1. Digital Service Learning: Connecting with a Global Community
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Host: Lance Eaton
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2. Agenda 9:00-9:15am: Welcome, Introductions
9:15-945am: What Is Digital Service Learning
9:45-10:45am: Flavors of Digital Service Learning
10:45-11:00am: Break
11:00-12:00pm: Planning & Executing a Digital Service Learning Project
12:00-1:00pm: Lunch
1:00-2:30pm: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly of Digital Service Learning Projects
2:30-3:00pm: Wrap up & Reflection

3. Goals
Articulate what digital service-learning is in more comprehensive and global manner.
Critically explain the value, challenges, and opportunities that digital service-learning offers.
Draw upon numerous examples and ideas of digital service-learning to adapt for their institutes and classrooms.

4. Introductions Name Institution Role
Interest in Digital Service Learning

5. My Journey to Digital Service Learning
Open Educational Resources
Digital World
Instructional Design
A La Carte Assignments
Librivox

6. What Is Digital Service Learning
Pulls together traditional philosophy of service learning and couples it with opportunities and possibilities of the digital world.
Contributing to the digital world in a way that builds community, connections, and value to people’s lives, globally.
Does not have to be an online class to do digital service learning.

7. Traditional service-learning eService-learning Hybrid 2
On site
Online
Traditional service-learning
eService-learning Hybrid 2
(Service online)
eService-learning Hybrid 3
On site
eService-learning Hybrid 1
(Instruction online)
Extreme Service Learning
Online

8. Why Digital Service Learning
Giving back to the interwebs.
Leveraging technology to do more than entertain or divide.
Reaching people and communities that are physically removed but may be just as relevant to our lives.

9. Advantages of Digital Service Learning
Flexibility of serving hours
Different types of students and skillsets
Potential for both local and global impact
Offers creative ways to connect classroom learning with serving the community
Provides a tangible outcome for service-learning
Learn new digitally-related skills

10. Up next: Flavors of Digital Service Learning
Questions?
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Up next: Flavors of Digital Service Learning