This course will inspire you to think about how your students can contribute to make the change they wish to see in the world!
How can we make more inclusive local communities? How can we make people change their habits to contribute to a greener society? How can we use artificial intelligence to make more efficient health care services, without losing human warmth and care? To resolve the grand challenges of our time, we need people from different disciplines to think and work together, both in the form of starting new ventures and by creating changes in organizations and communities.
An entrepreneur is a person who can spot and create opportunities, find solutions and gather the necessary resources to bring ideas to life, and thus, create value for others. In this course you will learn to think and act more like an entrepreneur – together with people from different disciplines – and you will learn how you can inspire your students to develop entrepreneurial competence so that they can become change agents in their respective workplaces after their studies.
The course is offered both in Norwegian and English, both physcially and online (see dates for the fall 2024 below).
Entrepreneurship will be taught in a dynamic interplay between theoretical input, individual reflection, problem-solving and discussions in groups. In a friendly and supportive environment, you will train “pitching” skills, and give and receive feedback to other participant’s ideas and presentations. You will learn how to challenge your students to use live cases and work in interaction with individuals and organizations outside the university. Upon completion of the course, you will have created a plan for how to integrate entrepreneurial aspects into your teaching.
We anchor our teaching in Engage’s educational framework, revolving around the five pillars act, reflect, interact, embrace (risk and uncertainty) and challenge. The framework leans on experiential learning pedagogy. In the online version of the course, we are extra aware of ensuring variation and give frequent breaks, to maximize engagement and learning.
Courses autumn 2024
Physical courses:
English physical version – Gruva, Campus Gløshaugen, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
October, 28th and 29th. 09.00-16.00 both days.
Norwegian physical version – Gruva, Campus Gløshaugen, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
November, 28th and 29th. 09.00-16.00 both days.
Free of charge. Lunch/coffee will be served both days.
For NTNU-employees, sign up here through the Uniped-program. For others, contact Håvard Engen havard.engen@ntnu.no.
Online course:
Online version on Zoom. December 9th, 10th and 11th. 09:00 – 15:00 all three days. A link will be sent to the participants before the course.
Free of charge.
Click here to register. Deadline: November 25th 2024.
Pre-requirements for all versions of the course:
The participants are involved in teaching in higher education, and have submitted a preparatory work.
Questions? Gunhild Marie Roald via e-mail: gunhild.m.roald@ntnu.no
Pictures and video from various physical version of the “Entrepreneurial education for better learning”:
