Rural 3.0: Service Learning for the Rural Development Erasmus Project

Project Title

Rural 3.0: Service Learning for the Rural Development

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Knowledge Alliances for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

<< Background >>

The results of the Europe Engage project, in which consortium partners participated, showed SL as a pedagogical approach that offers students academic credit for the learning that derives from active engagement within the local community working on a real-world problem, yet in an urban context. Rural 3.0 project will implement the SL approach, not in an urban context but in rural communities, that make up over 90 % of the territory and are home to more than 56 % of the population.

<< Objectives >>

Analyse in which way rural communities can be given access to services that students can provide; Evaluate the extent to which SL occurs in rural areas,in which forms and how effective it is; Establish a structure of rural SL education shared and developed by HEIs and rural partners; Promote education that improves lives of people in rural areas and their communities; Strengthen skills and innovative capacity of adult rural SE;Provide practical SL and SE experiences to students in rural settings

<< Implementation >>

RURASL consortium involves 16 partners from 8EU countries (Croatia, Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Italy, Lithuania) where HEIs and community organisations are equally represented. Academic students will engage in SL in rural communities, with appropriate educational content and tools that promote education that improves lives of people in rural areas and their communities.The 3-year project will build on the knowledge of existing SL models to support their rural implementation.

<< Results >>

Report on the needs and the gaps of the main target groups from 8 participating countries; Final report on the “State-of-the-art of rural SL education”; Module with courses on rural SL and rural SE; OER and MOOC for HE teachers on rural SL; best practices; case-based learning materials; Digital Collaborative and Learning tools (HUB, Online World Café); Hackathon; e-book; newsletters; Community Organization Guide on SL and SE; Exploitation Strategy Plan.

Project Website

https://rural.ffzg.unizg.hr/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 991139,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DE VIANA DE CASTELO & Country: PT

Project Partners

• ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM
• HOCHSCHULE FUR ANGEWANDTE WISSENSCHAFTEN MUNCHEN
• VYTAUTO DIDZIOJO UNIVERSITETAS
• SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU FILOZOFSKI FAKULTET
• LOKALNA AKCIJSKA GRUPA LAG 5
• LOKALE AKTIONSGRUPPE (LAG) AMMERSEE EV
• KAUNO RAJONO VIETOS VEIKLOS GRUPE