doi: 10.18178/ijiet.2024.14.5.2102
SEL4C: Mobile Application for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship Competency
José Carlos Vázquez-Parra1,*
,
Paloma Suárez-Brito1 ,
Marco Cruz-Sandoval2 ,
Mariana Buenestado-Fernández3
- 1Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, México
- 2Center for the Future of Cities, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
- 3Department of Education, University of Cantabria, Spain
- Manuscript receivedDecember 12, 2023
- revisedJanuary 16, 2024
- acceptedFebruary 26, 2024
- publishedMay 24, 2024
Abstract
Universities must ensure their students acquire competencies that empower them to act as genuine catalysts for transformation. This necessitates, beyond imparting disciplinary skills and knowledge, the integration of cross-disciplinary competencies to equip them to navigate the complexities of their surroundings effectively. This study delineates the outcomes from deploying a mobile application aimed at fostering entrepreneurial intent among students at a technological university in Mexico. The objective was to enhance the perception of attainment in social entrepreneurship skills among students from fields not traditionally linked to business or entrepreneurship. From a methodological standpoint, a multivariate descriptive analysis was conducted using R software and RStudio, incorporating mean analyses, with further insights provided by violin and box plots. The findings reveal that the mobile application significantly contributes to the cultivation of social entrepreneurship skills, establishing itself as a feasible and pertinent technological instrument for nurturing agents of change. Notably, while female students exhibited superior average scores, male students demonstrated more considerable development in these competencies. This research is situated within the domain of Technology Applied to Education and Educational Initiatives via Mobile Applications.
Keywords
- professional education
- life-long learning
- educational innovation
- educational technology
- mobile applications
- social entrepreneurship
- complex environments
How to Cite
José Carlos Vázquez-Parra, Paloma Suárez-Brito, Marco Cruz-Sandoval, and Mariana Buenestado-Fernández, "SEL4C: Mobile Application for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship Competency," International Journal of Information and Education Technology, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 778-784, 2024. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2024.14.5.2102
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Copyright © 2024 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).