Projects Report

This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community.

Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 13
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 130
End Semester: Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: 2017-18
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: STEM/STEM Education
Description : Students partner with entrepreneurs from the Start Center to provide technological education and solutions to build good tech habits to grow their small businesses. Supplements the Start Center's work.
Engagement Type: Service Learning
Activity Type: Course
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 10
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 90
End Semester: None
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year: None
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants: 0
Topics: STEM/STEM Education
Description : This course enables students to explore, develop and apply concepts in Information Technology for Development (ITD) in the community. After having reviewed the theoretical and applied literature in ITD, students will apply their knowledge of this area by conducting applied research. A great deal of the course involves interaction with micro-enterprise owners in the community. Students will maintain a Journal to reflect on their experiences following every class and every meeting with the client. Journals will be collected and graded periodically throughout the semester. Students will research solutions to some commonly encountered technology-related challenges and develop a module consisting of an analysis of alternative solutions and a tutorial for implementing one of them. They will develop an individualized IT-based solution to a pressing problem or opportunity faced by a microenterprise. Students will work together with a microenterprise in the Omaha community or rural Nebraska. Students will prepare an analysis and plan for future information technology use by a specific microenterprise. Community partners and micro-entrepreneurs will be invited to the final presentations.
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