Innovation in Collaboration: DIT Students Learning With Communities.
The posters in this collection were prepared by DIT lecturers over the last number of years to showcase the collaboratively designed, course-based, credit-bearing projects which they coordinated between their students and underserved community partners. These projects cover a range of disciplines and levels of study in DIT, and involve work with a range of community partners (charities, NGOs, local communities, DEIS schools etc.). These projects are designed for the mutual benefit of all participants, and some involve community-based learning (or service-learning), while others are community based research (or Science Shop Projects). These projects are supported by DIT's Access and Civic Engagement Office. Further information on these projects can be obtained by contacting the programme for Students Learning With Communities at slwc@dit.ie.
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Energy and the Environment: Electrical Services Engineering Students Work with Local School Pupils
Joseph Teehan
As part of their module Energy and the Environment, first year students in the B Tech Electrical Services Engineering had the option to engage with first year secondary school pupils in Synge Street CBS, to support them in the classroom in learning science and engineering concepts.
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Community Design Challenge
Bernard Timmins and Dublin Institute of Technology
Poster displaying community design challenge. Five physically disabled members of the community have been given a design brief: to create a design that would solve a frustrating day to day activity.
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Product Design and Enable Ireland, Assistive Technology and Design for All.
Bernard Timmins and Dublin Institute of Technology
Poster displaying details of Assistive technology. The ultimate objective of assistive technology is to contribute to the effective enhancement of the lives of people with disabilities and elderly people, helping to overcome the barriers they experience in society, increasing their experience of independence, and positively contributing to their social inclusion.
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Project e-Hope- Environmental Health Outcomes Through Peer Education
Kathy Young
Poster displaying details of Project eHope. e-HOPE is a project aimed at improving environmental Health Outcomes through Peer Education. As part of the BSc Environmental Health ( DT 491) 3rd year students carry out a needs assessment with community partners to deliver an educational programme to upper second level pupils. They present on topics of relevance to the pupils tackling such issues as food and health, smoking, body image incorporating recent trends in obesity, alcohol and cyber safety. Students work in teams to contact and confirm arrangements with the approrpriate school, design and make a presentation of about 40 mins with time for a reflective period and write up a brief report at the end