Design of small private online courses (SPOCs) for Innovation and entrepreneurship (IE) Doctoral-level education

Galena Pisoni; Frederic Renouard; Javier Segovia; Alessandro Rossi; Balint Molnar; Olli Pekka Mutanen

doi:10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125153

Design of small private online courses (SPOCs) for Innovation and entrepreneurship (IE) Doctoral-level education

Galena Pisoni, Frederic Renouard, Javier Segovia, Alessandro Rossi, Balint Molnar, Olli Pekka Mutanen

Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Abstract

Teaching innovation and entrepreneurship is a challenging task. It requires students to gain an understanding of key terminology and theoretical knowledge as well as practical experience to build transversal skills. This is what is needed to develop a problem-solving and enterprising attitude for the jobs of tomorrow. At doctoral level, educating STEM graduates to become entrepreneurs and digital leaders in the digital transformation era calls for new learning formats and contents. In this paper we present a new design for the EIT Digital Doctoral School Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IE) education and we specifically focus on the online educational components developed to cover key IE content and topics. We present the first results of an evaluation conducted with the students participating in all the courses of the EIT Digital Doctoral School in 2019 and the first impressions and learnings from the new design. We found that the initial feedback was satisfying and that our students appreciated the approach and said that they recommend that instructors use this approach in future teaching. This study contributes to the ongoing debate on how to design and implement IE education leveraging European universities networks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020
Editors	Alberto Cardoso, Gustavo R. Alves, Teresa Restivo
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	1662-1668
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728109305
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125153
Publication status	Published - Apr 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference - Porto, Portugal Duration: 27 Apr 2020 → 30 Apr 2020 Conference number: 11

Publication series

Name	IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON
Volume	2020-April
ISSN (Print)	2165-9559
ISSN (Electronic)	2165-9567

Conference

Conference	IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference
Abbreviated title	EDUCON
Country	Portugal
City	Porto
Period	27/04/2020 → 30/04/2020

Keywords

Doctoral Education
Entrepreneurial Skills
IE Education
Instructional Design
Online Education

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Pisoni, G., Renouard, F., Segovia, J., Rossi, A., Molnar, B., & Mutanen, O. P. (2020). Design of small private online courses (SPOCs) for Innovation and entrepreneurship (IE) Doctoral-level education. In A. Cardoso, G. R. Alves, & T. Restivo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020 (pp. 1662-1668). [9125153] (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON; Vol. 2020-April). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125153

Pisoni, Galena ; Renouard, Frederic ; Segovia, Javier ; Rossi, Alessandro ; Molnar, Balint ; Mutanen, Olli Pekka. / Design of small private online courses (SPOCs) for Innovation and entrepreneurship (IE) Doctoral-level education. Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020. editor / Alberto Cardoso ; Gustavo R. Alves ; Teresa Restivo. IEEE Computer Society, 2020. pp. 1662-1668 (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON).

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Pisoni, G, Renouard, F, Segovia, J, Rossi, A, Molnar, B & Mutanen, OP 2020, Design of small private online courses (SPOCs) for Innovation and entrepreneurship (IE) Doctoral-level education. in A Cardoso, GR Alves & T Restivo (eds), Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020., 9125153, IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON, vol. 2020-April, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 1662-1668, IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, Porto, Portugal, 27/04/2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125153

Design of small private online courses (SPOCs) for Innovation and entrepreneurship (IE) Doctoral-level education. / Pisoni, Galena; Renouard, Frederic; Segovia, Javier; Rossi, Alessandro; Molnar, Balint; Mutanen, Olli Pekka.

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Pisoni G, Renouard F, Segovia J, Rossi A, Molnar B, Mutanen OP. Design of small private online courses (SPOCs) for Innovation and entrepreneurship (IE) Doctoral-level education. In Cardoso A, Alves GR, Restivo T, editors, Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020. IEEE Computer Society. 2020. p. 1662-1668. 9125153. (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON). https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125153