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Successful knowledge transfer and project deployment in a service learning program

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Jon Reid,

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CITC4 '03: Proceedings of the 4th conference on Information technology curriculum

Pages 222 - 225

https://doi.org/10.1145/947121.947170

Published: 16 October 2003 Publication History

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Service learning programs provide a richer, more practical experience for students and can deliver more benefits to the community by undertaking larger projects not limited by the length of a semester. Long-term projects with a larger scope present both knowledge management and project management challenges. The Engineering Projects In Community Service (EPICS) program at Purdue University has established a unique structure for resolving many of these issues. The primary author advises an EPICS team that has successfully delivered a custom database application used on a daily basis by a local judicial government agency to track 8000 clients. The application has been updated and maintained by the student team over multiple versions and semesters.This case study presents our experience with the knowledge and project management issues in this team, identifying practices that have resulted in a successful delivery to the community partner and positive experience for the students, advisors, and other participants.

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EPICS®. Engineering Projects in Community Service. Purdue University. http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu.

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Homelessness Prevention Network EPICS team. http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu/hpn.

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Habitat for Humanity EPICS team. http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu/hfh.

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Judicial Database Systems EPICS team. http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu/jds.

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Jamieson, L.H., Oakes, W.C., Coyle, E.J. EPICS: Serving the Community Through Engineering Design Projects in Learning to Serve: Promoting Civil Society Through Service Learning. L. A. K. Simon, M. Kenny, K. Brabeck, and R. M. Lerner (eds). Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.

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Robledo Yamamoto FBarker LVoida A(2023)CISing Up Service Learning: A Systematic Review of Service Learning Experiences in Computer and Information ScienceACM Transactions on Computing Education10.1145/361077623:3(1-56)Online publication date: 12-Sep-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3610776
Desplaces DWergeles FMcGuigan P(2009)Economic Gardening through Entrepreneurship EducationIndustry and Higher Education10.5367/00000000979015643623:6(473-484)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2009
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Sorenson JLinos P(2005)EPICS: A Service Learning Program at Butler UniversityProceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference10.1109/FIE.2005.1612059(F2F-21-F2F-25)Online publication date: 2005
https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2005.1612059

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Successful knowledge transfer and project deployment in a service learning program
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Information systems education

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CITC4 '03: Proceedings of the 4th conference on Information technology curriculum

October 2003

282 pages

ISBN:1581137702

DOI:10.1145/947121

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Jeff Brewer
Purdue University
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John Mendonca
Purdue University

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Robledo Yamamoto FBarker LVoida A(2023)CISing Up Service Learning: A Systematic Review of Service Learning Experiences in Computer and Information ScienceACM Transactions on Computing Education10.1145/361077623:3(1-56)Online publication date: 12-Sep-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3610776
Desplaces DWergeles FMcGuigan P(2009)Economic Gardening through Entrepreneurship EducationIndustry and Higher Education10.5367/00000000979015643623:6(473-484)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2009
https://doi.org/10.5367/000000009790156436
Sorenson JLinos P(2005)EPICS: A Service Learning Program at Butler UniversityProceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference10.1109/FIE.2005.1612059(F2F-21-F2F-25)Online publication date: 2005
https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2005.1612059

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