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Teaching Service-Learners To Be Designers Of Social Change, Matthew James Vechinski
Teaching Service-Learners To Be Designers Of Social Change, Matthew James Vechinski
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This presentation focuses on teaching undergraduates to regard themselves as designers in the context of interdisciplinary project-based learning. Central to design thinking is storytelling, using narrative to reflect on scenarios and to build empathy with stakeholders. It also involves recognizing community partners as collaborators, not just as passive recipients of benefits, in order to produce truly innovative, sustainable projects that fulfill real needs and bring about change.