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Dear Anja:
I am a faculty member at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In
addition to teaching undergraduate entrepreneurship courses in the faculty
of management I have also taught similar courses to students in electrical
engineering, industrial engineering, computer science, occupational therapy,
physio therapy and dental hygiene. Perhaps the most interesting project was
a collaborative effort between three engineering schools (Dalhousie,
Memorial and University of New Brunswick) to deliver a synchronous online
course in entrepreneurship course to senior engineering students on all
three campuses jointly delivered by faculty from all three campuses. In the
process we have developed a couple of online tutorials - one in financial
modeling and one in idea generation using creative problem solving
techniques. Cites for related articles are listed below:

If you, or others, want additional info would be pleased to share syllabi
etc and you can reach me at ed.leach@dal.ca.

Bisson, B., Leach, C. E., Little, T. A., Richards, R., Veitch, B., & Zundel,
K. (2004). A case study in blended learning: Leveraging technology in
entrepreneurship education. Elements of Quality Online Education: Engaging
Communities, Volume 6 Sloan-C Series, 41-54

Leach, C. E. (2007). Instruction-based action guidelines built on bloom's
revised framework: Setting objectives for entrepreneurship teaching. Journal
of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 20(1).

Leach, C. E., & Little, T. A. (2005). Weaving innovation into the fabric of
engineering education. International Journal of Engineering Education, 21(2

Best,


Ed



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Question from Univ. of Cambridge.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Anja M Maier [mailto:am521@hermes.cam.ac.uk]On Behalf Of A.M.Maier
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:10 AM

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Engineering Design Centre of the
University of Cambridge and fairly new to the ENTREP list.

I was wondering whether I could pick your brain on innovative methods in
teaching entrepreneurships to undergraduate engineers and business
students? Have you taught a course like this before and how would you
approach it? Maybe you could point me to some methods, courses, names etc.

Your supprt would be highly appreciated.

With many thanks and best wishes for Easter,

Anja.

--
Dr. Anja Maier

Research Associate
Engineering Design Centre; University of Cambridge
http://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/people/am521.html

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Dear Anja,

Two organizations you should look at for this are the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE; www.asee-ent.org) Entrepreneurship Division and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA; www.nciia.org). The NCIIA annual meeting was last week in Dallas, Texas, and I found it quite helpful despite being in this business for 25 years. The ASEE meeting is June 22-25 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and typically offers a large number of papers related to building courses and programs in engineering entrepreneurship. While NCIIA addresses a broad audience, ASEE is more narrowly focused on engineering, but both also intersect with business education in many instances. Also look at the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP; http://stvp.stanford.edu/), which has a resource, Educators Corner, that I think you will find helpful.

I happen to be chair-elect of the ASEE Entrepreneurship Division (and have been chair of the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division), so please let me know if there are specific questions you have once you peruse these resources.

Regards,

Mac Banks


McRae C. Banks, Ph.D.
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Department of Management (the Business School)
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From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of John Bunch
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Subject: [ENTREP] Engineering and Business Entrepreneurship programs? Question from Univ. of Cambridge.

Forwarded on behalf of A.M. Maier:

-----Original Message-----
From: Anja M Maier [mailto:am521@hermes.cam.ac.uk]On Behalf Of A.M.Maier
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:10 AM

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Engineering Design Centre of the
University of Cambridge and fairly new to the ENTREP list.

I was wondering whether I could pick your brain on innovative methods in
teaching entrepreneurships to undergraduate engineers and business
students? Have you taught a course like this before and how would you
approach it? Maybe you could point me to some methods, courses, names etc.

Your supprt would be highly appreciated.

With many thanks and best wishes for Easter,

Anja.

--
Dr. Anja Maier

Research Associate
Engineering Design Centre; University of Cambridge
http://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/people/am521.html

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The key issue in innovative educational methods is the productivity, sustainability, and reliability of the effort. You can easily run all over the place doing things that aren't worth the effort, and are unsustainable and unreliable. Bright students should benefit most from a competitive entrepreneurship simulation. If interested, I'll set one up for you, as explained below.

The demo of my simulation is available at: http://pages.towson.edu/precha/geonetd5.exe. Select Run/Open at all security warnings. Do not save the program, as I upgrade the server regularly. A saved program may not work correctly after an upgrade.

When the program unzips and launches itself, an Access-to-GEO dialog box will appear. Select the Register button, and register yourself using a fictitious name. When you OK the registration, the program's main frame will appear. You can do anything you like at that point as it's only a demo.

When the demo exits, it cleans up after itself, leaving nothing on the computer. You must have Microsoft's .Net Framework installed for the demo to work. If you don't have it installed, you can download it free (I suggest Version 2) from Microsoft's Web site: http://www.msdn.com.

I don't market the simulation, so there's no cost to you or to your students. I do ask interested parties to send me a postal letter of request on institutional letterhead giving me information about intended usage: class size, course name, course level, number of students, start dates, stop date, and institutional Web site. Depending on circumstances, more than one party may be joined in a simulation experience.

Best,

Precha
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Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 6:19 PM
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Subject: [ENTREP] Engineering and Business Entrepreneurship programs? Question from Univ. of Cambridge.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Anja M Maier [mailto:am521@hermes.cam.ac.uk]On Behalf Of A.M.Maier
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:10 AM

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Engineering Design Centre of the University of Cambridge and fairly new to the ENTREP list.

I was wondering whether I could pick your brain on innovative methods in teaching entrepreneurships to undergraduate engineers and business students? Have you taught a course like this before and how would you approach it? Maybe you could point me to some methods, courses, names etc.

Your supprt would be highly appreciated.

With many thanks and best wishes for Easter,

Anja.

--
Dr. Anja Maier

Research Associate
Engineering Design Centre; University of Cambridge http://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/people/am521.html

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Ventures HO!

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