Stand Together by Staying Apart: Extreme Online Service-Learning during the Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Service-Learning (SL) is an experience that allows students to (a) participate in activities co-designed in partnership by universities and local organizations and (b) reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain an enhanced sense of responsibility. These experiences represent significant ways to meet and experience real-world contexts for students. The COVID-19 pandemic required Higher Education Institutions to rethink and shift in-presence courses to online platforms. This transition included SL courses as well. This study aimed to explore the responsibility and democratic dimensions elicited by an extreme online Service-Learning (XE-SL) experience and the perceptions of engaging in exclusive online service activities with local communities during the COVID-19 Italian nationa

SUBMITTER: Compare C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8909981 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature