Our Digital Social Impact Project is following a unique three phased approach which is enabling us to research, develop, implement and share high-quality digital teaching resources for HEI educators which will lead increased societal impact of HEI’s as Europe and beyond. There are four main resources we are working on:
Digital Social Impact Best Practice Audit
We are currently engaging in:
- Field Exploration
- Desk Research
- Best Practice Mapping
- Synthesis
Leading to the creation of the Digital Social Impact Best Practice Audit, a report derived from academics in European HEIs on digital teaching formats which aim to create societal impact
We will be working on:
- Technical Specifications
- Content Development
- Technological Development
Leading to the creation of the Digital Social Impact Course Toolkit – a collection of HEI led teaching approaches, activities, and topics which educators can use to achieve societal impact
We will be focusing on:
- Pilot testing
- Collaborating with real-world social organizations
- Refinement and iterative improvements
Leading to the creation of the Digital Social Impact Course Configurator – a custom digital tool which enables HEI educators to design a tailored Digital Social Impact Course using their preferred teaching approaches, activities, and topics which educators can use to achieve societal impact
We will create lasting impact by:
- Publishing course templates
- Providing hands on guidelines and workshop resources
- Widely disseminating our resources and our learning
Our final resource pack will provide Guidelines for Digital Social Impact Scaling Workshops which will attract and enable more academics to use the configurator and scale the project on the European level.
