Community-Engaged Learning

Academic Service Learning Course (AcSL)

• - An AcSL course combines course content with meaningful, relevant service and critical reflection.
• - Benefits: learning is enhanced, and community partners receive concrete benefits
  • - service learning v. community-based learning
    • - Kolb’s experiential learning theory:
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Models of AcSL

• - Project-based: Students produce a deliverable for community organization that functions as a “client” for students. Sometimes research oriented, other times takes the form of a concrete product.
• - Placement-based: Students serve at the community organization as a volunteer.
• - Education/Advocacy-based: Students share knowledge gained in their class with others in order to advance community understanding and mobilization on one or more key issues.