FLiP Entrepreneurship Challenge E-Learning course for children and young people on “Entrepreneurship”
Using creativity and empathy to make the world a somewhat better place: that’s what children and young people can learn in Erste Financial Life Park’s new online Challenge. The Challenge focuses on Design Thinking, an innovation method. This approach is based on the assumption that problems can be more successfully solved when many different people combine their creativity. The aim is for children and young people to apply this method to gain experience in entrepreneurial thinking in a light-hearted way and learn to take action themselves. For example, they can use the challenge to tackle practical issues such as: “How could we make it easier for new pupils to settle in at our school?”, or “How could the nearby park be made more attractive for children?” Children and young people are challenged to work together in small groups to form new ideas and use them as a basis for developing initial prototypes. The intention is for children and young people not only to learn entrepreneurial thinking, but also to develop their enjoyment of working in a team. The Challenge starts at www.FLiPchallenge.at and is then carried out in a specially designed app alone or in a group. Before the young participants get started, brief informative texts, videos and animated graphics explain how Design Thinking works and what this innovation approach entails. To enable the young people to activate their own creativity, the website provides a skills check, where pupils can think about their own strengths and abilities, and very concrete step-by-step instructions on the practical implementation. The Entrepreneurship Challenge was developed jointly by ovos, experts in e-learning, and the Initiative for Teaching Entrepreneurship (IFTE). FLiP’s digital provision has been supplemented by the FLiP Challenges since 2018. The e-learning courses enable sustainable learning and use gamification to make learning about finance fun. Following the Financial Life Challenge and the Investment Challenge, the Entrepreneurship Challenge is now Erste Financial Life Park’s third online Challenge. The app is designed for 12 to 16-year-olds. It is free of charge and can be used in or outside the school setting. 38
