Referatories or reference platform can be filled in three ways: By editorial staff, by automatic aggregation or with user generated content. The article presents two cases of reference plattforms (Elixier and Edutags) using different ways to aggregate the contents. More...

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Both the European Commission and UK Government guidelines on the use and reuse of public sector information recommend that licences which place as few restrictions on reuse as possible should be used to share publicly funded resources. In the Guidance documents, we are using and recommending the Creative Commons Attribution licence where possible, since it meets the conditions of both the European and UK directives. More...

The online journal eLearning Papers has just released its issue number 41 which compiles four in-depth and four from-the-field papers that begin to uncover the landscape of innovation, entrepreneurship and education.
This issue aims to open up the debate about the promises, risks and challenges of educational entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education and the synergies between them.

• The Open Education Challenge - a New Model for Effective Educational Innovation
• An Autoethnographic Perspective of Social Entrepreneurship Focused Student Case-competitions and its impact on Entrepreneurship Education and learning
• Partnership Model for Entrepreneurial Innovation in Open Online Learning
• Aspects of a field experience in Entrepreneurship Education
• Five Key elements for Educational Innovation using a Learning Design Methodology
• Building a Business – case study of the entrepreneurship education at the University of Oxford
• Creating Innovation: Reflecting on the MEDEA Studio at Malmö University
• Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education - From the Field: EdTech In The Classroom

A copy of each article can be downloaded in PDF format as well as the complete collection of all articles presented in issue 41.
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Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education - From the Field: EdTech In The Classroom
Over recent years, the ecosystem for education innovation has boomed within the UK. Amongst this backdrop, grassroots entrepreneurship is playing an increasingly pivotal role in disrupting educational outcomes for the better.
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education - From the Field: EdTech In The Classroom
Author(s): Daniella Mancini.
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Creating Innovation: Reflecting on the MEDEA Studio at Malmö University
The MEDEA Studio was a research centre founded at Malmö University. It focused on collaborative media and design to promote research and practice in connection with its surrounding environment for better innovation and outreach.
Creating Innovation: Reflecting on the MEDEA Studio at Malmö University
Author(s): Sara Leckner, Sven Packmohr, Daniel Spikol.
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Building a Business – case study of the entrepreneurship education at the University of Oxford
This paper presents the extracurricular programme “Building a Business” as an example of a successful approach to teaching entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford.
Building a Business – case study of the entrepreneurship education at the University of Oxford
Author(s): Magdalena Mos, Maria Nikolou
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Five Key elements for Educational Innovation using a Learning Design Methodology
The Continuous Professional Development of educators in terms of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is still an unresolved problem. Most trainings and activities focus either on the ICT tools (hands-on courses on the functionalities) or the pedagogy (theoretical-oriented sessions). We describe here 5 elements of a Learning Design methodology that uses a similar approach to the Design Thinking (DT) methodology.
Five Key elements for Educational Innovation using a Learning Design Methodology
Author(s): Gemma Aguado, Muriel Garreta-Domingo, Jean-Francois Colas
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Aspects of a field experience in Entrepreneurship Education
This contribution deals with Entrepreneurship Education; in doing so, it draws on the experience conducted in the framework of the EU project “stimulating Entrepreneurship through Serious Games (eSG)” ,where a theoretical model for EE was devised and an innovative working methodology based on Serious Games and gamification was adopted.
Aspects of a field experience in Entrepreneurship Education
Author(s): Alessandra Antonaci, Francesca Maria Dagnino, Michela Ott, Elisa Lavagnino, Francesco Bellotti, Riccardo Berta, Alessandro De Gloria
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