Presentation at "Embedding Entrepreneurship Principles in your Teaching: The Experience in Non-business Disciplines". National Seminar Series, National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Dublin City University, 5th December, 2014.
9. Officially launched 28th November, 2013 by Ruairi Quinn, Minister for
Education and Skills, and Lord David Putnam, Ireland’s Digital
Ambassador.
1. Being Entrepreneurial
14. Entrepreneurship is about:
• a way of thinking and behaving
• identifying opportunities
• realisation of value
• building and learning from relationships
• gathering resources
• being positive and taking risks
• building for the future
2. Learning to become Entrepreneurial
15. Three dimensions:
• “To learn to understand entrepreneurship – knowledge about
entrepreneurship as a concept
• To learn to become entrepreneurial -
entrepreneurial skills and competencies
development
• To learn to become an entrepreneur – knowledge and
entrepreneurial skills pertaining to business start-up and
new venture creation”
(Heinonen & Poikkijoki 2005; Bridge, Hegarty & Porter 2010)
2. Learning to become Entrepreneurial
18. Learner-Content
Interaction
Learner-learner
Interaction
Teacher-Learner
Interaction
Interactivity
Framework
Place of Learning
(Where Learning Ocurrs)
Mode of Learning
(How Learning Occurs)
Pace of Learning
(When Learning Occurs)
2. Learning to become Entrepreneurial
19. ‘A key principle of learning design
is to help make the design process
more explicit and shareable’
(Conole, 2010, p.482).
2. Learning to become Entrepreneurial
20. Conceptualise
What do we want to design, who for and why?
The
7Cs Design
Framework
Consolidate
Evaluate and embed your design
2. Learning to become Entrepreneurial
23. Learning intentions that focus on skills…
• to be able to work as part of a team
• to be able to identify human problems that require
solutions
• to be able to solve a problem using more than one
strategy
• to be able to experiment with a variety of media in
order to develop a solution
2. Learning to become Entrepreneurial
24. Learning by sharing
(Connectivist)
Learning by listening
(Instructionist)
Learning by doing
(Constructivist)
Learning by making
(Constructionist)
2. Learning to become Entrepreneurial
28. Acquisition
Lecture Capture
Webinars Online Presentations
Online Readings
Real-time Tests
Synchronous Asynchronous
Participation
The digital learning ecology…
Discussion Fora
Online Clinic
Wikis
ePortfolio
Video Streaming
Online Chat
Video Conferencing
2. Learning to become Entrepreneurial
29. Off Campus
in Class
The digital learning ecology…
Synchronous Asynchronous
Off Campus
out of Class
On Campus
in Class
Acquisition
Participation
On Campus
out of Class
2. Learning to become Entrepreneurial
37. A conclusion is the place
where you got tired of thinking
Conclusion…
(or ran out of time)
38. The FUN of reflection…
F = What is the fundamental point?
U = What new understanding are you
taking away?
N = What new thing will you do in
your course to promote
entrepreneurial education?
Conclusion…