IA40560 Entrepreneurship for Good

Academic Year 2021/2022

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MODULE IS PROGRAMME BASED. THIS MODULE IS NOT OPEN TO OTHER UCD STUDENTS.

***All UCD Innovation Academy modules are delivered online in the 2020/21 Academic Year. Classes will run from 9.30am –4.30pm each day with a combination of live online classes, self-directed learning and group activities. See https://www.innovators.ie for more info and testimonials from our students.***

This module has been developed to expose students to the world of Social Entrepreneurship (Entrepreneurship for Good). Participants will explore social entrepreneurship through conversations with social entrepreneurs, hands-on activities, and an exciting fast-paced intensive challenge - the results of which will be presented on the final day of the module. Students will then apply what they learn over the course of the week in considering potential for Social Entrepreneurship ventures or initiatives in their own context.

Throughout the module, students will develop their skills in research, innovation, evaluation and communication in exploring the motivation for and development of social ventures, and establishing how to evaluate and sustain them; both within and outside their immediate discipline/area of expertise.

The overall aim of this module are to enable students identify, develop, evaluate and initiate potential Social Enterprise projects, initiatives and ventures.


UCD Innovation Academy

At the UCD Innovation Academy we take an action-oriented approach to learning. We are a group of Educator Practitioners with extensive real-world experience as academics, business and social entrepreneurs, tech thinkers, creative professionals and design thinking practitioners. All of our teaching is grounded in academic rigor but our focus is on ‘learning by doing’ in a real-world context.

Students must pass each individual assessable component individually in order to be able to pass the module as a whole.

**Enrolment on an Innovation Academy module means a commitment to active participation and engagement, which necessitates attendance at scheduled classes (minimum 80% of scheduled classes must be attended, with certain key classes being required). **

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of the module, participants should be able to:

• Have a better understanding of social entrepreneurship and the variety of of contexts within which social ventures are launched
• Understand the motivation and need for the development of social ventures
• Consider the potential for social ventures within or relating to ones discipline/area of expertise
• Learn how to launch and sustain social ventures by combining skills in creativity, innovation, evaluation and communication
• Develop and apply knowledge of critical analysis and research design/methods in evaluating the impact (both qualitative and quantitative) of social ventures



Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

10
Small Group

12
Practical

8
Specified Learning Activities

40
Autonomous Student Learning

30
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
All Innovation Academy modules take a learning by doing approach, combining, individual, group and team activities, tasks and projects including presentations, discussion and reflection:

• Activity/Task-based Work
• Peer and Group Work and Discussion
• Reflective Writing
• Student Presentations

Classes will be delivered in the Virtual Classroom using a number of different online tools; Brightspace Virtual Classroom, ZOOM, together with other interactive online tools.

 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Reflection Report Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

30
Attendance: This module requires active participation and engagement, which necessitates attendance at ALL scheduled classes (80% attendance is required to pass this component). Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

40
Presentation: Final Presentation Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

30

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback will be given to students upon requested. This will include feedback based on their participation during the module and their deliverables