Community Service Engineering is a curriculum of the faculties of Engineering Technology and Engineering Science KU Leuven in collaboration with Thomas More

Week 6: Appreciative Inquiry

07 – 08 Nov – Face-to-face in Geel

TOPIC: Empowerment, Participation, Inclusion

Face-to-face meetingThis week we welcome you in Leuven

Friday 21/11Address: KU Leuven | Kapeldreef 62 | 3001 Heverlee| Zaal Lyra

Saturday 22/11Address: KU Leuven | Kapeldreef 62 | 3001 Heverlee| Zaal Lyra

9:00 -10:00

10:00 -11:00

11:00 -12:00

Lies Beunens Samenlevingsopbouw - European Community Development Network and project examples

Dr. Wilfried Bogaerts - OPZ: Geel, a city with a special history of inclusion

12:00 – 13:00 BREAK BREAK

14:30 – 16:00Participation and Inclusion, Dr. Carmen Mathijssen

16:00 – 17:00Passwerk builds on the strenghts of adults with autism for computer software testing - Dirk Rombaut

Dr. Machteld Verbruggen: Inclusion from a human rights perspective + inclusion in education

The view of VAPH (Flemish Agency for People with Disabilities) + the international perspective - Marc Wouters

Empowerment, Dr. Pascal Tuteleers (Hogent)

13:00 – 14:30

Individual assignment(s) Week 8

• Task 1.3:

Watch the movie of Yo Tambien (Me too) and reflect upon participation, empowerment, inclusion for the end users or potential vulnerable stakeholders for your ‘real life’ project. What are pros and cons? Things to consider?

Present your reflection note (300 words) on your Weebly website - tab Context of use – Task 1.3

Group interaction Week 8

• Could technology (in general – not necessarily the end product of your ‘real life’ project) contribute to participation, empowerment, and inclusion of vulnerable groups? Are you aware of what inclusive design means? Do stakeholders for your projects have an opinion on technology and participation/empowerment/inclusion? What are user's needs? What are requirements for the design? As engineers, we are often tempted to build specific solutions. Could we approach this in a different way? What would an inclusive solution look like?

Group interaction Week 8

• Find 2 relevant articles relating to this subject (the topics as such, inclusive design, design for all). Put the articles in the Zotero group CommunityServiceEngineering.

• Each student writes a blog on this topic, referring to the articles; we give our fellow student(s) feedback via comments (Blog is available on Weebly).