BarCamp Scotland Edinburgh-Stanford Link eLearning Programme in Entrepreneurship

Slide 1: Online Entrepreneurship Courses The Edinburgh-Stanford Link Michael Clouser 03/03/2007 BarCamp Scotland 1

Slide 2: What is the Link? A research collaboration between Edinburgh and Stanford Universities into  speech and language technology, and related disciplines. Each research project is jointly carried out on both sides of the Atlantic.  Funded by Scottish Enterprise, the Link works with companies and organisations  to make its research applicable to business. One way it does this is by creating state-of-the-art prototypes with commercial  potential. The commercialisation process favours Scottish companies for one year, after  which time, technologies can be marketed around the world. 2

Slide 3: co-founder Michael Clouser Associate w/ Edinburgh Stanford Link q – Delivers entrepreneurial learning online and off Ph.D. Student at UoE – Entrepreneurship and q Innovation (expected 2008) -Earned MBA and BS from Cornell University in q Ithaca, New York (1999 and 1990 respectively) Worked in Silicon Valley 5 years before coming to q Edinburgh in 2004 Former Venture Capitalist for Dot Edu Ventures q Entrepreneur: Software, Internet, and Competitive q Intelligence / Market Research firms First real job: Pastry Chef; next Hotelier q 3

Slide 4: About the co-founder Aghlab Al- Attili Ph.D. Student in Architecture q Interested in virtual worlds and spaces q Graphic Designer q PT currently with Edniburgh-Stanford Link; q media and web development 4

Slide 5: Program Series of online courses q Short modules, asynchronous learning q format Leading to the “Diploma in Technology q Entrepreneurship” from the UoE Adult courses (“Continuing Professional q Development”) Courses either 15 hours or 6 hours in q length (total learner involvment time) 5

Slide 6: Market Technology entrepreneurs q Tech entrepreneur wannabees q Technology managers q Scotland first market, then rest of world q Aim is to keep the courses reasonably q priced and to seek outside corporate sponsorship to achieve this goal Focus is technology entrepreneurship q Can do niche courses such as those for q Web 2.0 applications 6

Slide 7: Platforms Platforms: q – Originally planned for WebCT – University of Edinburgh supports WebCT: main driver of decision – MSc in – Reviewed Moodle. Question of ongoing support? – Planning to build course in SecondLife also: Discussion 7

Slide 8: Ues of Web 2.0 Purpose is to enhance the online student experience, and drive more interaction between the students PLANNED THUS FAR q Bulletin boards q Online Chat q Delicious for sharing links q What about online collaboration tools Any Suggestions or Ideas? Suggestions? q Questions? q 8

Slide 9: Contact Michael Clouser, Course Co-Founder Michael.clouser@gmail.com 0131.650.4436 Edinburgh-Stanford Link 9