888147
Innovation for Entrepreneur: Course Introduction
3 credit course – 3 (3-0-6)
Course Description
The study of innovation driven skills and knowledge. It is a basic innovation course that is designed for the undergraduate-level students.
The course contains a set of necessary concepts that are essential to junior entrepreneur.
Includes an introduction to innovation for entrepreneur, seeking for opportunities in business, finding resources to start up a new business, and assessing business start-up ideas.
Course Objectives
Students are able to
- explain meaning and importance of innovation
- analyse opportunities to start up business from innovation
- analyse resources to start up business
- apply concepts of innovation-led business start up
Course Goals
- To explore importance and concepts of innovation
- To find opportunities of startup business from innovation
- To apply the concepts to the idea of the startup
Course Details
9.30 am – 11.0 am
ECB 3201
June 17th to October 25th
drseamuslyons@gmail.com
Assistant Professor Computer Science
Qualified English Teacher
International College of Digital Innovation, Chiang Mai
https://www.icdi.cmu.ac.th/About/AcademicStaff.aspx
course syllabus and timetable are below in tables (see course content and course timetable below)
Method of Evaluation
- 10% participation
- 15% assignment #1 (before midterm)
- 25% midterm exam
- 25% project & pitch (after midterm)
- 25% final exam
see page bottom for the scoring criteria
Assignments
Before midterm exams
- Assignment #1 group work case study
- deliverables include a group report
- 15%
After midterm exams
- Assignment #2 project & pitch
- deliverables include a group report and a pitch
- 25%
Course Assignment Details
Assignment, classes and other information are all available on the course page at: 888147 Digital Innovation for Entrepreneurs
Course Rules
- Any kind of cheating is prohibited and allows no tolerance. Noted that duplicated copy & paste from the web or AT (e.g. chatGPT) is considered as “cheating”.
- Common sense applies in any situation. However, if any suspicion still persists, do ask earlier.
- Submission after deadline will result in a mark deduction. It is suggested to submit earlier, as soon as you can. Any excuse must be backed up with official document.
- Students must keep an evidence by taking photos or screen capture of submission and keep them until the final exam.
- Withdrawal of the course could be made officially before the deadline (normally week 9 to 11)
- Lecturer reserves the right to make a decision whenever any ambiguity arise.
Course Content
Course Content | Hours |
Introduction to Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 6 |
Innovation Discovery | 12 |
Innovation Development | 12 |
Innovation Diffusion | 6 |
Innovation Impact | 9 |
Total | 45 |
Course Timetable
Date | Tuesday | Friday |
18-June-24 | introduction | assignments introduction |
25-June-24 | innovation | case studies |
2-July-24 | examples | case studies |
9-July-24 | differentiation | case studies |
16-July-24 | open innovation | case studies |
23-July-24 | opportunity | case studies |
30-July-24 | prototyping | how to pitch |
6-August-24 | design | review |
12-August-24 | reading week | reading week |
19-August-24 | midterm exams | midterm exams |
Date | Tuesday | Friday |
27-August-24 | diffusion, values, adoption | analysis – SWOT TOWS |
3-September-24 | competitive advantage | analysis to strategy |
10-September-24 | marketing | project clinic |
17-September-24 | business plan | business model canvas |
24-September-24 | social innovation | project clinic |
1-October-24 | impact | review |
8-October-24 | pitches | pitches |
14-Oct-24 | final exams | final exams |
21-Oct-24 | final exams | final exams |
Scoring Criteria
Grade | Score |
A | 80 % or higher |
B+ | 75 % or higher |
B | 70 % or higher |
C+ | 65 % or higher |
C | 60 % or higher |
D+ | 55 % or higher |
D | 50 % or higher |
F | lower than 50% |
Course Confirmation to Students
I have clearly informed you about:
- the course objectives,
- course syllabus,
- methods of evaluation,
- scoring criteria
- and supporting documents
To achieve:
- all course contents determined in the course objectives
- logically organized the lessons with a clear well-ordered structure
- teaching content is consistent with the course outline
- evaluation methods and criteria are suitable for the course content, and the evaluation is consistent with the learning objectives of the course
- the amount of work or activity that is scheduled to be executed apart from study time is consistent with the duration
- teaching media and materials support the students’ learning
I will
- Encourages you to think and research on their own and encourages them to practice critical thinking
- Motivated you to think, analyse and solve problems critically, based on the contents covered in class.
- Listened and responded well to your questions either in class or outside of class.
- Use a variety of teaching techniques, methods and materials to stimulate the students’ interest and facilitate their understanding
- Recommend resources for outside-classroom learning; including supplementary documents and texts
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