Science shop at H.I.T, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel

Curricular and Extra-curricular modes of

operation and impact evaluation, a novel initiative in Israel

Michal Sela (D.M.D, M.A) Yifat Rosenthal- Cohen (M.B.A), Limor Inbar (M.B.A) Section of Community Relations, Department of Students Affairs and Administration http://www.hit.ac.il/

Design (Interior, Industrial, Visual Communication Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Technology Management, Instructional Technologies Electrical & Electronics Engineering,

3500 students 50% : Evening Studies 700 graduates a year

HIT, Holon Institute of Technology

3

. B.Des, M.Des, B.Sc, M.Sc, B.A

1 Design, Science & Technology

2

Vision, Mission and Core values

• "Community- We aspire to promote and develop interaction with the surrounding community, for the benefit of both parties.”

• Every student that interacts with our staff will feel that he is welcome, is in good hands escorted by a supporting and professional organization that will do everything in order to help him graduate successfully and joyfully.

Community partnerships

Accessibility: Minorities , Low Socio-economic Background

Top Services for students with

disabilities

Innovation in Student Services

Service learning Courses

Science shop

Core values

Management active approval

(Steering (committee

Government Funding

The Science Shop was established on the grounds of…

Processing…

Outreach Requests

Science Shop Projects : 2012-2013

NGO Students Outreach Staff Long term

partnerships

2 3 1 4

Curricular: Service Learning Courses

Processing…

Outreach Requests

Extracurricular: Problem-Based

Multidisciplinary Groups

Curricular: Service Learning Courses

Processing…

Outreach Requests

Kick-Off

Extracurricular: Problem-Based

Multidisciplinary Groups

Curricular: Service Learning Courses Combined:

Ex\Curricular Expanded Final

Projects

Processing…

Outreach Requests

70 students

7 academic

staff

2 Admin’ staff

Mean student satisfaction from community/ problem based projects

5.3

3.7

4.4

4.4

5.1

4.5

4.4

4.8

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Overall satisfaction from the course

The project explored new views of…

Contribution to the community

Maximizing self abilities

Will I reomend it to a friend?

Colaboration with the community…

Satisfaction from academic staff…

Satisfaction from coordinator…

N=18

Feed-back From 4 CEO’s or equivalents

5

4

4

5 5

5

5

4

3

5

3

2

3

5

5

5

5

3

5

5

5

5

4

4

5 5

3

5

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

Collaboration

Academic Support

AcademicKnowledge

Contribution toNGO

Implementation

Sustainability

Continuity

"Quality in Rehabilitation" "Sister" "Milbat" "Engineers without borders"

Students on service learning courses

0

1

2

3

4

5

6Overall satisfaction

Contribution to thecommunity

Fullfilingself abilities

Contribution to thecommunity

Collaboration withthe community

partner

Will I recommend thecourse to my friends?

Course No 1Course No 2Course no 3Course no 4Course no 5Total

Students quotations

Community

Community

“I have learned REAL things about REAL people

Especially I loved our trip to Kiryat Gat ( a city in the periphery of Israel), I met strong women. The visit itself was very powerful, as if we were travelling to Africa and had a taste of their rich culture".

Students quotations

Community

Community

Team work

Learning

“I have learned REAL Things about REAL people

Especially I loved our trip to Kiryat Gat ( a city in the periphery of Israel), I met strong women. The visit itself was very powerful, as if we were travelling to Africa and had a taste of their rich culture".

“I’ve learned so much from my colleagues!!!” “I loved working in the group”

“From theory to practice”

“ I had to study a lot on my own and I did it!!” “I learned from colleagues from other disciplines”

Long term projects

Multidisciplinary mentoring

Community (vs. organizations)

Continuity

Sustainability

Focusing What have we learned……