20.500.12556/ReVIS-13413 Bridging higher education and local rural development through student-led, work-integrated problem solving This chapter explores the implementation and impact of two student-led, problem-based learning (PBL) projects, developed at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo mesto, Slovenia, in collaboration with local industry and community partners. Situated in rural border regions, the projects engaged students in addressing real-world challenges through interdisciplinary teamwork, student-centered mentorship, and community co-design. Engaging in highly contextualized and reflective project activities, students developed practical solutions that responded directly to the needs of underserved local communities and organizations, such as digital tools for small businesses and a strategy for adult digital upskilling. The chapter highlights how structured, community-connected learning fosters student competencies, while supporting inclusive digitalization and rural sustainability, offering a transferable model for integrating socially responsive innovation into curricular and co-curricular structures in higher education. problem-based learning rural development academic community partnerships digital inclusion sustainable development učenje na podlagi problemov razvoj podeželja partnerstva akademske skupnosti digitalna vključenost trajnostni razvoj true true true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-03-26 15:31:22 2026-03-26 15:31:22 2026-03-27 03:17:54 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 24. 3. 2026; Str. [65]-83 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-03-16 378:316.334.55:004.9 271642883 272789507 10.4335/2026.2.5 87-Chapter_Manuscript-1053-1-10-20260316.pdf 87-Chapter_Manuscript-1053-1-10-20260316.pdf 1 F04B57E07F93758E6FF88743B0BE2491 ca18be2528dac2fed8fdb67997e99b03f216ff16dae35612d7dabc20609de992 ad686490-2921-11f1-aa40-001a4af901a5 https://revis.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=15969 Fakulteta za informacijske študije v Novem mestu 0 0 0