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- Module 1
- Topic 1: What is Student Digital Civic Engagement?
- Topic 2: How is Digital Civic Engagement Impacting Universities (and Beyond)?
- Topic 3: What Competences do Student Civic Engagers Develop?
- Topic 4: What does Student Digital Civic Engagement Look Like in Practice?
- Evaluation test for module 1
- Resources and further studies (Module 1)
- Module 2
- Topic 1: Problems that need solving – spotlight on global issues
- Topic 2: Improving your community through civic engagement
- Topic 3: Taking a service-learning approach to an DCE project
- Topic 4: DCE is building your competency levels. Here are the opportunities
- Evaluation test for module 2
- Resources and further studies (Module 2)
- Module 3
- Topic 1: What Do Great Digital Civic Engagement Projects Include?
- Topic 2: Getting Involved In Your First Digital Civic Engagement Project/ Initiative
- Topic 3: Using Technology To Enhance Your Civic Engagement Work
- Topic 4: Designing/ Delivering Digital Civic Engagement Solutions
- Evaluation test for module 3
- Resources and further studies (Module 3)
- Module 4
- Module 5
- Topic 1: Estimating Project Costs And Financial Needs
- Topic 2: Spotlight On Lean Start Up and Sustainable Business Model Canvas
- Topic 3: Crowdfunding Your Civic Engagement Projects /Causes
- Topic 4: Leveraging the power of corporate social responsibility
- Evaluation test for module 5
- Resources and further studies (Module 5)
- Module 6
- Topic 1: Why Building Credibility, Trust and Relationships are Key
- Topic 2: Cultivating and Growing a Student Civic Engagement Community
- Topic 3: Spotlight on Mission Marketing
- Topic 4: Technology Tools to Help You Share and Spread Your Civic Engagement Work
- Evaluation test for module 6
- Resources and further studies (Module 6)
Module 1: Digital Civic Engagement – The Potential at the Intersection of Technology and New Media
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This module explores the concept of student digital civic engagement. It explains what digital civic engagement is and its potential for students’ advancement and social cohesion of societies. Students will gain an understanding about the competencies they acquire when practising digital civic engagement activities and get to know several examples of civic engagement projects.
Topics covered in this module:
Topic 1: What is student digital civic engagement?
Topic 2: How is digital civic engagement impacting universities (and beyond)?
Topic 3: What competencies do student civic engagers develop?
Topic 4: What does student digital civic engagement look like in practice?
You will learn:
- what student digital civic engagement is and how this concept is embedded in higher education institutions;
- how digital tools can contribute to civic engagement activities;
- what digital and entrepreneurial competencies you can acquire through your digital civic engagement activities;
- what projects students at different higher education institutions in Europe have developed on digital civic engagement;
- how you can reflect on your experiences to think about possible digital civic engagement activities.
