Description
Students will be required to develop an online learning portfolio to demonstrate their learning over the course of the term. The portfolio is to be created in Google Sites and shared with the Instructor via Gmail. Students will be expected to post all assignments to the student learning portfolio by the noted due date [group and individual]. Google sites is available to all MRU students free of charge and is available at the following link: https://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en_GB/overview.html
The student-learning portfolio should consist of a minimum of 4 sections including:
a.Home page
b.Preparing to create change
c.Making changes
d.My social innovation journey & reflection
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a) Home Page
Students should develop a template for their online learning portfolio and design and post a homepage that presents a summary of what social innovation means to you. Students may choose to make their site public or private but must share it with the Instructor via Gmail for ongoing assessment. Students are encouraged to share their learning portfolio with the class in order to share ideas and learn from each other (however this is optional).
Using your choice of text, pictures, videos etc. students should complete a home page that addresses the following:
Post a professional photo (ensure professionally appropriate clothing and activity).
Provide a brief personal introduction (include your name and other relevant roles that you wish to share)
Using your phone, take and post a picture that represents social innovation to you.
Along with the photo, post a brief paragraph outlining how this picture relates to your life and your understanding of social innovation. Be prepared to share and discuss this photo within a small group.
Identify three different definitions for social innovation you have found to be interesting [cited using APA], explaining why chosen. Based on your research, develop your own definition of social innovation, and provide at least 1 example of a social innovation, explaining why you think it is a social innovation.
b) Preparing to Create Change
Part One:
This section of the portfolio includes 4 questions, please complete each one and include an image that you feel best reflects each of your answers.
What is the one thing that life is teaching you right now?
Who or what inspires you? Why is that?
When you dream big, what would you do with your life?
Words are powerful, so if you could only speak one word, what might that word be and why?
Change makers and social innovators are inquisitive, open-minded, and resourceful. They have the courage to see and do things differently and are intentional about solving social, cultural, or environmental problems. Founded in 1980, Ashoka builds and cultivates a network of change makers around the world who see themselves as capable of creating large-scale positive change. Mount Royal University is an Ashoka Change maker Campus, and Ashoka Canada is part of the global network that provides programs that support and activate change makers, social entrepreneurs, and agents of change whose systems changing innovations solve deep-rooted social problems.
Part Two:
Thinking about the change-making role, go to the Ashoka Canada website https://ashokacanada.org/
and scroll through the site to see what the organization is all about. Once you have done that, go to the list of Canadian Ashoka Fellows and answer the following questions: https://www.ashoka.org/en-ca/ashoka-fellows
1.After reviewing the list of Canadian Ashoka Fellows, pick one individual you think you would like to learn more about and have dinner with?
i.Provide a summary of the person’s work and accomplishments and why they were nominated as an Ashoka Fellow. Be sure to include a picture or video of your ‘fellow’.
ii.Prepare one social media post for LinkedIn/or other medium – describing the person you would like to have dinner with and why.
1.Be sure to include a picture/image in your post and use your favorite hashtags in addition to: #ashokafellowdinner #MountRoyalUniversity, #changemaking, #socialinnovation.
2.Don’t forget to include the name of your instructor in your post and ensure you include a screenshot of your post at the end of this tab.
c) Making Changes
The purpose of this section of the assignment is to give you an opportunity to examine changes you may have made in the past and relate those changes to how changes take place across society. Answer each of the following questions:
What is one change that you have consciously made in your life?
Describe the context in which the change took place.
e.g., when did it happen, where did it take place, what changed, how was the change made, who was involved, why was the change made?
What is the most important thing that you have learned because of making this change?
Changes of all kinds also take place in the world around us – beliefs, values, technology, etc. experience change over time. After reflecting on the world that you see around you, answer the following questions:
What is a change that you would like to see happen in the world around you?
