Resource Keyword: civics​

Using Digital Storytelling to Facilitate Critical Thinking Disposition in Youth Civic Engagement: A Randomized Control Trial​

Digital Storytelling (DST) is a storytelling practice that is interwoven with digital media, including images, texts, sounds, and other elements. This study specifically designed a DST project based on a dialogic orientation and examined to what extent it could promote young participants’ critical and reflective mindsets.​

Virtu@l-ApS: Technological Support for Virtual Service-Learning​

The development of a web application: Virtu@l-ApS. This software-development project has been carried out in collaboration with the Spanish national distance-learning university. The experience of developing of the app has been extremely useful to help to clarify the requirements for a fully operational application which we will contribute to the support of SL in the Spanish higher education sector.​

The 25 Percent​

A portal for young people of Europe to collect ideas and then present them at the Conference on the Future of Europe. Platform, app and network for young people who want to be active in decision-making.

Impact of Community Service Learning on the Social Skills of Students

After completing the community service program, students see themselves as more socially responsible citizens. This qualitative study aims to explore the impact of community service learning on the social skills of students.

The Challenge of Increasing Civic Engagement in the Digital Age ​

The expression of civic ideas. With more than seventy percent of Americans online, virtual micro-communities, or niche web portals, have made it easier for people to deliberately seek out and sustain relationships with those who share similar interests, opinions, and backgrounds.2 Citizens can pick and choose both the online destination where they want to share and the preferred format to communicate their opinions, whether through a blog, video, podcast, or tweet. ​