Student roles and behaviors in higher education co-creation – a systematic literature review
International Journal of Educational Management
ISSN: 0951-354X
Article publication date: 5 October 2022
Issue publication date: 7 November 2022
Abstract
Purpose
In today’s global and highly competitive climate among universities, educational developers and instructors have focused more on trying to make the student experience more engaging. In this manner, student co-creation activities have recently become a major research priority in marketing and higher education (HE) research. The purpose of this study is to present a systematic review of the literature on student co-creation roles and behaviors in HE in order to map extant research on this topic and offer a consolidated view of the co-creation process and approaches that can be employed by HEIs to motivate students to co-create their HE experience.
Design/methodology/approach
A Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach was followed to classify, select, synthesize, analyze and assess the most relevant studies on student participation in co-creation in HE.
Findings
This study’s analysis has identified that the co-creation process in HE includes dialog, access, risk and transparency. The main approaches used by higher education institutions (HEIs) to motivate students to co-create their HE experience are student involvement, cognitive engagement, university affiliation and emotional engagement. Our review also shows that student co-creation behaviors are mainly participation and citizenship behavior, and their co-creation roles include those of co-producers, participants, change agents and partners.
Originality/value
This systematic literature review analyses and critically discusses the state of the art in student co-creation roles in HE and the approaches HEIs use. By providing a map of existing research, the paper contributes both to the clarification of student co-creation roles and behaviors in HE and the identification of research gaps and opportunities for further research.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: This Research is supported by FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, reference UIDB/04630/2020.
Citation
Zarandi, N., Soares, A.M. and Alves, H. (2022), "Student roles and behaviors in higher education co-creation – a systematic literature review", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 36 No. 7, pp. 1297-1320. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-08-2021-0317
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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