Assessment of a service-learning project experience in mobility and spatial data

To enhance sustainable and walkable cities, we need to know which aspects of the urban environment affect children’s walkability and develop measures related to communication and education to ensure widespread awareness in society as a whole. The aim of this paper is to advance the implementation of...

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Main Authors: Emilio Ortega, Belén Martín, María Eugenia López-Lambas, Cristina Jorquera
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Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat de València 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/realia/article/view/27708/23976
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description To enhance sustainable and walkable cities, we need to know which aspects of the urban environment affect children’s walkability and develop measures related to communication and education to ensure widespread awareness in society as a whole. The aim of this paper is to advance the implementation of participative and dynamic techniques at university level and target children from a sustainable mobility perspective. Through the Service-Learning project “Let’s Walk to School Safely!” three specific objectives related to learning, service and teaching are addressed. While learning, university students conducted a community service project and resolved several challenges related to complementary skills for pedestrian mobility and Geographic Information Sys- tems, while children learned mobility concepts. Its development combines the resolution of a chal- lenge, learning by doing–since the whole process was carried out in a real context–and cooperative learning. Using the results of a survey of 200 children studying in a school in Madrid, field work, and digital mapping, eight University students developed an interactive online map which classifies the streets around the school according to the children’s comfort level, safety/security and ease of travel. The participants broadened their academic competencies while exchanging skills, knowledge and expertise, and also acquired transversal competencies related to teamwork, organisation and planning, effective communication and ICT knowledge.
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spelling doaj-art-0b3d63074acd4ea6b7281b5dd947ca302025-08-20T03:32:51ZcatUniversitat de ValènciaResearch in Education and Learning Innovation Archives2659-90312024-01-01325774https://doi.org/10.7203/realia.32/27708Assessment of a service-learning project experience in mobility and spatial dataEmilio Ortega0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3495-9861Belén Martín1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9709-0361María Eugenia López-Lambas2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4050-453XCristina Jorquera3Department of Forestry and Environmental Engineering and Management. MONTES (School of Forest Engineering and Natural Resources), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SpainDepartment of Forestry and Environmental Engineering and Management. MONTES (School of Forest Engineering and Natural Resources), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SpainTransport Research Centre (TRANSyT-UPM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SpainUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SpainTo enhance sustainable and walkable cities, we need to know which aspects of the urban environment affect children’s walkability and develop measures related to communication and education to ensure widespread awareness in society as a whole. The aim of this paper is to advance the implementation of participative and dynamic techniques at university level and target children from a sustainable mobility perspective. Through the Service-Learning project “Let’s Walk to School Safely!” three specific objectives related to learning, service and teaching are addressed. While learning, university students conducted a community service project and resolved several challenges related to complementary skills for pedestrian mobility and Geographic Information Sys- tems, while children learned mobility concepts. Its development combines the resolution of a chal- lenge, learning by doing–since the whole process was carried out in a real context–and cooperative learning. Using the results of a survey of 200 children studying in a school in Madrid, field work, and digital mapping, eight University students developed an interactive online map which classifies the streets around the school according to the children’s comfort level, safety/security and ease of travel. The participants broadened their academic competencies while exchanging skills, knowledge and expertise, and also acquired transversal competencies related to teamwork, organisation and planning, effective communication and ICT knowledge.https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/realia/article/view/27708/23976active learningservice learningundergraduate teachingchildren mobilitywalkability map
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Research in Education and Learning Innovation Archives
active learning
service learning
undergraduate teaching
children mobility
walkability map
title Assessment of a service-learning project experience in mobility and spatial data
title_full Assessment of a service-learning project experience in mobility and spatial data
title_fullStr Assessment of a service-learning project experience in mobility and spatial data
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of a service-learning project experience in mobility and spatial data
title_short Assessment of a service-learning project experience in mobility and spatial data
title_sort assessment of a service learning project experience in mobility and spatial data
topic active learning
service learning
undergraduate teaching
children mobility
walkability map
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