Title: Impact of Students’ Engagement in Innovative Projects to Enrich University Campus: Developing Competencies and Attributes towards Study and Career Success
Stream: Learning Practices in Art & Design Education
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Authors:
Hesham El Marsafawy, Gulf University, Bahrain
Marwa Zakaria Mohamed, Helwan University, Egypt
Omar Blibech, Gulf University, Bahrain
Abstract:
The research aims to examine the impact of students’ engagement in design and execution of real-life innovative projects to enrich their educational environment and university campus. The case studies presented in this research reflect on range of projects which have been conducted by students at two Higher Education Institutions in two countries, namely Bahrain and Egypt. The project briefs have been developed thoughtfully with an intention to create functional and aesthetic values to selected spaces within the campuses where students, staff and visitors interact on daily basis. The study explores the students’ experiences during and after the implementation of these innovative real-life projects to evaluate the range of developed competencies and attributes in terms of taking initiatives and responsibility, commitment, teamwork, leadership, and self-confidence as well as enhance technical abilities and skills relevant to the students’ field of study and career after graduation. Hence, a qualitative methodology is developed and deployed to interview students who were engaged in these projects. The interviews are structured to provide an in-depth understanding of developed competencies, attributes and skills as well as the impact on campus enrichment, students’ passion about their field of study, connection and belongingness to their educational environment. The analysis of the interviews and project results are utilized to develop a framework that supports academic leaders and teaching teams at higher education institutions in designing innovative students’ projects which are oriented towards adding values and improvements to the formal and informal learning processes with impact on various environments across university’s campuses.
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