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Join Daniel Halaj's course on innovative solutions for natural resource utilization in the green economy. Learn project preparation, development, and evaluation processes. Prepare students for entrepreneurial projects in waste management, bioproducts, renewable energy, and environmental resource management.
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Sustain Active general Daniel Halaj Department ofForestEconomics and Management Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia
Contents • Foreword • Basic information about the IP Course • Development of the IP Course preparation • Preparingstudentsfor the IP Course • Process of the IP Course realization • Evaluation of the IP Course Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general
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 (1943) Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general
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, woodprocessingindustry, agriculture a fishery) • Project Management Team: DFEM, FF TU Zvolen; SavoniaUAS (Finland), CZU (Prague) and BOKU (Vienna) • Project coordinator: Daniel Halaj, Ph.D. Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general
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, RO, BU Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general
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 theIP students Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general
Development of the IP Course Preparation Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general
Preparing Studentsfor the IP Course • April – May 2014 » Preparingweb-meetingsamongtutors and theirstudents • Group and individualweb-consultations • Using software Adobe Connect, Skype, IP Coursewebsite, IP CourseFacebook, e-learning • Output: preparingdataforelaboratinganentrepreneurialproject on chosen topic (Case study example, recommendedreferences ) Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general
Preparing Studentsfor 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 Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general
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 awarding (Gala reception) Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general
IP Course Evaluation • Fill-inthequestionnaire and itsevaluation • Feedback by formofshort video shots • New contacts and goodwillcreating • Publicity • Professional and languagegrowth • Student and lecturerco-operationalsoafterthe IP course Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general
Daniel Halaj, Ph.D. Department of Forest Economics and Management Faculty of Forestry Technical University in Zvolen T. G. Masaryka 24 SK-96053 Zvolen Slovak Republic tel.: +421-45-5206-320 fax.: +421-45-5206-485 e-mail: halaj@tuzvo.sk skype account: danielhalaj Thank you for your attention!