Improving our society starts by improving today’s Higher Education. Promoting more attractive and innovative learning and teaching approaches. Challenge-based learning (CBL) is one of those approaches. It’s an innovative learning methodology focused on applying students’ knowledge to solve real-world challenges. It is also an excellent approach to develop creativity, entrepreneurial competences, interdisciplinary and self-regulated learning skills.
In this course you will learn about the importance of entrepreneurial education and you will discover the ATOM Model, a proposal developed by the ForEMLink (https://www.foremlink.com/) and D-EMIND (https://www.demind.eu/) projects that will help you to promote CBL among your students and foster their entrepreneurial competence.
The introduction sets out the main characteristics and contents of the course with special emphasis on the importance of the two main contents:<br>1) The fundamentals of Entrepreneurial education and Challenge-based learning;<br>2) the main characteristics of the ATOM Model created for promoting entrepreneurial mindsets in Higher Education.
What's included
13 videos10 readings1 assignment
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13 videos•Total 78 minutes
Introduction to the MOOC•2 minutes
Introduction•1 minute
Entrepreneurial Education•8 minutes
Entrepreneurial Competences in HEI•9 minutes
The entrepreneur•3 minutes
Facilitators and constrains of Entrepreneurship•11 minutes
The entrepreneurial context•6 minutes
Interview / Isabel Salvador. Entrepreneurial institutions and companies•6 minutes
Challenge-Based Learning: A brief introduction•8 minutes
The University promoting Entrepreneurship•7 minutes
Interview / Sílvia Blanch. Applying CBL in Higher Education•4 minutes
Teachers as Mentors for Entrepreneurship•5 minutes
Interview / Daniel Franco. Networks of professors and entrepreneurial students•7 minutes
10 readings•Total 100 minutes
Acknowledgements•10 minutes
CHANGES IN COURSERA•10 minutes
Course organization•10 minutes
Solving doubts and technical issues•10 minutes
Free for the UAB community•10 minutes
The Open Access Course•10 minutes
FAQs - General topics•10 minutes
FAQs - Assessments and Certificate•10 minutes
Description of the module and Learning objectives•10 minutes
References and Resources•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Quiz 1•10 minutes
Co-Creation in Higher Education: introduction to the ATOM Model
Module 2•2 hours to complete
Module details
During this module, students will discover the foundation of the D-EMIND project, some of the basic characteristic of Challenge-based learning, the teacher’s role when we are using this kind of methodologies and promoting co-creation in our classroom and some of the opportunities and limitations we should face when we develop it in online environments.<br>We will talk again about key importance of entrepreneurial education in Higher Education and will introduce the main content of this program: the ATOM Model methodology for using CBL and promoting entrepreneurial mindsets in Higher Education.<br>Finally, we will focus on the ATOM model external spheres: the mental sphere and the social sphere.
What's included
13 videos1 reading1 assignment
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13 videos•Total 53 minutes
Introduction•1 minute
The background for D-EMIND•3 minutes
Reasons for CBL•4 minutes
Entrepreneurship related to creativity and innovation•6 minutes
Dilemmas in teaching CBL•6 minutes
From traditional teacher to facilitator•3 minutes
An illustration of facilitation•4 minutes
The Atom Model•3 minutes
The Mental Sphere•3 minutes
The Social Sphere•2 minutes
How to find a challenge•7 minutes
Limitations in digital teaching•4 minutes
The Atom Model in action•7 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
References and Resources•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Quiz 2•30 minutes
The Challenge in Challenge-based learning
Module 3•2 hours to complete
Module details
In this module we are focusing on the core element of the ATOM Model and the heart of CBL: THE CHALLENGE.<br>Finding the right challenge is a key aspect of any process based on CBL, but a good formulation of the challenge is even more important.<br>We will share some ideas about finding and formulating the challenge, the role of the external challenge providers and the benefits of working with a good challenge for students.
What's included
7 videos1 reading1 assignment
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7 videos•Total 70 minutes
Introduction•1 minute
What is the Challenge?•10 minutes
How to get the Challenge for CBL?•7 minutes
The role of the external Challenge providers and their characteristics•15 minutes
The Challenge from the students' perspective•8 minutes
The Challenge from the teachers' perspective•16 minutes
Sharing experiences from a company and a student•13 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
References and Resources•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Quiz 3•30 minutes
The 6 elements of the Atom Model
Module 4•2 hours to complete
Module details
During this module of program, we are going to introduce you to each of the 6 elements of the ATOM Model: explorer, analyse, ideate, prototype, realise and evaluate.<br>The theoretical introduction to each element is complemented with some examples and interviews.
The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) is a public university located in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. International in its outlook, it is fully consolidated within its local surroundings, and offers quality education in close association with research activity, the transfer of scientific, technological, cultural and educational knowledge, the promotion of its human potential and the responsible management of available resources.
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