1. Week 1: Kick off (KO)
03 Oct - 09 Oct – Face-to-face in Leuven
Community Service Engineering is a curriculum of the faculties of Engineering
Technology and Engineering Science KU Leuven in collaboration with Thomas More
3. Face-to-face meeting
This week we
welcome you
in Leuven
Friday 03/10
Address: KU Leuven Universitair
Sportcentrum | Tervuursevest 101 |
3001 Heverlee
Saturday 04/10
Address: 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
4. 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.
5. 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.)
6. Individual assignment(s) Week 1
• Task 0.2) Tools for communication
o 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/)
7. 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).
8. 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_engine
ering
9. 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)
10. 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.
11. 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
12. 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.
