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/
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