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

  1. Juan García-Gutierrez 1
  2. Marta Ruiz-Corbella 1
  3. Araceli del Pozo Armentia 2
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Revista:
Open Praxis

ISSN: 2304-070X

Año de publicación: 2017

Título del ejemplar: Selected papers from the Open Education Consortium Global 2017 Conference

Volumen: 9

Número: 2

Páginas: 235-244

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5944/OPENPRAXIS.9.2.578 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

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.

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