David Gibson

Senior Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship. Queens University Belfast

1st National Teaching Fellow in Enterprise Education 2007

In charge of Enterprise Education at Queens.

National Teaching Fellow 2007

Curricular approach.100% embedded. 24000 students

Involved in assessment in over 50 Disciplines

External examiner in Entrepreneurship

Huddersfield/Edinburgh Napier

Author of “The E Factor”

ntrepreneurial Risk Taking Required

inked to Academic Assessment System

erify your Outcomes Need Proof

nnovative Pedagogy = Innovative Assessment

tudent Centred-Only way students engage during assessment(Formative and Summative)

Entrepreneurial skills

Creativity & IP

Start Up Secrets

Entrepreneurial Attributes

Knowledge

Entrepreneurial Behaviours

The E Factor (Gibson,2006) The E Factor (Gibson,2006) Pearson EducationPearson Education

8 Enterprise Skills8 Enterprise SkillsInnovativeInnovative//creativecreativeSelf managementSelf managementPersonal brandingPersonal brandingLeadershipLeadership//teamworkteamworkPersonal influencePersonal influenceNegotiationNegotiation//assertionassertionFocused actionFocused actionFinancial savvyFinancial savvy

Assessing Enterprise SkillsAssessing Enterprise Skills

Assessing Enterprise Skills Assessing Enterprise Skills Contd…Contd…

How should they learn/be assessed?

Innovation &

Creativity skills

Reflective

Learning

Making it happen

Innovative Pedagogy

=

Innovative Assessment

METHODS

How do you assess ?

What are the generic outcomes?

What activities have you planned?

Express statement of method(Brown)

Panel assessment/peer/self/reflection/ business achievement /portfolio evidence

Interdisciplinary/ New venture Based Learning?

Ma in Interdisciplinary Arts

Business Simulation Assessment

New Venture Based Learning(MSC in Enterprise) No Dissertation Assessed on running own Business Work Based learning for Entrepreneurship Its Scary!!!

Entrepreneurial Learning (Harrison and Leitch 2008) (see paper Gibson et AL)

Conclusions

MAKE ASSESSMENT YOUR FRIEND!!!

Innovative Assessment is best HEA practice

Skills/behaviour focus

Get an understanding from an external/champion

Student feedback/engagement will make it sustainable

Have to take risks!!!!

E N T E R P R I S E

S K I L L S

F O R L I F E

ByDavid Gibson david.gibson@qub.

ac.uk

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