Service Learning 2.0: A digital ecosystem for university-community collaboration and student empowerment. Enhancing learning and civic engagement.

This project advances technology-enhanced SL to foster collaboration between EU universities and CSOs and to address social challenges for more inclusive communities. It aims at: 1. Developing an...

This project advances technology-enhanced SL to foster collaboration between EU universities and CSOs and to address social challenges for more inclusive communities. It aims at: 1. Developing an ecosystem for a structured, meaningful and impactful digital approach to SL for universities and CSOs. 2. Enforcing cooperation between universities and CSOs to develop SL projects by means of a digital tool. 3. Implementing a SL project in collaboration with CSOs using the new cooperative digital tool

The activities, organized in 4 WPs and carried with more than 190 academics, 166 students from vulnerable categories, 75 CSOs, assisted by 21 technicians, include the development of a digital tool to support SL project design and implementation, trainings on using the platform and its accessiblity features, workshops for academics, students and CSOs on material design, inclusive methodologies and digital collaboration, mentorship for students with fewer opportunities.

The project’s main result, getting input from all activities, is a collaborative digital tool assisting the development of SL projects by providing information on SL approaches, an international database of universities and CSOs, topics and cooperative routes for SL projects, and an interactive component assisting with the design and the implementation of SL projects in international contexts. This digital tool will continue supporting any partner interested in cooperating for SL projects.