Service-learning as platform for co-creative collaborative learning and partnerships in community development. Is it worth the challenges involved?

Presented by Gordon Vincenti & Gitte Nielson, VIA University College, Aarhus Denmark

The aim of the workshop is to present the concepts of and context of Service-learning as a form of co-creative learning within a framework of partnerships for community development (Henriksen …) and then to work together to develop and expand how to strengthen co-creative Service-learning as an integrated student activity within social educations. Based on the presenters' research into the establishment of and support of the VIADEM platform, and the experiences of the co-presenting students participating in Viadem, the workshop will examine and discuss the challenges and results of our work focusing on the motives and partnership models of the different partners and the outcomes achieved as perceived by students and local communities.