The target of the course is to increase collective responsibility and sense of community so that each one of us survives this period of crisis as a individual and as a part of a community.
After having completed the course students evaluate their values, view of man and his/her strengths.They find meaning and hope in their lives and others' lives.
The report written by student includes the following themes:
- the meaning of voluntary work in relation to student's values, view of man or strengths (find a suitable frame of reference e.g. from electronic sources)
- the effectiveness of voluntary work
1 ECTS includes 27 h of work including 3 hours of writing a report. Student may get 1 ECTS / 2 ECTS / 3 ECTS / 4 ECTS / 5 ECTS. The report will be returned to student advisor by June 10, 2020. The course will be evaluated on a scale approved/failed based on student's report. Student advisor will ask further details regarding the report if needed. Photos or videos may be included in the report. Please pay attention to "customer's" privacy when taking photos or videos.
Contents
Voluntary work may be for example:
- grocery shopping
- taking care of children or helping school children with their homework
- helping elderly people
- friend activity
- creating, developing and taking into use digital solutions
- other tasks and activities from which student won't get compensation
Execution methods
Students complete the course independently. Enrollment is open until 30 April 2020. Students register used hours and reflect the meaning of work during pandemic.
Starting level and linkage with other courses
There are no prerequisites for the course. The state of emergency and the norms and rules caused by it must be taken into consideration so that completing the course is safe for the student and other parties. For example Finnish Instituion for Health and Welfare gives up-to-date information on corona virus situation and gives guidelines on how to act safely:
https://thl.fi/en/web/infectious-diseases/what-s-new/coronavirus-covid-19-latest-updates