Service-learning is a pedagogy that links academic
study and civic engagement through thoughtfully organized service
that meets the needs of the community
Service learning courses provide rigorous and
enhanced academic learning by interconnecting community action
and critical reflection
Service learning courses provide relevant and
meaningful service by placing students in projects that are tailored
to address community and societal needs.
Service learning courses provide purposeful civic
learning by creating a learning environment where students can
acquire the knowledge, skills, and values to make an explicitly
direct contribution to themselves and their communities, both
local and global, through civic participation.
Course options ensure that no student is required
to participate in a service placement that creates a religious,
political, and/or moral conflict for the student.
One activity in my online course will be service learning. I called this activity Social Justice Project. I believe that part of online learning is to get our students away from the computer!