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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)
Topic 2: Transforming Obstacles Into Strengths
This topic covers information on ways to take negative occurrences of project management, and how to turn it into a positive. Learners will be able to understand the concept of a growth mindset, and the benefits of creating a growth mindset.
There is nothing more frustrating than experiencing a setback – where something that you or your team has done does not end up going the way you hoped. However, sometimes it is important to remember that this effort has not been wasted, and everyone can learn from their mistakes – turn those setbacks in to set-forwards!
Re-Designing Set-Backs Into Set-Forwards
One way of dealing with a setback is to treat it as a learning opportunity- identify what went wrong and how can the group avoid these kinds of issues in the future.
By viewing setbacks as something that all groups will come across at some point will enable group members to increase resilience and be able to break through barriers like this in the future. One way of re-framing setbacks in a positive light is to adopt a growth mindset.
A growth mindset is the opposite of a fixed mindset. A growth mindset suggests that we can learn from our mistakes, and every setback that we make, can lead to us becoming stronger, more resilient and can end up learning more.
Research strongly links people who have a growth mindset to becoming successful!
Take a look at this Talk by Carol Dweck, the founder of the Growth Mindset!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X0mgOOSpLU
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