Introduction to the EICAA Competence Development Kit

Introduction to the EICAA Competence Development Kit

This document represents a preliminary version of the EICAA Competence Development Kit modules. The final EICCA Competence Development Kit will be featured on and integrated in the EICAA Digital Platform. Once the EICAA Digital Platform is public, the EICAA Competence Development Kit is available for openaccess, however, best used in combination with the use of the EICAA Competence Monitor. The EICAA Competence Development Kit provides a catalogue of entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial learning resources. The Competence Development Kit is embedded in the Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial Competence Assessment Alliance (EICAA) Erasmus+ Project founded by the European Union. It provides teaching resources that can be used to enhance entrepreneurial competence development within higher education programs and business training is based on the EntreComp framework developed by the EU and the European Commission. The EICAA project targets the development of entrepreneurial competences among students and employees. The concise catalogue of learning resources and activities can be applied to existing or for the establishment of new student seminars and practitioner trainings. The modules proposed are therefore directed to HEIs (higher education institutions) and business trainers. The modular approach will lower barriers for application and makes the application and combination of modules possible in a flexible and individual way (“micro-learning”). The EICAA Competence Development Kit is therefore a valuable asset for curriculum/training planers and educators/entrepreneurs. The resource catalogue will help HEI educators and entrepreneurs to improve performance measures in competence areas where score outcomes are considered suboptimal. To achieve the best learning output, the Competence Development Kit offers three proficiency levels. The proficiency levels are basic, intermediate and advanced. The proficiency level of the participants can be determined by using the EICAA Competence Monitor provided on the EICAA Digital Platform. At the basic level, participants have no or only basic understanding of the entrepreneurial competence. At the intermediate level, participants have some experience in applying or have prior basic knowledge of the competence. At the advanced level, participants have obtained desired outputs despite challenges and can actively apply the competence. A state-of-the-art the open educational resource will be a valuable for any educator/entrepreneur interested in enhancing learning efforts intended to foster entrepreneurial capabilities. This is particularly true when the competence assessment instrument and the repository are applied in a meaningful combination with each other.