Explain your reasoning for wanting this change,
What change do you want, why do you want it, where and when should the change happen, who should be involved, and how could you start to work on making the change happen?Students will be required to develop an online learning portfolio to demonstrate their learning over the course of the term. The portfolio is to be created in Google Sites and shared with the Instructor via Gmail. Students will be expected to post all assignments to the student learning portfolio by the noted due date [group and individual]. Google sites is available to all MRU students free of charge and is available at the following link: https://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en_GB/overview.htmlThe student-learning portfolio should consist of a minimum of 4 sections including:a.Home page b.Preparing to create changec.Making changes d.My social innovation journey & reflection______________________________________________________________________________a) Home PageStudents should develop a template for their online learning portfolio and design and post a homepage that presents a summary of what social innovation means to you. Students may choose to make their site public or private but must share it with the Instructor via Gmail for ongoing assessment. Students are encouraged to share their learning portfolio with the class in order to share ideas and learn from each other (however this is optional).Using your choice of text, pictures, videos etc. students should complete a home page that addresses the following:
Post a professional photo (ensure professionally appropriate clothing and activity).
Provide a brief personal introduction (include your name and other relevant roles that you wish to share)
Using your phone, take and post a picture that represents social innovation to you.
Along with the photo, post a brief paragraph outlining how this picture relates to your life and your understanding of social innovation. Be prepared to share and discuss this photo within a small group.
Identify three different definitions for social innovation you have found to be interesting [cited using APA], explaining why chosen. Based on your research, develop your own definition of social innovation, and provide at least 1 example of a social innovation, explaining why you think it is a social innovation.
b) Preparing to Create ChangePart One:This section of the portfolio includes 4 questions, please complete each one and include an image that you feel best reflects each of your answers.
What is the one thing that life is teaching you right now?
Who or what inspires you? Why is that?
When you dream big, what would you do with your life?
Words are powerful, so if you could only speak one word, what might that word be and why?
Change makers and social innovators are inquisitive, open-minded, and resourceful. They have the courage to see and do things differently and are intentional about solving social, cultural, or environmental problems. Founded in 1980, Ashoka builds and cultivates a network of change makers around the world who see themselves as capable of creating large-scale positive change. Mount Royal University is an Ashoka Change maker Campus, and Ashoka Canada is part of the global network that provides programs that support and activate change makers, social entrepreneurs, and agents of change whose systems changing innovations solve deep-rooted social problems. Part Two:Thinking about the change-making role, go to the Ashoka Canada website https://ashokacanada.org/and scroll through the site to see what the organization is all about. Once you have done that, go to the list of Canadian Ashoka Fellows and answer the following questions: https://www.ashoka.org/en-ca/ashoka-fellows1.After reviewing the list of Canadian Ashoka Fellows, pick one individual you think you would like to learn more about and have dinner with?i.Provide a summary of the person’s work and accomplishments and why they were nominated as an Ashoka Fellow. Be sure to include a picture or video of your ‘fellow’.ii.Prepare one social media post for LinkedIn/or other medium – describing the person you would like to have dinner with and why.1.Be sure to include a picture/image in your post and use your favorite hashtags in addition to: #ashokafellowdinner #MountRoyalUniversity, #changemaking, #socialinnovation. 2.Don’t forget to include the name of your instructor in your post and ensure you include a screenshot of your post at the end of this tab. c) Making Changes The purpose of this section of the assignment is to give you an opportunity to examine changes you may have made in the past and relate those changes to how changes take place across society. Answer each of the following questions:
What is one change that you have consciously made in your life?
Describe the context in which the change took place.
e.g., when did it happen, where did it take place, what changed, how was the change made, who was involved, why was the change made?
What is the most important thing that you have learned because of making this change?
Changes of all kinds also take place in the world around us – beliefs, values, technology, etc. experience change over time. After reflecting on the world that you see around you, answer the following questions:
What is a change that you would like to see happen in the world around you?
