SEDA/SEDA301/Identifying and Developing Socially Innovative Solutions/Learning activities

Learning pathway activities

Discussion Boards - Developing Innovative Solutions

Across this micro-course, we have encouraged you to reflect upon the needs that exist in your local community, as well as your personal motivations and passions which may drive your actions as a budding social entrepreneur. With these things in mind, it is now time to think about how you might start exploring these issues in greater depth, and which strategies you might apply in the design of solutions to these issues. When developing these ideas, consider the following activity:

Choose 2 tools that you feel would be most useful in helping you to learn about the issues you have identified, and explain how they will help you to inform your thinking around possible solutions.

discussion boards can be accessed here.

Learning Pathway Quiz

To test your knowledge about the concepts and frameworks provided in Week 4, head on over to the Week 4 self-assessment quiz. This is the final quiz for the course, and successful completion of this quiz will open up the content for Module Two, which is released on 26th March 2018.

• A social innovation is:
  • a novel idea that benefits society as a whole, rather than private individuals
    • Almost: this is one element of a social innovation, but there are others
  • a form of technology that creates a social benefit
    • Almost: this is one element of a social innovation, but there are other
  • a piece of legislation that catalyses systemic social change
    • Almost: this is one element of a social innovation, but there are others
  • all of the above
    • Great job! A social innovation has many elements
• The Asset-Based Community Development methodology assess which of the following characteristics of a community:
  • Resources
    • Incorrect
  • Skills
    • Incorrect
  • Experience
    • Incorrect
  • All of the above
    • Correct
• Which of the following statements best describes the concept of community?
  • Community is a physical place where people come together
    • Incorrect
  • Community is made up of individuals that share the same belief systems
    • Incorrect
  • Community is a group of people defined by clear geographic boundaries
    • Incorrect
  • Community is a subjective concept that incorporates an individual's social system
    • Correct