BUILDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETENCIES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPS

Experiential Learning may be defined as an approximation to education where knowledge is acquired through the interaction of the individual with his/her environment. A group of professors from Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico) designed and implemented an entrepreneurship course based on experiential learning. They enriched the traditional curricula of the course with a MOOC on development of Geographic Information Systems Apps. During the course, students are requested to generate business ideas on GeoApps, develop a prototype app for Android, define a business model for their software, and validate the model with a target market. An inventory on Entrepreneurship competencies is presented, as well as conclusions on the lessons learned from this project.