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Daniel HalajDepartment of Forest Economics and Management
Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia
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Contents
• Foreword• Basic information about the IP Course• Development of the IP Course preparation• Preparing students for the IP Course• Process of the IP Course realization• Evaluation of the IP Course
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Foreword• New Entrepreneurial Thinking:
„Don’t waste your time with how to be successful but spend your time on how to be useful“
• Green economy as a starting point• „Never say never“ as an impulse for your idea:
Bill gates could not imagine an 32 bites OS Oxford professor Wilson stated that X Ray will fall into the
oblivion (1878) IBM chef Watson estimated the world PC market for 5 pieces
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Basic Information about the IP Course• 11. May - 24. May 2014, CZU, Prague• Topic: Innovative solutions on the utilization of the
natural resources in context of green economy• Preparation of „green“ projects (forestry, wood
processing industry, agriculture a fishery)• Project Management Team: DFEM, FF TU Zvolen;
Savonia UAS (Finland), CZU (Prague) and BOKU (Vienna)• Project coordinator: Daniel Halaj, Ph.D.
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Basic Information about the IP Course
• 19 foreign and 3 domestic students• 8 foreign a 2 domestic lecturers • 8 foreign online lecturers• Participated student countries: CZ, FI, BU, RO,
SL, SK, AT, Vietnam and Ghana • Participated lecturer countries : AT, FI, CZ, SK,
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Development of the IP Course Preparation
• Sep - Dec 2013 » IP Course promotion and students recruitment
• Feb 2014 » Ending of student selection• March 2014 » Finalization of teacher and tutor
selection • April – May 2014 » Start with pre-tutoring of
the IP students
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Development of the IP Course Preparation
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Preparing Students for the IP Course• April – May 2014 » Preparing web-meetings
among tutors and their students• Group and individual web-consultations• Using software Adobe Connect, Skype, IP Course
website, IP Course Facebook, e-learning• Output: preparing data for elaborating an
entrepreneurial project on chosen topic (Case study example, recommended references )
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Preparing Students for the IP Course• Emphasis on preparing students before
starting the IP Course• Four student groups: (1)Waste Management,
(2)Management of Agricultural Bioproducts, (3)Renewable Energy Management, (4)Sustainability and Environmental Resource Management
• 4 tutors: 2 FI, SK, BU
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Process of the IP Course Realization• Introductory student presentations and their topics• Tutorial & Work with task• Excursions as practical examples,PBL• Archiving lectures, excursion materials for
download, e-learning, Facebook, ICT tools• Individual or group consultations• Final student presentations and ceremonial
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IP Course Evaluation
• Fill-in the questionnaire and its evaluation• Feedback by form of short video shots• New contacts and goodwill creating• Publicity• Professional and language growth• Student and lecturer co-operation also after
the IP course
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Thank you for your attention!Daniel Halaj, Ph.D.Department of Forest Economics and ManagementFaculty of ForestryTechnical University in ZvolenT. G. Masaryka 24 SK-96053 Zvolen Slovak Republictel.: +421-45-5206-320 fax.: +421-45-5206-485e-mail: [email protected] account: danielhalaj