DICE

Are you a University educator looking to boost your students' digital engagement with relevant communities?

Then DICE is here for you.

The DICE project addresses two major challenges faced by universities today: the digital transformation and the Third Mission of higher education.

DICE brings together universities and organizations from 5 European countries to support academic staff in creating digital, impact-driven courses that engage with communities online.

Digital Accelerator platform

Using a value-based methodology and an innovative Digital Accelerator platform, DICE provides practical tools for university educators and course leaders to design learning experiences that combine education, community engagement, and digital innovation.

The Social relevance

By fostering new forms of online collaboration between students and real-world communities, DICE strengthens the social relevance of higher education and helps build a more inclusive, connected, and future-oriented European learning ecosystem.

Target groups

University Educators

are challenged with the complex task of creating digital CE courses.

The teaching staff will:

learn strategies for better digital CE with external partners and stakeholders to create learning opportunities for students,

learn to apply innovative tools, form teams and collaborate with colleagues from other departments and institutions.

Course Directors

(university leaders and leaders of academic units) are the ones who are challenged with the task of enabling their educators to design digital CE courses.

DICE will support department and university leaders by:

raising their awareness of student digital CE needs and learning about the value-management approach,

providing them with step-by-step recommendations and guidelines (Handbook) to help their staff in developing effective strategies and solutions in student digital CE.

Students

as the main, but indirect, beneficiaries of the project results. Students are in need to develop 21st century skills to become more employable. Moreover, they need to engage more directly with society for them to contribute to its
development.

As result of the project implementation, students will:

receive extra support in digital CE as part of their education

develop transversal digital skills

increase awareness of social issues and engage digitally with communities to produce social impact

Local Communities

are an indirect beneficiary.

While students and universities improve their engagement activities, communities will have the opportunity to get closer to universities and to work jointly to respond to societal needs.

Partners