When teaching courses that bring together students from different disciplines with varied prior knowledge, classroom learning alone is not always enough. Service learning, which involves students ...

Students involved with service learning can reflect on their experiences to gain a deeper understanding of course content and a broader appreciation of the discipline, improving critical thinking ...

During COVID-19, many instructors are asking important questions about how to bring a sense of humanity into their hybrid or online classrooms. This discourse may rightly lead us to wonder how to ...

Blogger's Note: Service learning has become increasingly popular, and I want to initiate a discussion of service learning and the ethical issues involved. To do so I've asked some noted experts in the ...

Service learning is essential in SHP because it bridges academic knowledge with real-world experience, fostering personal growth, civic responsibility, and professional development. It connects ...

Service learning can have many benefits for students, teachers and the wider community, but starting out can be intimidating. Grace Ngai offers one don’t and three dos to begin your journey So, you’re ...

Service learning integrates service and academic learning to promote understanding of course content while helping students develop insights regarding the range of services required to deal ...

UAB’s Faculty Fellows in Service Learning and Faculty Fellows in Undergraduate Research programs are one-year fellowships designed to accelerate the work of faculty members eager to develop exemplary ...

Boston College offers opportunities for real-life, community-based learning experiences both at home and abroad. The VSLC offers programs and supports both student and faculty/staff initiatives that ...

Any election is exciting to me because it represents that I live in a free country; a land that I love and appreciate. The November Presidential election is heating up. Political speeches, campaign ...

Service and learning are deliberately and explicitly tied to the learning objectives of the course. The goal is to have students gain direct experience with problems or issues they are studying in ...

Matt Cherkerzian is an EMT majoring in criminal justice who helps with research into decision-making by first responders. Doug in the Centers for Learning was a mentor in how to get through college.