Impactful social entrepreneurship education: A US-Spanish service learning collaborative online international learning (COIL) project
Publication date
2023ISSN
1472-8117
Abstract
Social Entrepreneurship Education (SEE) is becoming ubiquitous across geographical and institutional contexts. Although service learning (SL) and global learning (GL) are high-impact practices frequently used in SEE, the implementation of SL Collaborative International Online Learning (COIL) in this context is less explored. This study borrows from the literature on SE competencies, SL and GL to address this gap by critically describing a US-Spain seven-week SL COIL project, and, through an exploratory multi-sourced qualitative "researcher-participants" study, generating findings related to the effect of this pedagogical tool on the students' competencies. Mixed teams of students had to solve a challenge posed by four social enterprises in the US and Spain. The findings confirm increased personal, social, and cognitive skills, reinforcing the relevance of this pedagogy to increasing intercultural competencies, and reducing the inequities of traditional study-abroad experiences. As an exploratory study, it is limited in its scope, but it provides the foundation for further research into COIL practices in SEE.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
33 - Economics. Economic science
Keywords
Pages
17
Publisher
Elsevier
Collection
21; 3
Is part of
The International Journal of Management Education
Citation
Ballesteros-Sola, Maria; Magomedova, Nina. Impactful social entrepreneurship education: A US-Spanish service learning collaborative online international learning (COIL) project. The International Journal of Management Education, 2023, 23(3), 100866. Disponible en: <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472811723001040>. Fecha de acceso: 10 jul. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijme.2023.100866.
Note
This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors, however, we note here that funding was received from the autonomous government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya), Spain, to develop the course in the Spanish university
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