On today’s episode of Leading Lines, producer and colleague Stacey Johnson brings us an interview with Jill Lassiter, assistant professor of health sciences at James Madison University. Professor Lassiter recently wrote a Faculty Focus article on service-learning in a virtual world, including the changes she made to her service-learning projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the interview, professor Lassiter shares three principles for adapting service-learning to challenging environments, describes some of the virtual service-learning projects her students have engaged in over the last few years, and offers advice for instructors new to service-learning on getting started with technology-supported service-learning.
Links
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement, a Vanderbilt Center for Teaching guide: cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-page…ity-engagement/
- Faculty Profile for Dr. Lassiter – healthsci.jmu.edu/people/lassiter.html
- Service-Learning in a Virtual World – www.facultyfocus.com/articles/onlin…virtual-world/
- Leonard, G., Lassiter, J.W., Hammill, R., & LeCrom, C.W. (2022). Service-learning and the development of interpersonal skills in pre-professional undergraduate students. Pedagogy in Health Promotion. DOI: 10.1177/23733799221074626
- Martin, T., LeCrom, C.W., & Lassiter, J.W. (2017). Hearts on our sleeves: Emotions experienced by service-learning faculty. International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, 5(1), 41-56. journals.sfu.ca/iarslce/index.php…/article/view/273
- LeCrom, C.W., Lassiter, J.W., & Pelco, L. (2016). Faculty Feel it Too: The Emotions of Teaching Through Service-Learning. Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 8(2), 41-56. discovery.indstate.edu/jcehe/index.p…icle/view/294