Innovation, Entrepeneurship and International Experience

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Pinnell ◽  
Phillip Doepker ◽  
Lori Hanna ◽  
Mike Vehar
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Medical Device ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Business Students ◽  
International Experience ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Dayton

The University of Dayton (UD) Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities for Service-Learning (ETHOS), in collaboration with UD’s School of Business, UD’s Design Clinic, Grupo Fenix (Nicaragua), and the local Nicaraguan community, is currently working on an 18 month project to research and develop a solar medical device sterilizer (sterilizer) that can be used in rural areas of Nicaragua. Engineering and business students are working in a variety of capacities with the local community and Grupo Fenix in Nicaragua to research, design and develop the device. Once developed, the engineering and business students will continue to work with the community and Grupo Fenix to establish a micro-business for the manufacture and distribution of the device. Although this project will address a particular technical need, the infrastructure and unique partnerships that are being developed and optimized through its facilitation will serve as a model for other projects and programs that will be shared within the University of Dayton and with other universities.

scholarly journals Collaborative Autoethnography: An Approach to Deliver Learning Objectives of a Community-Engaged Research Course for Health Science Undergraduates during Pandemic Times

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angie Mejia
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Engaged Learning ◽  
Community Agencies ◽  
Community Engaged Research ◽  
The University

Community Collaborative is an upper-division, community-engaged course at the University of Minnesota Rochester geared to health science majors. Each term, several groups of undergraduates collaborate on service-learning or research-based projects for local community agencies working on issues of health. A process was implemented to meet one learning objective in the syllabus (introduction to qualitative data methods) as a response to pandemic-imposed limitations on community-engaged learning activities at UMR. The hope was for one group of students to meet these objectives by engaging in a collaborative autoethnography instead of collecting data in the community.

scholarly journals The Service-Learning methodology applied to Operations Management: From the Operations Plan to business start up.

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Constantino García-Ramos ◽  
Almudena Martínez-Campillo
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
Female Entrepreneurs ◽  
Teaching Innovation ◽  
Social Commitment ◽  
The University

<p class="Abstract">A teaching innovation methodology characterized for being a link between the students´ learning process and the University Social Responsibility is the "Service-Learning" (SL). Recently, it is been emphasized that teachers in the field of Business Management should use teaching methods that promote civic values and social commitment. In this line, the SL complements the economic-financial education that students receive, allowing them to develop important professional and personal skills as well as to receive training according to socially responsible principles, since they learn by working in community service initiatives.</p><p class="Abstract">Our SL experience consisted in combining the teaching innovation in five subjects taught at the University of León (Spain) –where one of them is from the field of Operations Management– with the provision of a free support service for rural women's entrepreneurship. In the current unemployment situation, a possible alternative is the creation of an own company. However, female entrepreneurs have to develop their business idea and to demonstrate its viability, which poses them serious difficulties due to lack of training, experience or even advice on the matter. After detecting this social need, our experience consisted in organizing multidisciplinary groups of students to guide female entrepreneurs in rural areas during the whole entrepreneurship process.</p><p class="Abstract">After developing this activity of teaching innovation, we can conclude that the SL is a good methodology to improve the academic, personal and social development of students, suggesting that it is possible to join their academic success with the social commitment of the University.</p><strong></strong>

Creating Authentic Preservice Art Teaching Experiences through Service-Learning

2017 ◽  
pp. 116-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Marzilli Miraglia
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Teaching Experiences ◽  
Community Agencies ◽  
Art Teaching ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Service Learning Projects ◽  
The University

This chapter contextualizes the literature on service-learning and outlines ways to design, conduct and evaluate service-learning projects by identifying strengths, weaknesses, capacity and sustainability of service-learning programs, and clarifies goals, objectives, and values of service-learning pre-practica for preservice art education candidates. The examples describe a service-learning based program for preservice art teachers that provided authentic teaching experiences in the field, or in situ. In addition, this project sought to foster a better understanding of, and commitment to, the visual arts and provide meaningful service to local community agencies through the introduction, development, and implementation of service-learning visual arts courses in the university curriculum.

scholarly journals Leveraging Students’ Passion and Creativity: ETHOS at the University of Dayton

2014 ◽  
pp. 180-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Pinnell ◽  
Malcolm Daniels ◽  
Kevin Hallinan ◽  
Gretchen Berkemeier
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Faculty Research ◽  
Research Support ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Global Engagement ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Dayton

The Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-learning (ETHOS) program was developed in the spring of 2001 by an interdisciplinary group (electrical, chemical, civil and mechanical) of undergraduate engineering students at the University of Dayton (UD). ETHOS was founded on the belief that engineers are more apt and capable to appropriately serve our world if they have an understanding of technology’s global linkage with values, culture, society, politics, and the economy. Since 2001, the ETHOS program at UD has grown and changed. From conceptualization, to implementation, to maturation and national recognition, the program has addressed challenges of academic acceptance, programmatic integration and research support as a project-based approach to global engagement. This paper discusses how the program developed from a student idea to a nationally known program. It provides some examples of how projects from this program were integrated into other courses and linked to faculty research. Finally, it will present some of the challenges that face a program such as ETHOS.

scholarly journals Water Purification in South Africa: Reflections on Curriculum Development Tools and Best Practices for Implementing Student-Led Sustainable Development Projects in Rural Communities

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Eric Harshfield ◽  
Ana Jemec ◽  
Ofhani Makhado ◽  
Elias Ramarumo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Water Purification ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
University Of Virginia ◽  
The University

This paper presents a sustainable development project in which University of Virginia students collaborated with University of Venda faculty, Global Sustainability Club students, and local community members to address water problems in a village in the Venda region of the Limpopo Province, South Africa. The cohort’s goal was to implement a sustainable and contextually appropriate water purification and distribution system. The authors present the design and constructed process for a slow sand filtration system intended to provide clean drinking water to most households in the community. They present and analyze the successes, failures, and ethical dilemmas encountered throughout project execution. Also, the authors assess the project based on three evaluation criteria for service learning projects and explore possibilities for follow-up through the collaboration between the University of Virginia and the University of Venda. The paper ends with a reflection examining aspects of engineering community engagement projects including site assessments prior to project implementation, project timeframes, and crosscultural institutional collaborations.

Bridging Social Issues and Local Community through Service Learning

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Casta ◽  
Grace Bangasan ◽  
Felicitas Boleyley
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Issues
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