Developing Civic Engagement in Distance Higher Education: A Case Study of Virtual Service-Learning (vSL) Programme in Spain

Open Praxis

Araceli del Pozo Armentia¹  Marta Ruiz-Corbella²  Juan García-Gutierrez² 

[1] Universidad Complutense;Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - UNED;

关键词: civic engagement;    virtual service learning;    higher education;    open & distance learning;    global citizenship;    intercultural dialogue;   

DOI  :  10.5944/openpraxis.9.2.578

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Higher Education is demanding the need of a greater connection between its academic offer and the necessary civic engagement of the graduates. This has given Spain the opportunity, for just over a decade, to develop the methodology of service-learning, which combines both the theoretical and practical aspect of university learning with the practical development of solidarity and civic commitment of the students. At the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED, Spain) we have designed an online service-learning proposal, based on the virtual exchange which occurs between the students from the UNED and the University of Porto-Novo (Benin), requiring practical classes of Spanish. The result favours continuing with this virtual service-learning project aimed at the exchange with other universities; strengthening the planning of the training proposal for the development of ethical competence and civic engagement; the design of solidarity service action that enhances global citizenship and intercultural dialogue, consolidates digital competence, etc., all in a virtual educational environment.

【 授权许可】

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