Online Learning Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education Monthly Series

The Online Learning Excellence (OLE) initiative is designed to bring together educators with an interest in understanding some the best practices in teaching with technology. OLE is designed to provide this information against the specific backdrop of entrepreneurship – addressing technology as it directly supports entrepreneurial activities and related applied learning experiences.

OLE is an educator-to-educator platform that avoids commercial selling on behalf of technology firms; the goal is to help educators be more effective, not to endorse specific products or businesses.

High Tech vs High Touch: Bridging the Gap Between In-Class and Online Teaching

Join the April OLE Series to learn how about the transition from the traditional classroom to online teaching. The pros and cons of each will be discussed, as well as concept vs content, and five factors for the future.
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Charles H. Matthews, Ph.D., Distinguished Teaching Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management, Fellow of the Graduate School; J. William Fulbright Fellow (2018); Founder Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research (Executive Director 1997-2013; Director; Small Business Institute® 1982-2013), Lindner College of Business, U. of Cincinnati.

Dr. Matthews is an internationally recognized scholar and innovative teacher in the field of entrepreneurship. His teaching and research interests include: strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, startup financing, leadership and decision making.  He is published in Small Business Economics, the Journal of Small Business Management; the Journal of Small Business Strategy;Entrepreneurship & Regional Development; Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research; Family Business Review; The International Journal of Operations & Production Management; The Center for the Quality of Management Journal; Quality Management Journal; Industry & Higher Education; and New England Journal of Entrepreneurship. He has been quoted in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, Industry Week, Forbes, Business Week, and Inc. He is a former columnist on entrepreneurship for The Cincinnati Post (1998-2001) and The Cincinnati Enquirer (2011-15). He is the co-author of Innovation & Entrepreneurship: A Competency Framework, with Ralph Brueggemann (Routledge, 2015).

 

 

The March series brings together Drs. Tony Mendes, Ayman El Tarabishy, and Jeff Cornwall to discuss how to prepare for a digital recording session. These questions will be addressed:

  • How long should be a digital recording session?
  • Should I prepare a script for the session? Should I read from the script?
  • Should I prepare a power point for each session?
  • How much information should I include in each power-point slide?
  • Should I stand or sit while presenting in front of the camera?
  • Should I do personal videos and post them as a follow-up?
  • Should I have students in the session to portray a classroom setting?
  • Do we really need to record me as I present? Why not just audio?
  • What other innovations should I consider?
  • Learn firsthand, educator-to-educator, how to identify and use technology tools that enhance the efficiency or effectiveness of traditional or online instruction. In this series, educators will find ways to integrate technology – easily and quickly – into their classes, in ways that are current, intriguing, and useful to students of entrepreneurship.

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Dr. Tony Mendes is an acclaimed entrepreneurial educator and administrator of nationally and internationally recognized programs. As a Managing Director at Regnier Institute, Dr. Mendes is responsible for the integration of entrepreneurship in all of the academic units of the university. Dr. Mendes formerly served as Director of the Murphy Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of North Texas and Executive Director of the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership (AEL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Mendes is the past President of the Unites States Association for Small business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) and currently serves on that organizations leadership team.

Dr. Ayman Tarabishy is the Executive Director of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), the oldest and largest non-profit organization across the globe devoted to advancing small business research and practices. ICSB is a coalition of more than a dozen national organizations across the globe and represented in over eighty countries. He is also the originator of the United Nations International Day for Micro-, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs Day) that will always be celebrated on June 27th. MSMEs Day recognizes the important of entrepreneurs and small businesses worldwide. Dr. Ayman El Tarabishy is currently a Teaching Professor of Management at the George Washington University’s School of Business. Dr. Tarabishy is the only faculty in the GW School of Business that teaches in two nationally ranked programs. He developed the first Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Creativity courses offered to MBA and undergraduate students throughout the school of business.

Dr. Ayman Tarabishy is the Executive Director of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), the oldest and largest non-profit organization across the globe devoted to advancing small business research and practices. ICSB is a coalition of more than a dozen national organizations across the globe and represented in over eighty countries. He is also the originator of the United Nations International Day for Micro-, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs Day) that will always be celebrated on June 27th. MSMEs Day recognizes the important of entrepreneurs and small businesses worldwide. Dr. Ayman El Tarabishy is currently a Teaching Professor of Management at the George Washington University’s School of Business. Dr. Tarabishy is the only faculty in the GW School of Business that teaches in two nationally ranked programs. He developed the first Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Creativity courses offered to MBA and undergraduate students throughout the school of business.

Dr. Jeff Cornwall is the inaugural recipient of the Jack C. Massey Chair in Entrepreneurship and Professor of Entrepreneurship at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. He served as the Director of the Center of Entrepreneurship at Belmont from 2003-2013. Dr. Cornwall has spent more than forty years as a serial entrepreneur and teacher of entrepreneurs. In the 1970’s he started several small businesses and was involved in various family ventures. In the late 1980’s, following several years in academics, Dr. Cornwall co-founded Atlantic Behavioral Health Systems in Raleigh, NC and spent nearly a decade leading the company as President/CEO. After growing to more than 300 employees, he and his partners sold most of their healthcare holdings. After the sale, Dr. Cornwall decided it was time to return to the classroom to share his experience and knowledge with aspiring entrepreneurs. Dr. Cornwall remains active as an entrepreneur with the digital content venture he co-founded in 2014, Entrepreneurial Mind, LLC. In his academic career, Dr. Cornwall has received national awards for his work in curriculum development and teaching. In 2013 the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship named Dr. Cornwall the National Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year. Dr. Cornwall has authored nine books and numerous articles. His blog, which launched in 2003, has been among the most popular blogs focusing on small business and entrepreneurship. It was named One of the 100 Best Websites for Entrepreneurs by Forbes magazine. His writing has been quoted in Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Inc, Forbes, and US News and World Report.