SERVICE-LEARNING IN DATA VISUALIZATION

Service-Learning is a credited pedagogical model in which classroom learning objectives are aligned with community service to meet both educational and community goals. It not only helps students learn data visualization better but also helps the community by aiding non-profit organizations with their data needs.

Most of these non-profit organizations lack the time and expertise it demands to probe into their ever growing data and get insights from them and this in turn hinders them from making valuable decisions for increasing the impact of their organization. It also makes it very difficult for them to communicate their impact to potential funders in order to retain sustainability. On the hand, data visualization students learn the skills of data analysis, visual encoding techniques, evaluation, task analysis etc. in class but do not have a way to implement their skills in a real-world setting with real clients. Hence, Service-Learning makes a way to bring these two parties together, creating a perfect synergy where the organizations can gain insight from their data through analysis and visualization at no cost, while the students get to implement their classroom skills to solve real world problems.

Through the integration of Service-Learning with visualization pedagogy, the students are able to more effectively learn the concepts and skills taught in the classroom, develop professional and interpersonal skills unattainable in a classroom setting, and experience first-hand how their visualization skills can lead to a positive impact on their community. If you are interested in implementing Service-Learning in your course/ assignments/ labs, please scroll down.

Prof. Michelle A. Borkin applied Service-Learning in 5 of her Data Visualization courses since Spring 2017. ervice-Learning is incorporated in the semester long Final project requirement of the class. Currently Prof. Cody Dunne, who is also a member of the Data Visualization Lab in Northeastern University, is teaching a Data-Visualization class that integrates Service-Learning into the final design study project.

Learn more about the Data Visualization courses that integrated Service-Learning from the course websites given below:

Spring 2017: 2017 Spring/DS4200

Fall 2017: 2017 Fall/DS4200

Spring 2018: 2018S pring/CS7295

Fall 2018: 2018 Fall/HONR1310

Spring 2019: 2019 Spring/CS7250

Fall 2019: 2019 Fall/DS4200

For Service-Learning advice and curriculum advice:

https://www.northeastern.edu/communityservice/for-faculty-staff/service-learning/

https://citl.illinois.edu/citl-101/teaching-learning/resources/teaching-strategies/community-based-learning-service-learning/

If you consider implementing Service-Learning in your courses, labs or assignments, contact your university’s Service-Learning program. For example:

Northeastern University: https://www.northeastern.edu/communityservice/programs/long-term-programs/service-learning/

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): http://web.mit.edu/Student/learn_by_doing.html

Stanford University: https://urbanstudies.stanford.edu/academics/community-engaged-learning/community-engaged-learning-resources

Harvard University: https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/5401

University of Chicago: https://www.ucls.uchicago.edu/program/service-learning

Princeton University: https://pace.princeton.edu/

Cornell University: https://psc.cornell.edu/

University of Pennsylvania: https://home.www.upenn.edu/life-at-penn/community

Yale University: https://campuspress.yale.edu/yctl/category/service-learning/

Columbia University: https://communityservice.columbia.edu/

University of Michigan: https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/academics/engaged-learning/service-learning.html

Johns Hopkins University: http://source.jhu.edu/publications-and-resources/service-learning-toolkit/index.html

Duke University: https://servicelearning.duke.edu/

University of California, Berkeley (UCB): https://publicservice.berkeley.edu/resources

Northwestern University: https://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/program_type/service-learning-programs

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): http://www.uei.ucla.edu/community-learning/

New York University: https://www.nyu.edu/students/academic-services/undergraduate-advisement/unique-academic-opportunities/experiential-learning.html

University of California, San Diego (UCSD): https://commons.ucsd.edu/experiential-learning/community-engagement.html

Carnegie Mellon University: https://www.cmu.edu/gelfand/service-learning/index.html

University of Wisconsin-Madison: https://morgridge.wisc.edu/students/service-learning-courses/

Brown University: https://www.brown.edu/academics/college/swearer/

University of Texas at Austin: https://global.utexas.edu/abroad/programs/service

University of Washington: https://www.washington.edu/carlson/students-3/browse-service-learning-positions/

Georgia Institute of Technology: https://serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu/tool-category/community-engagement

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: https://las.illinois.edu/lifecareerdesign/service

Rice University: https://ccl.rice.edu/

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: https://ccps.unc.edu/apples/

Pennsylvania State University: https://berks.psu.edu/center-service-learning-and-community-based-research

