Graduate students of information sciences from the University of Zagreb (Croatia) had the opportunity to apply academic knowledge and skills to meet the real needs of the rural and remote community on the island of Korčula and Pelješac through the experience of service learning. The rural community partner was LAG5, an NGO founded with the purpose to implement the LEADER approach in south Croatia.
The needs of the rural beneficiaries (i.e. local population who represent the participants with fewer opportunities) defined as: digital skills in rural tourism – adult education (web advertising and web development) and robotics for primary school children were met by university students. The number of school children who participated in four workshops on robotics was 36, while the number of adults who participated in workshops on web advertising and web development was 10.
In the course Urban and Rural Service-Learning, 13 graduate students of information sciences from the University of Zagreb (Croatia) had the opportunity to apply academic knowledge and skills to meet the real needs of the rural community on the island of Korčula and Pelješac through the experience of service learning.
The rural community partner was LAG5, an NGO founded with the purpose to implement the LEADER approach in south Croatia.
Students have devised solutions that meet the above listed needs selected by a rural community, implemented them in the rural community on the island of Korcula and Peljesac, supplemented them with explanations and comments from rural partners and, as a result, compiled this manual with examples that are applicable to meet similar rural needs in other EU countries.
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