Teaching Entrepreneurship Online in Fall?
Now that we’re a couple of weeks into the “new normal”, your bookstore will soon be contacting you.
What are you going to do about Fall?
Assume You’re Teaching Online in Fall
Most of us want to get back to in-person teaching in Fall. Realistically, that may not happen:
- This season, the US may lose more lives to COVID-19 than WWI (source)
- The virus is expected to return in Fall (source)
- A vaccine won’t be available for Fall (source)
- Social distancing appears to be our best bet (source)
Given the devastating effects of the virus, and the likelihood of returning, It’s hard to see how it makes sense for schools to invite students back into dorms and classrooms in Fall.
Even if we’re able to start classes in-person, we’ll all need plans to quickly transition our class online if necessary.
So how do you prep a class hoping it’ll be in-person, but assuming it’ll be online while knowing that…
Engagement is Harder Online
Let’s not kid ourselves…
Student engagement was a challenge before COVID-19.
But now that students are taking classes from home (i.e. bed), can attend class while watching Netflix, and know that we can’t be in every breakout room simultaneously, it’s an even bigger challenge.
Fortunately, there’s a way to prep for fall that will…
Engage Your Students: Online or In-Person
Lecture and quiz-based classes won’t cut it (they’re the antithesis of engagement), and it’s near impossible to structure a rigorous online class if you’re mixing and matching exercises from around the web.
If you want an engaging approach you can use online or in-person and don’t want to spend all summer building it.
Consider trying ExEC this Fall.
We’ve been developing ExEC, the Experiential Entrepreneurship Curriculum, for the last 5 years and so far it’s…
- Won multiple awards and praise from dozens of instructors
- Been adopted by 80+ universities and colleges
- Been published in the Academy of Management’s Learning & Education and USASBE’s Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy journals
…while producing outstanding student evaluations.
Online or In-Person
There are two versions of ExEC: one we’ve optimized for teaching in-person, and the other which we’ve optimized for teaching online and, especially relevant this Fall…
You can seamlessly transition between the two, even mid-term.
Don’t Reinvent the Wheel
We’ve spent years testing and improving a structured set of exercises that we know teach entrepreneurial skills in an engaging way – online or in-person.
Don’t spend your summer recording lectures or compiling exercises from around the web. Make the most of your break, and your Fall, by using a set of rigorous, cohesive lessons your students will engage with.
This Fall, Try ExEC…
Whatever path you take this Fall, we wish you and your students the very best, and are happy to offer any help we can.
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