VUSSC/Content/Entrepreneurship/Starting Up a Business/How is a business idea developed?
This resource explains that different business opportunities and new ventures can arise from external courses, voluntary self employment and hobbies more
VUSSC/Content/Entrepreneurship/Starting Up a Business/What are the different business types?
This resource explores different business types, and highlights two different types of businesses - Sole trader and Partnership more
VUSSC/Content/Entrepreneurship/Starting Up a Business/What is meant by Entrepreneurship?
This resource looks at defining entreprenurship and small business, considers the characteristics of an entrepreneur and looks at what an enterprise is more
VUSSC/Content/Entrepreneurship/Starting Up a Business/What is Business Managment?
This resource considers various definitions of business management, and considers why we need to define business management more
Career Profiles (VUMA!) (doc)' )
The VUMA! Careers space contains information and news on tons of careers, including general information, university information, news, links and more. more
Career Profiles (VUMA!) (pdf)' )
The VUMA! Careers space contains information and news on tons of careers, including general information, university information, news, links and more. more
Managing teaching and learning: ACE School Management and Leadership
We begin by exploring the school as a learning organization and promoting a culture of learning and teaching, which is dedicated to constant renewal and improvement. We will also tackle the issue of context, and will look at the ways in which the physical environment of the school impacts on the quality of learning. This leads us into an exploration of the challenges of effectively planning... more
Peer-To-Peer Recognition of Learning in Open Education
Recognition in education is the acknowledgment of learning achievements. Accreditation is certification of such recognition by an institution, an organization, a government, a community, etc. There are a number of assessment methods by which learning can be evaluated (exam,practicum, etc.) for the purpose of recognition and accreditation, and there are a number of different purposes for the... more
Openness, Dynamic Specialization, and the Disaggregated Future of Higher Education
Openness is a fundamental value underlying significant changes in society and is a prerequisite to changes institutions of higher education need to make in order to remain relevant to the society in which they exist. There are a number of ways institutions can be more open, including programs of open sharing of educational materials. Individual faculty can also choose to be more open without... more
Open Textbook Proof-of-Concept via Connexions
To address the high cost of textbooks, Rice University?s Connexions and the Community College Open Textbook Project (CCOTP) collaborated to develop a proof-of-concept free and open textbook. The proof-of-concept served to document a workflow process that would support adoption of open textbooks. Open textbooks provide faculty and students with a low cost alternative to traditional publishers... more
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