Digital Ethic Lab - Innovation for Sustainability

The “Digital Ethic Lab - Innovation for Sustainability” course is a challenge-based learning program designed to meet the needs of today's world. The course is based on the principle that innovation and sustainability are inextricably linked: one cannot exist without the other. This represents a fundamental shift from traditional business thinking and opens up a world of opportunities for companies willing to adapt and innovate.

While sustainability is often associated with environmental considerations, this course expands its definition to include its economic and social dimensions. It challenges conventional wisdom that views sustainability as a cost rather than a source of profit. We'll explore how companies can turn sustainability into a competitive advantage by fostering innovation, optimizing resources, boosting efficiency, and creating value for customers and stakeholders.

A key aspect of the course is its challenge-based learning approach, which uses real-world sustainability issues as learning tools. This approach allows participants to tackle the most pressing sustainability issues head-on within a business context, fostering a deeper understanding and stimulating innovative problem-solving skills.

We will also delve into the long-term implications of sustainability for companies around the world. Far from being a passing trend, sustainability is a strategic choice that leads to increased revenue and a competitive advantage.

In short, the course provides companies with a comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted nature of sustainability and how it can be leveraged to drive innovation. It equips companies with the knowledge and skills needed to turn sustainability challenges into opportunities for growth and competitive advantage.

 

CHALLENGE-BASED LEARNING

Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) is an educational approach that starts with a real-world problem. It encourages participants to collaborate in teams, tackle a challenge, and each propose a solution to the problem at hand.

Challenge-based learning is rooted in the principle of experiential learning, a process where learning comes from experience, understood as “doing something.”

Therefore, all students will tackle a real-world challenge presented by a company or organization.

 

<p style="margin-bottom:11px"> General rules

• The course lasts a total of 30 hours, and students will also be required to work on assigned project work.   To earn University Credit, you must attend 80% of the total course hours (allowing for a maximum of 6 hours of absence) and pass the final assessment as determined by the instructor.
• A tutor will be responsible for recording attendance, which will be done by signing a register. Failure to sign in and/or out will be considered an absence. There will be no exceptions to the sole criterion for awarding university credits: attendance.
• Absence hours will be calculated based on the attendance records. Depending on the schedule or personal needs, students can take these hours all in one day or miss individual hours across multiple lessons.
• Once a student has chosen a course, they will not be able to earn University Credits through any other means.
• Students who have already earned the required University Credits for Other Activities as part of their curriculum, or who have already started attending optional language courses or other activities for which credits are recognized, are not eligible.

 

Additional information

• The course will take place during the first semester.
• The course will be conducted entirely in English.

 

The calendar will be available in September

 

Registration

<p Students enrolled in the first year (academic year 2022–2023) of a Bachelor's degree program  in the Departments of Economics and Management, Economics and Business, or Political Science, or in the second year (academic year 2022–2023) of the Single-Cycle Master's Degree in Law , can select the Soft Skills course they wish to take to earn credits directly from the Web Self Service while completing their study plan.

 

For more information, please email: softskills@luiss.it