Experiential learning is crucial for social entrepreneurship education. In this PDW educators share experiences of teaching social business modeling with the seizmic APP, a free education tool funded by the Erasmus+ programme (https://app.seizmic.eu/) designed for collaborative social business model development. The seizmic APP is an online pedagogical tool supporting collaborative learning which every year is used by about 400 students from ten European universities encouraging peer learning across teams. With the seizmic APP students research social or environmental problems, identify solutions for these, and then design their own business model, business plan, or start-up idea. Using the APP allows educators to align student group work with their syllabus, while also keeping a close eye on student progress, allowing faculty to give feedback when it is most useful, and finally encouraging peer learning between student teams. This PDW will share best practice examples of how to use the seizmic APP and will allow participants to explore how they can implement this tool in their own course work. The PDW will first feature a panel of social entrepreneurship educators who have piloted the tool sharing how they have integrated the seizmic APP in their own pedagogical approaches. Next, the workshop will arrange interactive roundtable discussions, where participants can receive personalized guidance on integrating these methodologies and tools into their own curriculum. This PDW not only aims to enhance teaching strategies in social entrepreneurship but also strives to foster a community of practice among educators in this evolving field.
Workshop Format
The PDW is planned for two hours. A panel of social entrepreneurship educators will share their experiences teaching social business modeling with the seizmic APP as a pedagogical tool. Secondly, roundtables (space for 6-10 participants each) will be arranged at which each panelist discusses 2-3 exemplary courses and outlines how their teachers could turn them into experiential social business model courses.
- Introduction of the seizmic App as an illustrative tool (15 min)
o Participants receive a brief introduction and tutorial in the seizmic APP
Kai Hockerts, Copenhagen Business School
- Panelists present how they use the seizmic App into their entrepreneurship courses (15 min)
- Q&A with audience (15 min)
o Participants are invited to discuss general questions with the panelists
- Roundtables (60 Min)
o Each panelist will participate in one of the roundtables
o They will discuss 2-3 exemplary courses that have been previously submitted
Feedback (15 min)
o Each table summarizes learnings (by one participant who is not the panelist)
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Kai Hockerts
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg
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Kai Hockerts
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg
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