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Innovation-Driven Education Reforming Engineering Education in the AI Era;




AuthorsIsoaho, Jouni; Tenhunen, Hannu; Ben Dhaou, Imed; Guo, Xing; Zou, Zhuo

EditorsBerkouk, Djihed; Chatterjee, Uday; Bouzir, Tallal Abdelkarim; Ben Dhaou, Imed; Altarteer, Samar

Conference nameInternational Conference on Creativity, Technology, and Sustainability

Publication year2026

Journal: Proceedings in Technology Transfer

Book title Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Creativity, Technology, and Sustainability : CCTS 2025, 30 April - 1 May, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

First page 215

Last page222

ISBN978-981-95-7606-7

eISBN978-981-95-7607-4

ISSN2948-2321

eISSN2948-233X

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-7607-4_24

Publication's open availability at the time of reportingOpen Access

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Web address https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-7607-4_24

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Abstract

Currently, the global business and innovation environment is rapidly evolving due to the rise of the platform economy, digital transformation, and the shift towards remote and hybrid work. This shift emphasizes personal innovation and entrepreneurship, leading to an increase in self-employment and consulting roles over traditional employment. Simultaneously, key technological drivers such as artificial intelligence and advancements in system integration technologies, like semiconductors and advanced packaging, are significantly impacting on the expertise required for business. In this paper, we first identify key factors and analyze their impact on the future business and innovation environment in the era of artificial intelligence on education. We then introduce the concept of innovation-driven education and its impact on the ICT education framework. Our baseline is the European Institute of Innovation & Technology’s (EIT) educational framework and quality measures. An new key themes include innovation entrepreneurship, multifaceted innovation processes, multicultural business ecosystems, and the platform economy. The future engineering profession will be characterized by 1) innovation entrepreneurship, 2) communication, collaboration, and workflow management with AI, and 3) a holistic and diverse understanding of entireties.


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