Social Innovation (e-learning) - TVOL0013

• Title: Social Innovation (e-learning)
• Guaranteed by: Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer (71-CPPT)
• Faculty: Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 2
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/127, C [HS]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: distance
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Mgr. Jiří Valach; Bc. Petra Práglová; Mgr. Bc. Veronika Primasová Hrubá

Annotation

OPEN ONLINE COURSE This course will give an overview of social innovation as a practice field, on the social innovation terminology and furthermore, will provide the understanding what social innovation is or is not. It will also provide an introduction to social innovation with practical examples, including developing understanding for contextual regional dimension (challenges, opportunities) in which social innovation occurs and develops. Additionally, it will give an overview of commonly used social innovation processes and methodologies; and introduce participants to the design thinking approach in solving social challenges. As the last step, it will examine relevant roles of social innovation and the value of co-creation in defining new activities and practices that can lead to sustainability, scalability and social impact. Through a mix of exercises, practical tasks, literature and case studies this module as a whole builds your creative capacities and soft skills needed to understand and develop social innovation! For more information visit https://cppt.cuni.cz/CPPTN-523.html

Last update: Primasová Hrubá Veronika, Mgr. Bc. (13.09.2022)

Aim of the course

Course 4.1 Introduction to Social Innovation

The main course objectives are: • to overview social innovation as a practice field • to understand social innovation terminology as well as what social innovation is or is not • to provide practical examples including developing understanding for contextual regional dimension (challenges, opportunities) in which social innovation occurs and develops.

Course 4.2 Social Innovation Approaches and methodologies

The main course objectives are: • to provide an overview of commonly used social innovation processes and methodologies (Open Book of Social Innovation, Stanford d. school, IDEO design thinking, etc.) • to address the main characteristics and prerequisites that define social innovation process and define its principles • to introduce design thinking approach in solving social challenges • to navigate through each of the stages in the social innovation process through a series of interactive exercises, tools and steps in order to design own social innovation • to build creative capacities and soft skills needed to understand and develop social innovation.

Course 4.3 Designing and implementing social innovations

The main course objectives are: • to examine relevant roles of social innovation and the value of co-creation in defining new activities and practices that lead to sustainability, scalability and social impact • to provide an overview of scalability strategies and approaches used in scaling social innovation • to emphasize the importance of achieving systemic change though social innovation and how to do it • to discuss the challenges of measuring social impact and showcase forms of social impact.

Last update: Primasová Hrubá Veronika, Mgr. Bc. (13.09.2022)

Course completion requirements

Multiple choice test.

Participants who successfully complete the subject will be awarded with 2 credits and digital badge.

Last update: Práglová Petra, Bc. (02.09.2021)