Pathway to Technology Entrepreneurship

This course is designed to excite learners to become entrepreneurs, giving them an orientation of entrepreneurial skills and resources. It provides a framework for launching a new technology-oriented business defined as any business with a novel product and service based on advanced technology. This technology is often governed by patents requiring manufacturing and corporate partners to develop and enter the market. The emphasis of this class is to teach company development models for advanced technology companies that create high paying jobs and support wealth formation for the founders, employees, and investors. It is not designed to support retail, warehousing, or commercial company development.
Additional Public Access To Materials:
https://educateworkforce.com
Date:
2016
Primary Material Type:
Online Course
Institution:
Clemson University
Funding Source:
TAACCCT Round 2
Subjects:
Entrepreneurship, commercialization, technology, business plan, financing, market analysis, patents, intellectual property, advisors and mentors, strategy development, pro forma financial statements

Industry / Occupation

Industry Partner:
Technology Villages, an organization focused on commercializing technology innovations served as subject matter experts in this course
Industry Sector:
Developmental Education
Occupation:
All Occupations (00-0000)

Education / Instructional Information

Instructional Program:
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (52)
Credit Type:
  • Other
Credential Type:
  • Other
Educational Level of Materials:
  • 1st year Community College or equivalent
Time Required:
40 hours
Language:
English
Interactivity Type:
Mix of Active and Presentation.
Quality Rubric:
Other
Quality Note:
This course was subjected to a multi-step quality review process led by curriculum experts from the Clemson University Center for Workforce Development (CUCWD). (1) The course developer created the course and module outlines using a template developed by the CUCWD and submitted them to the CUCWD curriculum design expert for review and feedback. As part of this template, the course developer also completed an instructional design checklist to communicate how he/she was planning to design the course to meet the ADA, UDL, and Creative commons requirements. (2) CUCWD reviewed the materials and provided feedback for improvement. (3) The course developer then created the content using an organizational template (Deliverable B) provided by CUCWD to help novice course developers meet the grant requirements and develop rigorous curriculum. The Deliverable B template consists of well written content in an organized format complete with practice activities throughout, media and images to appeal to multiple learning styles, tools to achieve ADA compliance, and final assessments that vary in item format and challenge level. (4) The completed deliverable was submitted to and reviewed by CUCWD to ensure the aforementioned components were included and the curriculum was complete. The deliverable was also reviewed by a Subject Matter Expert, editor and copyright reviewer designated by each college. (5) After making revisions based on the aforementioned feedback, the course developers then piloted (Deliverable C) the curriculum in the place of the old curriculum to gather student feedback and use the instructional process to uncover areas in need of improvement. (6) The course developer kept track of the required changes during the pilot and applied those changes in the revisions phase (Deliverable D). The materials were then submitted for final review to CUCWD and marked complete. In the materials for this course, you will find the Resources developed through the partnership between each technical college and the CUCWD including the SME review form, module and course outlines, content, assessments, Instructional Design Checklist, revisions list, Copyright Review forms and other documentation as necessary.
Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
  • Consultations during development of instructional materials
  • Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials
Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
  • Quality Matters
  • Custom Quality Rubric
  • Expertise of Project's Instructional Designers
  • Other Rubric

Accessibility

Accessibility Features:
  • Text Adjust - Compatible
  • Text Adjustment - Adjust Font and Colors
  • Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
  • Reading Layout - Page numbers match printed material
  • Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
  • Reading Order - Digital resource layout
  • Structural Markup - Navigation Text
  • Structural Markup - Lists
  • Table Markup
  • Hyperlinks Rendered As Active
  • Colors Compatible With Assistive Technology
  • Contrast Ratio of at Least 4.5:1.
  • Language - Markup
  • Non-Decorative Images Have Alt Text
  • Decorative Images Marked With Null Alt Text
  • Complex Images, Charts, and Graphs Have Text Descriptions
  • Non Flickering Content
  • STEM Content (e.g. Mathematics, Chemistry) Markup
  • STEM - Notation markup
  • Interactive - Keyboard
  • Interactive - Markup
  • Interactive - Text prompts

Copyright / Licensing

Primary License:
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.