Background and Course Modules

Background:

Entrepreneurship Educators Collaborative (EEC) is effort of a group of trainers dedicated to help Indian Engineering Colleges integrate Entrepreneurship related education in their undergrad degree programs. Proposed framework and the required course modules can be accessed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-cGSz8Wq7OcX1NycFlhQWZwOFE/view?usp=sharing

Several technologies are growing at exponential rates which are creating business disruptions and hence huge entrepreneurial opportunities. Blockchain has already reached the peak of Gartner Hype cycle. In the following 5 to 10 years period, several business disruptions will occur because of the adoption of Blockchain technologies in related business scenarios.
Bitcoin - a cryptocurrency. is one of the leading application of blockchain technology that has already started showing tremendous potential for transformation in near future.

Blockchain Technology Course Modules

Learning and building skills in blockchain technology can be structured as follows in Engineering colleges:

• Part 1 - Bitcoin Introduction  About 12 hours contact content, 1 week in Classroom sessions. ...... Week 1       
• Part 2 - Bitcoin transactions practicals in Computer Lab with access to cloud infrastructure ....... Week 2 and 3
• Part 3 - Blockchain Technology  About 12 hours contact content, 1 week in Classroom sessions. ....... Week 4
• Part 4 - Explore Blockchain Applications Team Assignments  .......  Week 5 and 6  
• Part 5 - Hackathon    ...... Week 7
• Part 6 - Student Projects            ......Week 8 and 9:   ... 
• Part 7 - Competition and Evaluation of student performance   ....... Week 10

The course modules are designed such that the college can plan to offer to include the course work of as little as 12 hours to as much as 60 hours, depending upon the availability in the program structure. 

Part 1 and 2, help students understand high level concepts of block chain technology and one specific blockchain application, Bitcoins - a crypto currency, which has already matured, growing exponentially and evolved into a fully operational ecosystem.

Part 3 will help students understand blockchain technology well beyond the Bitcoin space. Several tools and technologies available for wide range of applications will be covered.

Part 4 is intended for team based learning and get exposure to some real life practical problems in the world.

Part 5 is Hackathon, where students will brain storm several entrepreneurial ideas and build some quick solution prototypes.

Part 6 is Team based learning by performing a startup project based on blockchain technology,

Part 7 is to evaluate the student learning and project performance 

A tentative adoption in an engineering college can have following scenarios:

Part 1 and 2, together may be offered as Audit course of about 20 contact hours in the 3rd year of Engineering degree program.

Parts 1,2,3 and 4 together may be offered as One semester Credit course of about 40 contact hours.

Parts 5,6 and 7 can be offered either as activities of the Entrepreneurship Cell/ Club/  Incubation Center  or the students may undertake a Capstone project in final year based on this format.