Community-Engaged Courses
Curricular Community Engagement
Community Engagement in curriculum is practiced through service learning, a pedagogical framework. Service learning at 俄亥俄州 is structured experiential education linked to a course that intentionally supports student learning 和 community-based organizations equally. The CCCE has been instrumental in the development of Community Engagement Courses (C-Courses). For a service learning course to be designated as a C-Course, it must meet the following criteria:
- Based on collaboration 和 mutual benefit for faculty 和 community organizations
- Serves the common good
- Has service embedded in the course curriculum
- Requires at least 20 hours of structured, intentional work on a service project
- Requires reflections that link experience to academic material
教师 资源
How to develop a C-Course:
教师 interested in developing a C-Course are strongly encouraged to participate in the Community Engaged Scholars Program, a professional development program.
To submit a community engaged course for approval as a C-Course, faculty must fill out the Service-Learning C-Course Planning Form.
It is strongly recommended to meet with the CCCE 教师 Fellow prior to submission in order to increase the success of your course proposal. After completely filling out the form 和 adding your syllabus, please email it to the CCCE, at communityengagement@俄亥俄州.edu or 教师 Fellow Dr. Mike Kopish at kopish@俄亥俄州.edu.
C-Course proposals are reviewed each semester by the CCCE's C-Course Subcommittee. When approved, you will be issued an endorsement letter that can be uploaded into OCEAN.
C-Course Mini-Grants:
Designated C-Courses are eligible for mini-grants to reduce barriers related to community engagement. C-Course Mini-Grant Applications are available online. Applications are due April 15 for Summer Session 和 Fall Semester 和 November 15 for Spring Semester. Mini-Grants are renewable.
Manage Curricular Service-Learning with 给pulse:
教师 interested in adding community-engaged components to 任何 course can utilize 给pulse’s integration with 黑板上 to seamlessly move students from the 黑板上 Course into the synced course within the 给pulse platform 和 coordinate events with community partners.
This enables instructors to:
- Directly promote specific opportunities listed on 给pulse that would fulfill course requirements to their students
- Build service-learning events allowing students to register for various shifts or activities
- Enable their community partner access to post opportunities 和 verify or assess student participation via the desktop platform or on-site using 给pulse’s mobile app
- Utilize a message board to communicate with students 和 partners
- Collect, record, 和 report student outcomes, impacts 和 artifacts
New to 给Pulse? Create your account 和 learn more 和 schedule a tutorial with the CCCE to get started!