HONS 295 Global Social Innovations
Section taken: 51
Semester taken: freshman fall
Professor: Jessi Znosko
Course summary: Partnering with the Windesheim University of Applies Sciences in Zwolle, Netherlands, we examined social innovation on a global scale. We were to bridge the gap between two communities that you could find anywhere in the world in small groups where we worked closely with our Dutch colleagues.
Reflection
I think this course was a great introduction to honors seminars. I got to see what an elective class was like early on, which was great and I think has better prepared me for courses in the future. I really enjoyed collaborating with the Windensheim University students. I’m not sure when else I would have the opportunity to collaborate with students across the globe if it weren’t for this class. It was a very unique opportunity. We did have communication issues throughout the semester though. I found skype to be laggy, and I couldn’t understand the other side well, so I often avoided calls for texting with WhatsApp. WhatsApp was great, and the only other issue that ever occurred was the time difference, which was unavoidable. We learned a lot though, and did a lot of brainstorming before creating our final project. Sometimes it was frustrating to hear what you think is a really great idea get shut down, but ultimately we came up with a really great project which you can view below.