Boston University: https://www.bu.edu/ctl/guides/service-learning/

The Ohio State University: http://u.osu.edu/servicelearning/

University of California, Davis: https://globallearning.ucdavis.edu/pathways/experience/service

Washington University in St. Louis: https://gephardtinstitute.wustl.edu/

Purdue University: https://www.education.purdue.edu/research-and-engagement/engagement-initiatives/community-engagement-service-learning/

University of Southern California: https://dornsife.usc.edu/joint-educational-project/service-learning-opportunities/

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB): https://www.duels.ucsb.edu/honors/service

University of Maryland, College Park: http://thestamp.umd.edu/leadership_community_service-learning

University of Pittsburgh: https://www.as.pitt.edu/faculty/teaching/guidelines-undergraduate-service-learning-projects-and-courses

Michigan State University: https://communityengagedlearning.msu.edu/

Emory University: http://catalog.college.emory.edu/community/volunteer.html

University of Minnesota: https://www.servicelearning.umn.edu/

University of Florida: https://www.ufl.edu/about/service-outreach/

University of Rochester: https://www.rochester.edu/college/rccl/civic-engagement/index.html

Case Western Reserve University: https://case.edu/studentsuccess/academic-resources

Texas A&M University: https://www.tamuct.edu/provost/service-learning.html

University of Virginia: https://career.virginia.edu/explore/gain-experience/volunteering-service-learning

Vanderbilt University: https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/teaching-through-community-engagement/

University of Colorado Boulder: https://www.colorado.edu/activelearningprogram/service-learning

Dartmouth College: https://home.dartmouth.edu/life-community/service

University of Notre Dame: https://socialconcerns.nd.edu/sslp

Arizona State University: https://communityengagement.education.asu.edu/programs/university-service-learning

Georgetown University: https://registrar.georgetown.edu/ServiceLearningCreditProgram

University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC): https://slce.uic.edu/

Tufts University: https://medicine.tufts.edu/local-global-engagement/CSL

Rutgers University - New Brunswick: https://odasis.rutgers.edu/academics/undergraduate/cesep

The University of Arizona: https://publichealth.arizona.edu/outreach/service-learning-course-offerings

University of Miamihttps://civic.miami.edu/

North Carolina State University: https://leadandengage.dasa.ncsu.edu/resources/

University of Massachusetts Amherst: http://www.umass.edu/cesl/

Indiana University Bloomington: https://citl.indiana.edu/programs/service-learning/

University of Hawai'i at Mañoa: http://www.socialsciences.hawaii.edu/engaged/service-learning.html

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: https://www.engage.vt.edu/

George Washington University: https://serve.gwu.edu/support-students-community-engaged-scholarship-courses

University at Buffalo SUNY: https://cce.buffalostate.edu/faculty

Stony Brook University, State University of New York: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/communityservice/

University of California, Santa Cruz: https://collegenine.ucsc.edu/cocurricular/servicelearning/index.html

University of Kansas: http://csl.ku.edu/

University of Connecticut: https://sl.engagement.uconn.edu/

Rensselaer Polytechnic University: https://info.rpi.edu/civic-engagement/rpi-community-service

University of Colorado, Denver: http://www.ucdenver.edu/life/services/AHEC/HealthProfessionStudents/ServiceLearningProjects/Pages/CommunityServiceLearningEducationExperiences.aspx

Washington State University: https://spokane.wsu.edu/studentaffairs/community-engagement/

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville: https://teaching.utk.edu/servicelearning/

Tulane University: https://cps.tulane.edu/academics/service-learning-course

Illinois Institute of Technology: https://web.iit.edu/campus-life/get-involved/service-learning-and-community-service

University of Iowa: https://clas.uiowa.edu/international-studies/experiential-learning/service-learning

Boston College:https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/offices/mission-ministry/sites/volunteer-service-learning-center.html

Colorado State University: https://tilt.colostate.edu/teachingResources/guides/serviceLearning/

Florida State University: https://thecenter.fsu.edu/service/service-learning

University of Maryland, Baltimore County: https://shrivercenter.umbc.edu/service-learning/

Oregon State University: https://experience.oregonstate.edu/service-learning

University of Delaware: https://www.cei.udel.edu/

If you cannot find your University in the list, please search for: Service Learning in [Your university name] and it should direct you to what you are looking for.

Additional resource: Campus Compact is an organization that provides support to faculty, staff, administrators, students, and community partners interested in Service-Learning. Many states have Campus Compact offices. Information about the state Campus Compacts can be found through links on the national Campus Compact website: https://compact.org/ https://www.apa.org/education/undergrad/service-resources