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Learning Through Serving: Learning Service-Learning Pedagogy To Enhance Your Teaching, Paul Valdez, Laura Landry-Meyer, Kate Magsamen-Conrad, Denise Niese, Jeanette Dillon

Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education Conference

This workshop is geared toward faculty and staff at universities who would want to integrate service learning into their courses as well as community partners who would like to explore a service-learning opportunity with a campus partner. The definition of service learning and how it is different from other forms of experiential learning will be discussed. Concepts will be illustrated using a short video clip and other real life examples. The service learning criteria of Meaningful Service, Enhanced Academic Learning, and Purposeful Civic Learning will be identified. The application of these criteria will be illustrated through BGSU service-learning courses - …