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Asset Based Project Management
A short course that strengthens students’ understanding of sustainable and mutually beneficial community interventions. It focuses on asset-based community development and supports groups in co-creating projects based on shared goals and interests from start to finish, deepening community-university partnerships.
Siyakhana@Makana is a volunteer programme, designed to focus and deepen community-university partnerships by strengthening students understandings of sustainable and mutually beneficial community interventions. This course seeks to extend this mission and develop leadership that appreciates the values of asset- based community development. The goal of the course is to facilitate community-university partnerships by providing the scaffolding for groups to co-create a project based on shared goals and interests from start to finish.
Reference
https://www.ru.ac.za/chertl/academicstaffdevelopment/service-learningshortcourse/
Digital Storytelling for Social Innovation
A community-driven course using digital storytelling to support social innovation in community development and education. Participants engage in group story-building, introspection, and digital skills development to foster empathy and critical reflection.
The Digital Storytelling for Social Innovation course is a community-driven approach to digital storytelling that is designed to support and encourage social innovation in community development and education. Digital storytelling is a malleable and interpretive process that aims to stimulate critical reflection and empathy. Practically, creating a digital story involves a process of group story-building, introspection and digital skills development. In this workshop, participants are encouraged to reflect on their own experienc
Community Engagement Tutor Orientation
A short course designed to train volunteers who tutor local learners at community partner sites. It focuses on micro-teaching techniques and subject-specific teaching knowledge to improve tutoring effectiveness and learner outcomes.
The Community Engagement Tutor Orientation short course is designed to train volunteers in community partner sites that tutor local learners. Tutors are trained in micro-teaching techniques and subject-specific teaching knowledge.
Service-learning Short Course
A short course offered by Rhodes University's Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning (CHERTL) as part of its Academic Staff Development programme. It is designed to develop skills in integrating community service with academic learning, fostering civic responsibility and enhancing teaching practices through experiential learning.
Service-learning Short Course Accredited Short Courses offered by RUCE : 1) Service-learning See the RUCE website for more information: https://www.ru.ac.za/communityengagement/service-learning/
Community Engagement Mentor Orientation
A short course aimed at training mentors in the 9/10ths volunteer programme to guide and support local matric learners. It covers study techniques, basic counselling, career guidance, and understanding the contextual realities of learners. The course is designed to build transferable skills for effective mentorship.
The programme is open to students and staff at Rhodes. Applications open in December.
