Keywords: Social and Environmental Innovation Challenge
Promote the social and environmental commitment of students through innovation. To sensitize students about the level of development of their social and environmental innovation skills
For 6 weeks, a group of students carried out a"Social and Environmental Innovation Challenge"
The project involved:
- Problem Identification: Choosing a social/environmental issue.
- Design and Development: Creating a robotic solution.
- Prototyping and Programming: Building and coding the prototype.
- Presentation: Explaining the project to peers and evaluators.
- Evaluation and Feedback: Assessing projects and providing constructive criticism.
- Reflection and Improvement: Considering feedback for potential enhancements.
Students identified problems, developed robotic solutions, built prototypes, and presented their work. Peers and teachers evaluated the projects, offering feedback for improvement. After completion, students took a SINCOE self-assessment survey on skills covered in the pilot.
After filtering, 20 responses were analyzed (17 men, 3 women, 34% participation).
Key observations:
- Some students found the survey too long, leading to incomplete responses.
- Most students reported being flexible with tasks and aware of team interdependence.
- Students generally preferred collective group assessment over individual assessment.
- The analysis provided a ranking of competencies developed during the project.
Recommendations: [tips, guidelines, notes...]
- Use a "challenge" approach to make the experience illustrative and attractive to students.
- Ensure all students can complete all phases of the project successfully.
- For large groups, consider involving more than one teacher to manage effectively.
Link to extended description: https://sincoe.blogs.upv.es/archives/415
