual innovation model comprised of: (1) a continuous method development test bed, and (2) the application of competence to the partnership network's R&D projects. The innovation environment User Driven Innovation Centre (UnIC) was created user-driven and Living Lab-based research methods. Our research and method competence is utilised in several R&D projects implemented with business and network partners.