6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4021506ENR for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.
This educational course provides students insight into co-creation, innovation and social design in the social adult educational sector. These concepts are strongly interconneceted and will be discussed during the lessons from a theoretical as well as a practice perspective. Among other things, the following topics will be handled:
- Background and meaning of the concepts participation and co-creation;
- Providing insight into social innovation and community engaged
research and learning;
- Background and meaning of the concept 'social design' in research and
practice;
- We deal with different methods that support 'participation, co-creation
and innovation'; e.g. action research, developing personas, humancentered design.
During a few lessons guest speakers will approach these concepts from a practical perspective. In addition, the students will become familiar with these concepts through a group task.
The reader will be provided to the students on Canvas.
- The students constructively works together with others on a common
project.
- The student can analyze scientific articles on the chosen topic and
apply theories and models that were discussed in the lessons to the
texts.
- The student can formulate creative proposals for social intervention and
action in the domain of the social-cultural sector.
- The student can develop as a team an academic interdisciplinary
advise to answer a specific challenge faced by organizations in the
domain of the social-cultural sector.
- The student can diagnose, analyze and if necessary/ desired further
investigate the agogical problem statement in a dynamic and unsecure
civil context. They can also develop solutions for using one of the three
central concepts of this course (co-creatioin, innovation and social
design).
- The student can adjust, with a team, and in interaction with
representative(s) from civil society organizations, formulated project
goals and plans when and if necessary.
- The student can demonstrate mastery in presenting and
communicating the developed academic interdisciplinary advice to an
academic and civil society audience.
- The student can apply project and innovative mananagement skils in an
adult educational context through the assignment.
- Departing from a critical analysis, the student can formulate proposals
to optimaly coordinate professional and social networks and processes
that are aimed to reach systemic change.
- The student will bring the theoretical insights and methodological
knowledge and skills into practive by working for and with an external
organization in the domain of the social-cultural sector.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 30% of the final mark.
LEC Teamwork determines 50% of the final mark.
LEC Presentation determines 20% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the LEC Teamwork category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the LEC Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- The final grading is based on the following categories:
The group tasks determines 50% of the final mark;
The presentation of this group tasks and the theoretical questions related to the topic of the group tasks determine the other 50% of the final mark.
- Partial scores cannot be transferred to the second sitting in August and the task submitted in the second sitting cannot be the same as the task submitted in the first sitting.
- The presentation of the group tasks has a relative weight of 20 which comprises 20% of the total mark. Theoretical questions related to the course content and theoretical questions related to the topic of the group task also have a a relative weight of 30 which comprises 30% of the total
mark.
- The student must have participated in all parts of the exams – otherwise he/she receives an 'absent' on the grade sheet.
- A peer assessment (mandatory) will be used to establish the individual grading on the group work. Students must assess themselves and fellow group members on a number of criteria. The result of this is an individual adjustment factor. The adjustment factor will be used to individualise the group point (= the inherent value of the group work). This is done by multiplying the group point by the adjustment factor.
- The group work is quoted at 10/20, and has a weight of 50% in the quotation of the entire course unit.
- If a student does not complete a peer assessment within the set deadline, the lecturer may decide to use the maximum deduction of points.
- The lecturer always has the last word and can decide to increase or decrease the adjustment factor, or even not to take it into account at all, if the obtained scores turn out to be unreliable.
- This decision will in principle only be taken in exceptional cases, but will always be based on clear arguments, analyses, and/or additional observations/discussions.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Adult Education: Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Behavioural Sciences: agogische wetenschappen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)