Resources
22 Principles for Course Design
A comprehensive set of 22 design principles for course development serves educators, with experience in challenge-based learning practices, to create and define courses on tech-driven innovation at their respective universities. The principles guide the course’s design with the aim to increase the students’ science-based innovation and entrepreneurial capacity, while fostering a collaborative mindset and systems-thinking.
5 Steps to Course Design
A 5 step approach to design a tech-driven innovation course while using the 22 design principles. We provide a description of the steps together with templates and examples to be used in each case. The material is targeted at educators that are responsible for setting-up the course at their university.
- A Five Step Approach to Course Design
- Syllabus (Template)
- Syllabus (Example TH Mannheim)
- Student Playbook (Example TH Mannheim)
- TechCard (Template)
- Kick-Off Slides (Examples)
Guidelines for Deep-Tech Project Incubation in Universities
Following on from the tech-driven innovation course, an incubation program that continues to support projects and the university technology-to-market process is recommended. The following document describes the content and structure of the incubation program as well as best practices in academic entrepreneurship and technology transfer that supports the integration of the activities within the university technology-to-market process.