The Project
Objectives
Open up Entrepreneurship (OpEn) project fills the identified knowledge gap where existing and prospective entrepreneurs seek for business solutions into the digital technologies but lack the necessary skills and capabilities to exploit the vast potential of e-business models in the global market.
OpEn project aims at exploiting innovative practices and technological tools to design and develop multi-disciplinary. Open Educational Resources for cultivating entrepreneurial mindset and economic thinking in the digital world.
Activities
- Identification of the relevant skill profile & design of the open course outline.
- Use of modern pedagogical methods (e.g. video, lectures, podcasts e.t.c.) and adaptation of the proper open e-learning tools to support the effective teaching and learning of entrepreneurship in the new digital economy.
- Design of an open e-learning module and relevant e-learning services, and development of the proper Open-Source Educational Material which will be available via an e-learning platform.
- Pilot implementation and assessment of the e-learning module and afterwards development of a further exploitation plan.
- Development of an e-network platform.
The Results
Outcomes/Results
The main result of OpEn project will be an electronic open platform for educating existing and prospective young entrepreneurs in e-business. For the implementation of this result, a number of specific Intellectual Outputs will be produced, such as:
- Skill profile identification,
- E-module design and service set-up
- Open Educational Material
- Project Results Exploitation Guidelines
- Project e-Network Platform
Moreover, training activities will be conducted for the evaluation of the e-module and multiplier events will be held in order to disseminate project results.
Ιmpact
The main impact of OpEn project after its completion lies to the open educational material and the open e-platform which will be used for training students in the context of existing HEI courses, during seminars targeted to university graduates, and also at VET centers for teaching existing and new entrepreneurs to use ICT and social media.
The participants of the project will be largely benefited by the OpEn project as they will have the opportunity to widen their expertise by sharing best practices and at the same time they will expand and enrich their network capabilities.
The Partners
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Greece The Small Enterprises Institute of the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals Craftsmen and Merchants |
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Greece The University of Patras |
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United Kingdom Manchester Metropolitan University |
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Italy The University of Bari Aldo Moro (UNIBA) |
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Spain European Business and Innovation Centre of Burgos |
More information: http://www.openup-project.eu/index.php
Open up Entrepreneurship (OpEn) (2015-1-EL-KA202-014168) is co-funded by the EU. The views in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the EU. Neither the EU institutions nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.