The Social Impacter - A framework to create student champions to propel experiential learning and create connected communities for a better cause.
With the evolution of education and technology, the processes are becoming more complex and automated and hence the core of human civilization which is human empathy and touch is lacking in many aspects and is also reflected in the society in the terms of disoriented families, job dissatisfaction, crime rate, corruption, wars and much more. Therefore, not only the government but premium institutions like SRMAP have taken the initiative to integrate the philosophy of Community Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship into the curriculum and other activities, to regenerate the symbiotic web of human communities and life.
With this broad-reaching emphasis on community engagement and involvement of students from an early age so that they can integrate and assimilate the concepts and core values at an early age and hence be the building blocks of the envisioned India. The entire theme of CESE has been very thoughtfully divided into 4 blocks – each block will cater to a specific set of students with specific learning outcomes spread across their academic years – where the concept will itself evolve, starting from the student’s 1st year of academic studies.
The Social Impacter Participation Model describes four modes of member engagement that can occur within a community – ENGAGE, ENROLL/ CONTRIBUTE, ENERGIZE/ COLLABORATE, and CO-CREATE - and one that can occur both inside and outside of it: CONVERGENCE/ ENTERPRISE. All modes may be present at once, with some members interacting in multiple modes - or a community may have member engagement that falls into only some of the modes described.
In this short guide, we outline what each of the modes looks like and answer some frequently asked questions about the model. The model is shown in graphical form in Figure below.
Across the top you will see three forms of information flow: TRANSMISSIVE, TRANSACTIONAL, and TRANSFORMATIONAL. Below that, the four major modes of community participation, ENGAGE, ENROLL/ CONTRIBUTE, ENERGIZE/ COLLABORATE, and CO-CREATE. How these forms of information flow map onto the four modes are described in more detail below.
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