UMassOnline Receives Grant for Technology-Enhanced Entrepreneurship Education Summit.Business/Technology Editors and Education Writers Conference Will Introduce Entrepreneurship Educators to State of the Art Technology-Enhanced Learning Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) is any learning situation involving the use of technology. Technology used need not be computer technology, but this is often the case. Branches of TEL include CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning), although the latter term is often used to UMassOnline, the University of Massachusetts' web-based learning division, today announced the receipt of a $143K grant from the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to produce the Technology Enhanced Entrepreneurship Education  should be added to this article, to conform with Wikipedia's Manual of Style.Please discuss this issue on the talk page. (TE3) conference. The three-day TE3 conference, scheduled for October, will introduce entrepreneurship faculty from business schools nationwide to cutting-edge technology that enhances the education and learning of entrepreneurship. "TE3 is designed for entrepreneurship educators who plan to use technology to teach entrepreneurship in undergraduate, graduate, and continuous (life long) educational programs," says Jack Wilson Jack Wilson can refer to different people:
TE3 participants will learn how to construct technology-enhanced entrepreneurship programs for their institutions, including techniques to help analyze their audiences, academic goals, institutional cultures and technology platforms. In addition to Wilson, TE3 conference faculty will include nationally prominent authorities on online entrepreneurship from Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. , Babson College Babson College, located in Wellesley, Massachusetts (zoned as "Babson Park," ZIP code 02457),[1] is a private business school that grants all undergraduates a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. The F. W. , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, N.Y.; coeducational; founded and opened 1824 as Rensselaer School; chartered 1826. It was called Rensselaer Institute from 1837 to 1861. , Harvard Business Online and the University of Massachusetts The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. . The TE3 conference will take place in the conference center of the University of Massachusetts President's Office in Boston. Wilson expects entrepreneurship faculty leaders from top business schools nationwide to attend this one-of-a-kind conference. About UMassOnline: UMassOnline, the gateway to the University of Massachusetts' online education programs, provides access to high quality and affordable online courses, certificates, degree programs, and corporate and professional education opportunities. To learn more about UMassOnline, visit www.UMassOnline.net. For more information about the Technology Enhanced Entrepreneurship Education (TE3) conference, visit www.UMassOnline.net/TE3 or contact Lisa Le Bel (llebel@umassonline.net) at (617) 287-7004. About the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership: Established in 1992 by entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman, the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership is the largest organization focused solely on entrepreneurial success at all levels - from elementary students to high-growth entrepreneurs. The Kauffman Center works to accelerate entrepreneurship in America by reaching individuals of all ages through two focus areas: the delivery of entrepreneurship education and development, and the promotion of an entrepreneurial environment. The Kauffman Center is fully funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. For more information visit our Web site at www.entreworld.org. |
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