Innovation and entrepreneurship in the computer systems curricula and Nordic Master School in Innovative ICT

Author

Jervan, Gert ; Ellervee, Peeter ; Kruus, Margus

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng., Tallinn Univ. of Technol., Tallinn, Estonia

fYear

2011

fDate

13-15 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The paper describes how the innovation and entrepreneurship module as an obligatory study module within the computer systems curricula at Tallinn University of Technology has been developed. In the second part of this paper we will give an overview of Nordic Master School on Innovative ICT (NMS iICT) that has been implemented as a virtual umbrella organization in order to strengthen the Nordic Innovation Powerhouse and increase the quality, attractiveness and competence of the ICT education among the local students.

Keywords

computer literacy; educational courses; innovation management; ICT education; Nordic Innovation Powerhouse; Nordic Master School on innovative ICT; Tallinn University of Technology; computer systems curricula; entrepreneurship module; innovation module; obligatory study module; virtual umbrella organization; Companies; Computers; Educational institutions; Innovation management; Technological innovation; Curriculum; ICT; Nordic Master School; enterpreneurship;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

EAEEIE Annual Conference (EAEEIE), 2011 Proceedings of the 22nd

Conference_Location

Maribor

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1150-2

Type

conf

Filename

6165723