Civic Engagement

Workshops & Programs

Faculty Service Learning Workshop

Friday, September 28, 2007
University Union, Potomac Lounge
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 

Facilitator: Steve Jones, Coordinator, Office of Service Learning, Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) 

This workshop will focus on reconstructing course curriculum to incorporate service learning components, as well as provide an overview of what service learning is and why it is a useful and effective teaching pedagogy. Lunch will be served and there will be several service learning publications raffled off.

WORKSHOP OUTLINE

Registration/Breakfast: 9:00 – 9:30 AM

Overview of Service Learning: 9:30 – 10:30 AM
- Discuss the value of service learning to course objectives, the student and the community
- Identify what service learning is and is not

Service Learning Course Construction 101: 10:30 – 11:30 AM
- Give examples of service learning course curricula
- Discuss steps taken to incorporate service learning into a course

Break-Out Session: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- Break out groups to work on adding service learning component to a professor’s existing course, or   creating a new course with a service learning component

Lunch: 12:30 – 1: 15 PM

Wrap Up: 1:15 – 2:00 PM
- Discuss ideas for course construction discussions from break out groups
- Final questions for Steve
- Perhaps tying service learning to other civic engagement pedagogies

Workshop Outcomes:

• Through group discussions and the sharing of examples of service learning projects and curriculum, participants will understand what constitutes a strong service learning experience
• Faculty will feel confident in constructing or re-constructing a course curriculum to include service learning
• Some faculty will leave with the intention to create a service learning course for the upcoming spring or fall semesters in 2008

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Susan Lidard  via email or by calling 410.704.2186 by Monday, September 24, 2007.
 

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