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

Week 1: Kick off (KO)03 Oct - 09 Oct – Face-to-face in Leuven

TOPIC: Warming up to get started

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

 

Friday 03/10Address: KU Leuven Universitair Sportcentrum | Tervuursevest 101 | 3001 Heverlee

Saturday 04/10Address: Dijlehof | Minderbroederstraat 9B | 3000 Leuven

9:00 -10:00 Getting to know each other

Field visit "Dijlehof and De Wingerd - Leuven

10:00 -11:00 Boccia Initiatie

11:00 -12:00 Getting to know the VLE and tools to use

12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH LUNCH

13:00 – 14:00

Presentation projects Cera Award - Presenting posible options of Belgian and international projects

 14:00 – 15:00

15:00 – 16:00

16:00 – 17:00

Individual assignment(s) Week 1

• Task 0.1) Getting to know the platform.

• Remark: You will have real access to the Toledo environment once you have officially registered as a student (Oct 10th).

• Task 0.1a) Open the Toledo tutorials and go to the introduction on to how to use Toledo (http://toledo.kuleuven.be/english/students). This site will be of help when you are going to work in this curriculum. You can already discover our VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) via: http://tinyurl.com/mdhdzta. Once you have full access (Oct 10th) you can change your personal settings as well as the notification settings.

Individual assignment(s) Week 1

• Task 0.1b) Prepare your E-portfolio. Present yourself. Make a short presentation of yourself by telling who you are, what you like, which organisations you are connected to, … What are your interests and hobbies, working experience. Present this as from Oct 10th in your portfolio. Upload a digital photo of yourself to the E-portfolio. Remember to add your e-mail address and other contact details. You can find an example here: http://tinyurl.com/qad7fsn. (In order to get access please copy this url and paste it in your browser, you won’t have access otherwise.)

Individual assignment(s) Week 1

• Task 0.2) Tools for communicationo Toledo (http://toledo.kuleuven.be/english/students)o Google (https://www.google.be)o Webex (http://www.webex.com/)o Zotero (https://www.zotero.org/)o Weebly (https://students.weebly.com/)o Screen-cast-o-matic (http://www.screencast-o-

matic.com/)

Individual assignment(s) Week 1

• Task 0.2a) Get a Google account if you do not have one already. Put this Google account e-mail address in your E-portfolio under contact details. (The e-mail address you’ve used to register)

• Task 0.2b) Open the Webex training center. Check your sound and microphone with the audio wizard and become familiar with the Webex meeting room. (This is the conference room we offer you to use for meetings when appropriate).

Individual assignment(s) Week 1• Task 0.2c) Get membership of the Zotero Usergroup

"Community Service Engineering". (Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.)

• Download and install Zotero at https://www.zotero.org/

• Register yourself at Zotero (https://www.zotero.org/user/register/). Use the following format as your username: CSE14-15-<Name.Firstname> (eg: CSE14-15- Smith Thomas)

• Request membership of the Zotero Group "Community Service Engineering" at : https://www.zotero.org/groups/community_service_engineering

Individual assignment(s) Week 1

• Task 0.3) Learning objectives

• Task 0.3a) Present your learning objectives and expectations for the course in your E-portfolio (on a new page as from Oct 10th) and plan your work schedule for CSE. At which days of the week, timing, … can you make yourself available? Present this in your E-portfolio. (time availability – matching for group work)

Individual assignment(s) Week 1

• Task 0.3b) Examine the ‘real life project ideas’ in the pool (Cera Award project ideas, ideas from research groups, ideas from companies or international organisations). Name 2 projects you would like to undertake, let us know if you would like to work individually or in group (max. 3 people) on this project, rank the projects of your choice in your order of preference. Write down the motivation for your choices (200 words), what are your strengths and weaknesses to undertake this project and why have you chosen it. Write this down in your E-portfolio.

Individual assignment(s) Week 1

You can find the ‘real life’ project ideas via:

•Technology for end users: https://wiki.associatie.kuleuven.be/frame1cse

•Technology for organisations: https://wiki.associatie.kuleuven.be/frame2cse

Group interaction Week 1

• Task 0.2d) Group Interaction: Set up a Google hangout with the group and present yourself on the basis of the preparation for the E-portfolio.