E-LEARNING, A MODERN TOOL FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION. THE EXPERIENCE OF RURAL-MANAGER PROJECT

The paper presents the e-learning as a modern tool for teaching entrepreneurship and the experience of a project of such kind developed in Romania. This project, called Rural-Manager, addresses the rural communities with an entrepreneurship education curriculum. The education needs were identified through a survey conducted on 942 persons random selected from 18 counties. The error margin was +/- 3.2%. The e-learning platform comprises 5 modules: strategic management, managerial finance, project management, business plan, and IT for businesses. Besides other benefits such as convenience, flexibility and quality, the Rural-Manager project proved to be a valuable and efficient tool in addressing the entrepreneurial education needs of a large group of people located in various geographic areas. By the end of the project a total of 1576 persons were recorded as beneficiaries of the project. The project is still open and new students subscribe to it, and, with an enhanced curricula, the project is extended to other regions, as well.