Community links template

If you happen upon this site, please note that this is a resource primarily for myself. It is very much under construction and will be placed elsewhere, hopefully soon. However, if you wish to make comments or ask questions, please send E-mail to Jumaane at jajeff@mit.edu.

Miscellaneous resources | Service learning overview

MIT Public Service Center | My home page

College service-learning curricula

Listed by engineering discipline:

General College Engineering Information

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Listed by college:

  • Case Western Reserve University (OH) - Case Engineering Service Group
  • University of California-Berkeley SLRDC: home page | course list (pure sciences, humanities)
  • UCLA-Service Learning Clearinghouse Project
  • California State University-Long Beach: community service curriculum| definition of service learning
  • University of Colorado-Boulder: home page | instructor histories | course list (A very good template for the new MIT-PSC site, includes a wide variety of courses and disciplines)
  • Cornell University (NY) - Technology Outreach: includes curriculum, student and faculty resources, and projects in humanities, arts, science, and engineering
  • University of Maryland: home page | current project list | service by major (mainly urban studies, humanities)
  • Purdue University (IL): EPICS: Engineering Projects in Community Service - home page includes listing of all individual programs; see "Programs by Discipline" list for more information (*****)
  • University of South Alabama: home page | examples | course list (social and health issues, including one mechanical engineering course)
  • Virginia Tech Service Learning Center (environment, local culture)


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    Articles and reference materials

  • The Big Dummy's Guide to Service Learning: A good outline (despite the name) regarding the virtues of service learning
  • Service-Learning Pyramid
  • A Harbinger (Mobile, AL) article detailing a service learning conference in that area
  • Virginia Commonwealth University: Local resources and articles regarding service learning in engineering and other disciplines
  • Are there virtues to community service at all? This is an interesting article at www.education-world.com.
  • Here's another interesting article about the ethics of community service at onlineethics.org.
  • An Stanford Daily article about a book which traces the history of service learning
  • An article from Heller College, Brandeis University's graduate school, which is a precaution to community service.

    • MIT: Academic Student Organizations

  • Educational Studies Program
  • Chemistry Outreach Programs
  • Club Chem
  • Eta Kappa Nu
  • Tau Beta Pi
  • Biology Undergraduate Students Association

    Alternative undergraduate curricula

  • Integrated Studies Program
  • Experimental Studies Group

    • Addition organizations

  • Campus Compact: main site
  • Community Technology Center Network (CTCNet)
  • Computer Clubhouse, Intel/MIT Media Lab
  • International Partnership for Service-Learning
  • Learning In Deed

    Resources from CSF: Communications for a Sustainable Future, University of Colorado

  • Service-Learning Home Page
  • A list of all university service learning program in the country

    Yahoo! Directory: Service Learning



    • Service learning

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    What?
    - a form of academic instruction combined with community service
    - involves ways to apply knowledge to a real world situation
    - creates a link better theory and practice
    - a method of learning a new skill while applying/instructing

    How? (i.e. what should it include or how it should be done)
    - well-prepared set of goals
    - fully developed, relevant curriculum
    - ways to evaluate learning
    - opportunities for feedback and discussion

    Why?  (the reasons)
    - improved attendance in school, appreciation
    - a chance to enhance skills and get a sense of job environment, experience
    - meeting people and making connections

    Where? (what types of locales)
    - schools
    - hospitals
    - outreach/public assistance centers
    - construction
    - environmental agencies
    - systems administration

    Who? (beneficiaries)
    - children
    - the sick, elderly
    - community project conductors
    - greater communities (through a large project)

    Who (participants and facilitators)
    - students and faculty
    - business and community organizations
    - members of the immediate community (teachers, local residents)

    When?  (anytime!)