Open innovation laboratories for social modeling sustainable society sensitive to social needs

Abstract

This research is framed in the field of laboratories citizens, especially those who are driven by private institutions of higher education. The variables are going to study the interaction of participants of laboratories, the use of technology and how to participate in a working group when different disciplines are integrated. The main objective is to analyze how the collaborative knowledge construction is achieved when you have a common problem or social impact. Since the mixed paradigm is to enrich the information to be retrieved and analyzed to answer the research question. The instruments are designed questionnaires, in-depth interviews, non-participant observation and analysis of the productions of the participants. This project seeks to find information to know in depth the mechanisms of collaborative knowledge construction. Such construction will be used as input for participants to be active in the ways of responding to societal challenges.