eService-Learning

This book serves as an introduction to using online teaching technologies and hybrid forms of teaching for experiential learning and civic engagement.

Jean R. Strait is Director of the Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching. She brings a wealth of first-hand experience in the classroom-having taught reading, literacy, and educational psychology in higher education for the past 20 years. She has also developed and led urban teacher programs with service-learning components at two-year and four-year colleges throughout the Twin Cities. In addition, Dr. Strait has created programs to train adults in the Dakota Language and has helped refugee teachers become licensed in Minnesota. "Literacy is at the heart of all my teaching," she says. Katherine Nordyke is Director, Citizenship and Service Learning, Citizenship and Service Learning, Missouri State University. Andrew Furco is Associate Vice President for Public Engagement at the University of Minnesota, where is also serves as an Associate Professor of Higher Education. His research studies have explored the role of community engagement in K-12 and higher education, both in the U.S. and abroad. His publications include the books Service-Learning: The Essence of the Pedagogy (with. S. Billig), Service-Learning Through a Multidisciplinary Lens (with S. Billig), and Service-Learning: Does it Measure Up (with V. Jagla and J. Strait). Prior to arriving in Minnesota, he served as a faculty member in the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley and as Director of Berkeley's Service-Learning Research and Development Center. He currently serves as a board member of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE).

Foreword-Andrew Furco, University of Minnesota Acknowledgements Introduction Part One. Essentials,Components, and Nuts and Bolts of eService-Learning 1. Pedagogy of Civic Engagement, High-Impact Practices, and eService-learning-Jean Strait and Jane Turk, Hamline University and Katherine J. Nordyke, Missouri State University 2. eService-Learning. Breaking Through the Barrier-Leora Waldner, Troy University 3. Developing an eService-Learning Experience for Online Courses-Katherine J. Nordyke 4. Supporting eService-Learning Through Technology-Jean Strait Part Two. Models for eService-Learning 5. Hybrid I. Missouri State University Embraces eService-Learning-Katherine J. Nordyke 6. Hybrid II. A Model Design for Web Development-Pauline Mosley, Pace University 7. Hybrid III. Each One, Teach One. Lessons from the Storm-Jean Strait 8. Hybrid IV. Extreme eService-Learning. Online Service-Learning in an Online BusinessCourse-Sue McGorry, DeSales University 9. Mixed Hybrid. Hybrid I and Hybrid III eService-Learning. Investigating the Influence of Online Components on Service-Learning Outcomes at the University of Georgia-Paul Matthews, University of Georgia Part Three. Next Steps and Future Directions 10. Community Engagement and Technology for a More Relevant Higher Education-John Hamerlinck, Minnesota Campus Compact 11. Conclusions, Recommendations, and Final Thoughts-Jean Strait, Hamline University Editors and Contributors Index