Entrepreneurship in Education
Post date: Nov 17, 2014 10:32:55 PM
On Friday, November 14, 2014, a venture capitalist and a leading scholar in educational technology joined us for conversation about how scholars can and should engage in entrepreneurship, both in their research and their teaching.
Doug Neal: general partner in Michigan eLab, a venture capital fund with ties to Ann Arbor and Silicon Valley. Former entrepreneur, former managing director of the University of Michigan Center for Entrepreneurship
Rand Spiro: EPET faculty member and developer of the cognitive flexibility theory
The talk included answering the following questions:
1. What kind of entrepreneurial projects could and are coming out of the College of Education? Ed tech projects are just one example.
2. How could the College of Education foster a culture of entrepreneurship among faculty and students? What would that look like? How would it mesh or conflict with the kinds of research and development we're already doing? What are the ethical conflicts and how are they resolved at places like UM?
3. What are the best approaches to teaching entrepreneurship? How could the College of Education be teaching teachers to introduce entrepreneurial thinking at all levels of school?
For those who were not able to make it, a video of the talk is provided using the link below.
