Conference paper
Preparing students and community organisations for effective use of ICTs through a service learning initiative
Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2010, pp.1119-1130
Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), 27th (Sydney, Australia, 05-Dec-2010–08-Dec-2010)
Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
2010
Abstract
While "net generation students" are said to respond best to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) that foster participation through collaborative and networked environments, the same cannot be said of the majority of community sector organisations. There is a growing body of evidence (Barraket, 2005; Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts, 2005; Knox, 2005; Stillman et al, 2010; Yerbury, 2007) suggesting that the community sector is not yet harnessing the full potential of ICTs and that they could be using these technologies much more effectively (Barraket, 2005; Productivity Commission, 2010; Stillman et al, 2010; Yerbury, 2007). This paper describes a case study of service learning involving a cross-sector partnership between the public sector, university and community organisations aimed at developing student skills in web design through service learning, while also empowering community sector organisations to make more effective use of ICTs. The case study reported is based on a program which is a joint initiative of the State Government of South Australia, Office for Volunteers, and the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages at the University of South Australia. The case study describes key issues associated with developing and delivering a service learning model in partnership with government and in collaboration with community sector organisations that harnesses the power of Web 2.0 and CMS technologies to engage learners and community sector organisations through service learning. The findings from evaluations of student and community stakeholder satisfaction are reported and suggestions for addressing identified challenges are proposed.
Details
- Title
- Preparing students and community organisations for effective use of ICTs through a service learning initiative
- Authors
- Denise Wood (Author) - University of South AustraliaA Dodd (Author) - University of South Australia
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2010, pp.1119-1130
- Conference details
- Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), 27th (Sydney, Australia, 05-Dec-2010–08-Dec-2010)
- Publisher
- Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
- Date published
- 2010
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2010 Denise Wood and Alice Dodd. Reproduced here with kind permission of the author. The author(s) assign to ascilite and educational non-profit institutions a non-exclusive licence to use this document for personal use and in courses of instruction provided that the article is used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. The author(s) also grant a non-exclusive licence to ascilite to publish this document on the ascilite web site and in other formats for Proceedings ascilite Sydney 2010. Any other use is prohibited without the express permission of the author(s).
- Organisation Unit
- Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students)
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99513796702621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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