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[EN] The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of participation and communication of students in co-creation within the
context of Higher Education institutions. This co-creation approach is evaluated as an ...[+]
[EN] The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of participation and communication of students in co-creation within the
context of Higher Education institutions. This co-creation approach is evaluated as an alternative in engineering
education, being useful for leading the educational process, research activities, administration support, and the
community-industry relationship. A previous literature review was carried out to identify the theoretical confirmation
of the relationship between the identified parameters (communication, participation, and co-creation), and a questionnaire
was applied to 325 engineering students from 12 Ecuadorian universities with the objective of studying their behavior
toward collaborative practices. The principal statistical tools used were exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and
structural equation model. The results verify that engineering student participation and communication have a significant
and positive influence on co-creation as a generator of student satisfaction, especially in the study context. A co-creation
vision at higher education¿from the perspective that students are the center of the learning process¿reinforces the
education quality principles in an innovative way. The article concludes with the different managerial implications of the
study, including the effectiveness of creating participation and communication channels between the university and
engineering students with the objective of promoting co-creation as a managerial alternative
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Publisher:
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TEMPUS PUBLICATIONS, DUBLIN INST TECHNOLOGY, BOLTON ST, DUBLIN, IRELAND
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