Online course: Advancing Excellence in Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship Education (September 2024)
September 20 - November 8
The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education are delighted to announce that the fully online Open Course Advancing Excellence in Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship Education will run from September 2024. This course has been developed in partnership with MTU’s Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence.
This free 7 week course is available to all staff currently working in tertiary education in the Republic of Ireland, subject to availability of places. Additional facilitator training is included so that you can become a facilitator of this course and run it in your own institution. A further commitment of five learner hours will be required for the facilitator add-on, in addition to attendance at two extra webinars over 2 weeks.
Course Schedule
| Advancing Excellence Schedule | |||
| Date | Week | Webinar | Facilitator |
| 20.09.24 or 24/09/2024 | Week 1 | Friday 14:00-14:30 or Tuesday 14:00-14:30 |
Ana Cruz García |
| 27.09.24 | Week 2 | Friday 14:00-15:00 | Ana Cruz García |
| 04.10.24 | Week 3 | Friday 14:00-15:00 | Ana Cruz García & Niall O’Leary |
| 11.10.24 | Week 4 | Friday 14:00-15:00 | Ana Cruz García & Helen McGuirk |
| 18.10.24 | Week 5 | Friday 14:00-15:00 | Ana Cruz García & Wei Xiong |
| 25.10.24 | Week 6 | Friday 14:00-15:00 | Ana Cruz García & Fiacre Muller |
| 08.11.24 | Week 7 | Friday 14:00-15:00 | Ana Cruz García & Rebecca Robinson |
Learning Outcomes
- Reflect on how entrepreneurship practices in different topics can be introduced in an educational context and how they can be best assessed.
- Build knowledge of other non-traditional types of entrepreneurs (women, young, seniors), diverse industries/sectors (arts, environmental sciences…) and methods of validating entrepreneurship.
- Critically assess how the research on the different entrepreneurship forms can enrich entrepreneurship educational practices.
Learning Activities
| Activity | Per week | Seven Weeks |
| Online meeting | 60 min | 6 hours |
| Triad meeting | 60 min | 6 hours |
| Directed and independent learning | 120 min | 12 hours |
| Total | 250 min | 24 hours |
| & standalone introduction (60 mins) | 25 hours |
Content
| Indicative content | Facilitator/Guest speaker |
| Introduction and triad allocation | Ana Cruz Garcia |
| Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystems | Ana Cruz Garcia |
| Increasing success rates with improved decision making tools | Ana Cruz García & Niall O’Leary |
| Opportunities in the Silver Economies | Ana Cruz García & Helen McGuirk |
| Entrepreneurship in the Marine Sector | Ana Cruz García & Wei Xiong |
| Entrepreneurship for Creative Industries | Ana Cruz García & Fiacre Muller |
| Youth Entrepreneurship | Ana Cruz García & Rebecca Robinson |
Registration
Registration is closed.
For more information, email Dr Ana Cruz Garcia – ana.cruzgarcia@mtu.ie.