NSF Org:	DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education
Recipient:	RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Initial Amendment Date:	August 19, 2012
Latest Amendment Date:	August 13, 2014
Award Number:	1205031
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Virginia Carter vccarter@nsf.gov  (703)292-4651 DUE  Division Of Undergraduate Education EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	September 1, 2012
End Date:	August 31, 2017 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$898,506.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$1,073,442.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2012 = $898,506.00 FY 2014 = $174,936.00
History of Investigator:	Stuart Schulman (Principal Investigator) stuart.schulman@baruch.cuny.edu Edgar Troudt (Co-Principal Investigator) Christoph Winkler (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	CUNY Baruch College 1 BERNARD BARUCH WAY NEW YORK NY  US  10010-5585 (646)312-2211
Sponsor Congressional District:	12
Primary Place of Performance:	CUNY Baruch College One Bernard Baruch Way New York NY  US  10010-5526
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	12
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	CBKYNSMGNDD5
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	Advanced Tech Education Prog
Primary Program Source:	04001213DB NSF Education & Human Resource 04001415DB NSF Education & Human Resource
Program Reference Code(s):	1032, 9178, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	741200
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

Building on a successful track record to infuse soft-skills and entrepreneurship into STEM courses, Advanced Technological Education Television (ATETV), Baruch College, the Institute for Virtual Enterprise (IVE) at the City University of New York (CUNY), and Pellet Productions, Inc. are developing a series of web videos that depict students from four community colleges creating science and technology businesses, using the NSF/ATE-funded STEM Virtual Enterprise (STEM-VE) pedagogy. In this model, students assume the roles of members of business enterprises and operate their businesses face-to-face in teams. STEM-VE is a modular, active-learning pedagogical framework for delivering the content of existing IT, biotechnology and electronics courses and teaching technical, business and interpersonal skills within the context of an entrepreneurial experience.

The videos being developed have three primary audiences and serve different purposes: 1) as a catalyst for interest in STEM entrepreneurship among STEM and business students, 2) as an instructional tool for entrepreneurial education within the STEM classroom, and 3) as a professional development series for faculty seeking to incorporate entrepreneurial components into their STEM classes. The first set of videos consist of dramatic and engaging reality-TV style videos showcasing students in STEM-VE classes engaged in various hands-on, real-world STEM business enterprise activities within their virtual firms. These videos are designed to stimulate other students' interest in and excitement about working with STEM enterprises. The project is also producing professional development videos showing faculty how to incorporate similar VE content and activities into their curricula, that students can also view in those classrooms.

Formative assessment guides video development in the project using input from both students and faculty. The project adds to the body of evaluation results on effective practices in STEM-VE entrepreneurship education by tracking the gains in students' learning. Wide dissemination is accomplished through high visibility with other ATE Centers (many of whose directors serve on the advisory board) and through the websites of ATE TV.

PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT

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This project developed a reality series that follows several sites around the United States as students develop STEM-related entrepreneurial concepts.  The videos are meant as an educational resource to train STEM faculty members in aspects of business education and to provide a model for STEM students to follow.  The videos are available on the IVE YouTube webpage at http://www.youtube.com/ivevideos/ .  The work is also available on the ATETV.org website.

The sites followed are

1. Rhodes State College, Lima, OH -- students in a business class developed STEM-related projects.
2. Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY -- students in a geology class developed a meteorite-collection business.
3. Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT -- students in a biotechnology contract manufacturing organization develop products for other institutions.
4. Stockbridge High School & Alpena Community College, Stockbridge/Alpena, MI -- high school students develop underwater remote operated vehicles (ROVs) for a competition and subsequent research project.
5. Smart Pitch at CUNY, New York, NY -- students at the nation's largest urban-set university compete in a pitch competition; many of the ideas are based in STEM concepts.

The project video series traces the arc of technology entrepreneurship development with a STEM focus from the classroom to student career and professional development.

Last Modified: 08/10/2017
Modified by: Stuart A Schulman

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