Enlightenment of maker thinking in Higher Education

When makers meet “ Internet +”, The rapid evolution and open application of Technology 、 The marginal cost of information replication and dissemination decreases 、 Lowering the threshold of entrepreneurship 、 Industrial reform has brought about an increase in innovation opportunities and other factors , Make innovation and entrepreneurship in full swing , More and more young students are also interested in or have devoted themselves to innovation and entrepreneurship . However , Innovation and entrepreneurship are easier said than done . The success rate of College Students' entrepreneurship is very low and they are obviously in a weak position . What we need to think and practice is ： How to effectively shorten their “ idea ” And “ reality ” Distance between , Help them walk well from “ Student ” To “ maker ” the “ One step away ”. Ahead of college student makers , The first should be the innovation and entrepreneurship education in universities —— For all students 、 Quality education that integrates with professional education and lays a solid foundation for students' lifelong sustainable development .

Innovation and entrepreneurship education should open up for students “ Quadruple gate ”： The first is to cultivate the universality of innovative thinking and entrepreneurial awareness . Universities should train all students to think hard through universal education 、 Good at questioning 、 Dare to break the tradition , Dare to challenge authority , And stimulate students' entrepreneurial motivation 、 Entrepreneurial interest 、 Entrepreneurial ideal , Develop students' market awareness 、 Business awareness 、 Risk awareness , Sow the seeds of innovation and entrepreneurship in the hearts of students , Form students' internal driving force . The second door of the circle is the cultivation of innovation, entrepreneurship and culture , Encourage students to internalize spiritual culture into conscious behavior habits .“ If you don't help yourself, you will be straight ”, Specifically, it can be guided by the concept and cultural communication of innovation and entrepreneurship 、 Strive to build an innovation and entrepreneurship environment culture 、 Efforts to shape the innovation and entrepreneurship behavior culture and the strong guarantee of the innovation and entrepreneurship system culture . The third door of the circle is to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship education into the whole process of professional talent training at the level of professional education . Each major should focus on the development trend of this major , prominent “ New theory 、 New technology 、 New tools 、 The new method ” Of “ Four new ” Professional education , Infiltrate innovation and entrepreneurship ideas , Guide and help students based on their majors , Combine the needs of social and economic development , Find the realistic direction of your own innovation and entrepreneurship . Combined with the present “ Internet +” wave , Just to find out “+” hinder “X”, Create a valuable idea , In order to have the goal and real direction of innovation and entrepreneurship . The fourth door is to strengthen the practical ability of innovation and entrepreneurship and project incubation . Schools should pass operational innovation and entrepreneurship courses and targeted training , Strengthen students' management ability 、 Marketing ability 、 Rational judgment and other abilities , A platform for incubating students who have successfully passed the first three doors and have real aspirations and realistic conditions for innovation and entrepreneurship , The start of students' innovation and entrepreneurship projects 、 operating 、 Guarantee to provide a full range of services , Let universities become innovative and entrepreneurial “ Dream workshop ”.

During the implementation of innovation and Entrepreneurship Education , Never walk into a misunderstanding , Is to let teachers and students have a narrow understanding ： Only entrepreneurship is success , Or only successful entrepreneurship is success . Although we encourage college students to become “ maker ”, But innovation and entrepreneurship education in universities , Not to make every college student become “ Boss ”, But to activate the “ Maker gene ”. Whether they will choose the path of entrepreneurship , They are all capable of “ Internet +” In the era and even in any rapidly changing era in the future , Strive to create their own value , Help others realize their dreams through practice , Create greater value for society . At present, college students face three major difficulties in innovation and entrepreneurship ： First, lack of practical experience , In the process of detours , The cost is becoming more and more difficult to bear ; Second, lack of social experience and negotiation ability , It is difficult to integrate resources effectively ; Third, for “ Internet +” The understanding of is not deep enough , Limited by knowledge , The innovation and entrepreneurship projects that we pay attention to and choose face homogeneous competition . Circle University 、 Enterprises 、 Government participation 、 Only by exerting joint efforts can we build a harmonious ecological chain of innovation and entrepreneurship , Helping college students become makers “ One step away ”.

As a stakeholder in talent training , Schools and enterprises need deeper cooperation . Schools can explore and formulate policies that conform to the actual situation of enterprises 、 Cooperation mechanism to meet the interests and needs of enterprises , Attract enterprises to actively and effectively participate in “ maker ” In the training of talents . Enterprises help students learn in innovation and entrepreneurship , Grasp the wind direction in the market 、 Project establishment and acquisition 、 Team building 、 Capital support and other aspects , It is integrated and complementary with the innovation and entrepreneurship education of the school .

in summary , “ Internet +” Must have in the era “ maker ” thinking , Entrepreneurs with relevant experience and experience will teach by example , It will be more helpful for students to understand and apply . The actions of the government are also crucial . In addition to government funding and policy support , Innovation entrepreneurs need the government to shape the environment . The government should use Internet thinking to build and improve the legal and regulatory environment for entrepreneurship and innovation , Create and open for makers 、 Fair space , Create a benign ecosystem , Activate the vitality of innovation and entrepreneurship subjects , And in the development planning 、 Platform construction 、 Resource allocation and other aspects play a role , Encourage innovation and entrepreneurship subjects to release more creativity .