14th July 2020 Conference

Session A Presentations

The EUFICCS (European Use of Full-Immersion, Culture, Content and Service) Curriculum: Reflective Writing Syllabus for the acquisition of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) in International Service-Learning Programmes

Fiora Biagi (Italy), Lavinia Bracci (Italy)

Something Old, Something New and Something Borrowed; A Marriage of Content and Structure in Models of Implementation for Community Engaged Learning

Anne Warren-Perkinson (Ireland)

 Mapping Service-Learning in European Higher Education

Ana Cayuela (Spain), Marta Alonso (Spain), Carlos Ballesteros (Spain), Pilar Aramburuzabala (Spain)

Cross Border Service Learnig

Gabriela Civico (Belgium)

 Service-learning tools for the STEM/STEAM education: the case of UCU as an engaged university

Yuliia Kleban (Ukraine)

University meets Civil Society -  Transfer of Community and Academic Knowledge

Swenja Mareike Zaremba (Germany), Stefanos Vallianatos (Greece)

Session B Presentations

 ENGAGE STUDENTS - Promoting Social Responsibility of Students by Embedding Service Learning into Education Curricula

Katharina Resch (Austria), Gabriel Dima (Romania)

 Rural 3.0: SL projects results from Portugal and Croatia

Joana Padrão (Portugal), Anabela Moura (Portugal), Nives Mikelic Preradovic (Croatia)

 Students´assessment of Service-Learning courses in a Romanian Higher Education Institution: Premises for meaningful reflection

Alina Simona Rusu (Romania) (SLIHE)

 Integrating community engagement into existing university courses: Action-based research at the aftermath of an earthquake. 

Edlira Gjoni (Albania)

WORKSHOP 1: Service Learning for and with Elementary and Secondary Schools – Beyond the obvious

Sorana Pogacean (Romania) 

Having Higher Education students engaged in service-learning projects has lots of benefits for the student.  It’s a way to gain a variety of useful skills and to understand the community in which they plan to enter the workforce. But the idea of ”reprocity and mutual benefit is fundamental to the idea of true service-learning ” therefore it is important to create a learning space in which the community has also the opportunity to grow. So, what if your skills and knowledge could become a microdegree for students in elementary and secondary? Imagine this: is there something you know now and wished you knew when you were in school? We know it's hard to include more subjects in the school curriculum, but what if you could access it online? No time or space constraints? Let me show you a great tool to create learning content and challenge students to start great service-learning projects

We encourage all to „try” our workshop and see how we managed to „move” creating a Service-Learning Project in online.

You can join here: https://www.openlearning.com/courses/va-fi-bine.

SLIHE WORKSHOP 2: On the way to be(come) an Engaged University: A Case Study from Third Mission Strategy to implementation with formative evaluation

Thomas Sporer (Germany), Tanja Kohn (Germany), Laura Pollack (Germany), Judith Prantl (Germany)

The workshop presents a case study from Germany that embraces the process of becoming an Engaged University.

We invite you to participate in our workshop to accompany our journey of the last two years and get in touch interactively with all participants to share ideas and experiences. First, we introduce the Third Mission Strategy of our university. Second, we sketch the implementation of the strategy, and third, we provide you our evaluation of the way to become an engaged University.

Presentation: https://prezi.com/view/kHCMEpyZUDX6EAj79NZH/

WORKSHOP 3: Rethinking community-based learning during the Covid-19 pandemia

Silvia Dall’Olio, Mallory Nardin, Maria Cinque, Irene Culcasi (Italy)

Community Engagement and Service-Learning have grown significantly in North-American universities and colleges in the past forty years, and now enjoy a solid degree of institutionalization. The approach is new for Italy but is rapidly growing both in schools and in some universities. The workshop will focus on the transition from Service Learning to e-Service Learning that was forced by the Covid-19 emergency in Italy. A theoretical framework, resources and student video-testimonies will be shared. A discussion on future challenges will follow. The workshop is conducted by CBL instructors at an Italian University and the Italian center of a US University.

You can download the presentation from the workshop here. 

Session C Presentations

Benefits and forms of building cooperation between Palacký University Olomouc and partner organizations

Tatiana Matulayová (Czech Republic), Zlatica Dorková (Czech Republic), Lenka Tkadlčíková (Czech Republic) (SLIHE)

 Catholic University and Service Learning: Innovation and Social Responsibility

Luísa Ribeiro, Carmo Themudo, Joana Cunha e Costa, Marta Silva, Maria Correia, Paulo Dias, Ana Oliveira, Rita Paiva e Pona, Ricardo Peixoto, Célia Ribeiro, Pilar Aramburuzabala (Portugal and Spain)

A design for service-learning in the curricula of the University of Antwerp: opportunities and pitfalls

Ellen Decraene (Belgium), Eva Van Moer (Belgium)

Community engagement in higher education: the community side of the partnership

Cinzia Albanesi (Italy),  Christian Compare (Italy), Chiara Pieri (Italy)

Becoming an Engaged University - The journey... the worthwhile mistakes and valuable lessons we learned.

Gernia Van Niekerk (South Africa)

Transitions towards service-learning – different paths to develop a project

Candelaria Ferrara (Argentina)

SLIHE WORKSHOP 4: Networking in service-learning: weaving networks in the community and among colleagues

Luz Avruj (Argentina)

As José Antonio Marina says, „the social capital of a community is understood as the set of shared values, the way of solving conflicts, of interacting, of living together, the level of citizen participation in organizations, the way of caring for common goods“. Networking is a central part of service-learning both in the development of SL projects as well as the strength built in bonding among SL practitioners and researchers. We intend to reflect on shared experiences and discuss the construction and strengthening of networks with the aid of specific materials to improve our understanding and capabilities on the subject.

WORKSHOP 5: Sharing Service-Learning Experiences in less than 10 minutes: The systematic collection of the European Observatory of Service-Learning in Higher Education, EOSLHE

Marta Alonso (Spain), Ana Cayuela (Spain)

We have a CHALLENGE FOR YOU!

At least 75 S-L Experiences shared by in 25 countries by July 15^th

EOSLHE is a networking space to share and disseminate service-learning in higher education information. By sharing your S-L experiences you will inspire others to put up a project, and you will contribute to give us a full picture of what is going in Europe.    

The purpose of this workshop is to involve participants in the challenge of mapping Europe with service-learning experiences.  The coordinator and the researcher of EOSLHE will be available all the time for personal interaction with the attendances.

EOSLHE means to be a tool for faculty members.

PLACE YOUR SERVICE-LEARNING EXPERIENCE ON THE MAP!

See a short video invitation. 

WORKSHOP 6: Workshop on Civic Learning

Robert Bringle (USA)

According to definitions of service-learning, civic learning should be an intentional learning objective for students.  However, civic learning is not well understood and is an underdeveloped aspect of service-learning that can be improved.  Participants in this workshop will consider the nature of civic learning, identify ways in which their service-learning courses promote civic learning, explore opportunities to enhance civic learning objectives, and consider methods for assessing civic learning.  Improving the civic component of service-learning courses shifts service learning from being technocratic (i.e., problem-based learning in the community) to promoting civic and democratic growth in students.

You can download materials from the workshop here: 

Presentation 

Civic Learning Resources

Civic Learning Worksheet