Curricular integration
While CIE’s focus is on designing and delivering co-curricular learning opportunities to enhance student and staff potential for start-up creation and professional development for innovative careers, CIE has also supported teaching staff across the University. Courses supported have ranged from everything from the Future of Energy to Digital Strategy and Transformation.
CIE’s innovation hubs have also hosted a range of activities across the University, from teaching sessions to a recent hackathon for Master of Artificial Intelligence students.
CIE has limited availability for curricular teaching support, however if you have a project in mind and would like to enquire about collaborating, you can reach our team at cie@auckland.ac.nz.
Case studies
Embedding experiential learning in property technology
Property Technology (PropTech) is designed to equip students with practical understanding of digital innovation and entrepreneurship in the property sector. CIE has run hands-on workshops for the course at its innovation hub, Unleash Space, engaging students in human-centred design challenges and 3D modelling using TinkerCAD, building both conceptual and technical skills while cultivating creativity and collaboration.
CIE’s support turned theoretical learning into lived experience, enabling students to apply design-thinking methodologies to real-world challenges. With the guidance of CIE’s programme and maker space coordinators, students explored empathy-driven problem-solving and prototyping, and were encouraged to further develop their ideas by entering CIE’s venture competition, the Velocity $100k Challenge.
LEGO Serious Play
LEGO® is being increasingly adopted at the University of Auckland as a teaching tool by educators looking to find new ways to engage with students who want active rather than passive learning experiences. The Business School’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) has become a champion of the technique, with sessions delivered at Unleash Space, one of its innovation hubs.
LEGO® Serious Play®(LSP) is a facilitation methodology that was developed by Swiss professors in the 1990s. LSP involves collaborative workshops where participants create three-dimensional models of ideas and concepts, with the intention of improving communication and creativity. It is now an established methodology to solve problems, improve decision-making and to harvest collective innovation in organisational settings.