Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, Vol 10(4), Dec 2024, 370-378; doi:10.1037/stl0000292
This report highlights the unique benefits of community-engaged service-learning courses by examining how two distinct courses adapted and persevered in the first semester of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Although the two courses are from different universities and have very distinct foci and requirements, both were able to accommodate world circumstances and ultimately provide support, stability, and meaningful learning for students during a tumultuous time. The analysis of these two courses contributes to the understanding of what foundational goals service-learning courses maintain and how such goals yield specific benefit to students, specifically during a semester of extreme and sudden change. Thus, the pursuit of critically examining best practices for online community engagement courses is worthwhile in order to maximize the potential impact of such courses on students whether learning is face-to-face or online. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)