Explain your reasoning for wanting this change,
What change do you want, why do you want it, where and when should the change happen, who should be involved, and how could you start to work on making the change happen?Students will be required to develop an online learning portfolio to demonstrate their learning over the course of the term. The portfolio is to be created in Google Sites and shared with the Instructor via Gmail. Students will be expected to post all assignments to the student learning portfolio by the noted due date [group and individual]. Google sites is available to all MRU students free of charge and is available at the following link: https://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en_GB/overview.htmlThe student-learning portfolio should consist of a minimum of 4 sections including:a.Home page b.Preparing to create changec.Making changes d.My social innovation journey & reflection______________________________________________________________________________a) Home PageStudents should develop a template for their online learning portfolio and design and post a homepage that presents a summary of what social innovation means to you. Students may choose to make their site public or private but must share it with the Instructor via Gmail for ongoing assessment. Students are encouraged to share their learning portfolio with the class in order to share ideas and learn from each other (however this is optional).Using your choice of text, pictures, videos etc. students should complete a home page that addresses the following:
Post a professional photo (ensure professionally appropriate clothing and activity).
Provide a brief personal introduction (include your name and other relevant roles that you wish to share)
Using your phone, take and post a picture that represents social innovation to you.
Along with the photo, post a brief paragraph outlining how this picture relates to your life and your understanding of social innovation. Be prepared to share and discuss this photo within a small group.
Identify three different definitions for social innovation you have found to be interesting [cited using APA], explaining why chosen. Based on your research, develop your own definition of social innovation, and provide at least 1 example of a social innovation, explaining why you think it is a social innovation.
b) Preparing to Create ChangePart One:This section of the portfolio includes 4 questions, please complete each one and include an image that you feel best reflects each of your answers.
What is the one thing that life is teaching you right now?
Who or what inspires you? Why is that?
When you dream big, what would you do with your life?
Words are powerful, so if you could only speak one word, what might that word be and why?
Change makers and social innovators are inquisitive, open-minded, and resourceful. They have the courage to see and do things differently and are intentional about solving social, cultural, or environmental problems. Founded in 1980, Ashoka builds and cultivates a network of change makers around the world who see themselves as capable of creating large-scale positive change. Mount Royal University is an Ashoka Change maker Campus, and Ashoka Canada is part of the global network that provides programs that support and activate change makers, social entrepreneurs, and agents of change whose systems changing innovations solve deep-rooted social problems. Part Two:Thinking about the change-making role, go to the Ashoka Canada website https://ashokacanada.org/and scroll through the site to see what the organization is all about. Once you have done that, go to the list of Canadian Ashoka Fellows and answer the following questions: https://www.ashoka.org/en-ca/ashoka-fellows1.After reviewing the list of Canadian Ashoka Fellows, pick one individual you think you would like to learn more about and have dinner with?i.Provide a summary of the person’s work and accomplishments and why they were nominated as an Ashoka Fellow. Be sure to include a picture or video of your ‘fellow’.ii.Prepare one social media post for LinkedIn/or other medium – describing the person you would like to have dinner with and why.1.Be sure to include a picture/image in your post and use your favorite hashtags in addition to: #ashokafellowdinner #MountRoyalUniversity, #changemaking, #socialinnovation. 2.Don’t forget to include the name of your instructor in your post and ensure you include a screenshot of your post at the end of this tab. c) Making Changes The purpose of this section of the assignment is to give you an opportunity to examine changes you may have made in the past and relate those changes to how changes take place across society. Answer each of the following questions:
What is one change that you have consciously made in your life?
Describe the context in which the change took place.
e.g., when did it happen, where did it take place, what changed, how was the change made, who was involved, why was the change made?
What is the most important thing that you have learned because of making this change?
Changes of all kinds also take place in the world around us – beliefs, values, technology, etc. experience change over time. After reflecting on the world that you see around you, answer the following questions:
What is a change that you would like to see happen in the world around you?
Explain your reasoning for wanting this change,
What change do you want, why do you want it, where and when should the change happen, who should be involved, and how could you start to work on making the change happen?
