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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: Improving your community through civic engagement
Within this topic learners are introduced to some best practice examples taken from the case studies. Learners should be able to identify what made these projects work, and why they would be beneficial to a community.
The DCE Guide presents many positive benefits to students partaking in an DCE project in order to improve their communities through civic engagement.
This positive benefits to students include:
- practicing and gaining experience in skills relevant to a career;
- building strong relationships;
- having great experiences and helping small community projects to become a succes.
Three ways to improve your community through civic engagement:
1. Support community-based organizations
How?:
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Pick an issue that you are passionate about and that you want to address.
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Then become an activist by supporting community- based organizations.
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And support small organizations that have goals of improving communities.
2. Attend local city council meetings.
This is an insightful way
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to gain insights and initial experience;
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to construct your network;
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meet like minded people who may share your ambition to develop a solutions-based project based on Digital Civic Engagement.
3. Support Local Businesses
By supporting local businesses, you are helping:
- your local community to become economically stronger;
- local businesses (family owned), and workers and local suppliers.
By communicating with local businesses you are developing relationships and identifying what needs they have.
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