Welcome
Welcome to the resource guide for The OCE - The Office of Community Engagement at Penn State Berks!
Successful service learning depends in part on having a well-researched, well-planned design and pedagogy. With this purpose in mind, we have listed some of the top resources for service learning instructors on the menu on the left sidebar.
In addition, your students may be conducting research that complements their service learning work. We have thus included a section that lists student resources for Canvas courses.
Please contact your Berks librarians on the left sidebar if there are additional resources we can acquire to support your projects!
A Showcase of Service Learning Resources
Sample Syllabi
Campus Compact features sample syllabi and course materials.
Exemplars from Each Discipline
Try the search box for case studies of service learning projects in your discipline.
Instruments for Engaged Scholarship
PsycTests offers ready-made surveys on service learning topics such as environmental consciousness, park use, litter, health beliefs, eating behaviors, poverty, perceptions of crime, and more...
Service-Learning and Hispanic Students: What Works in the Field
Best practices include "ensure curriculum and projects are culturally relevant and appropriate..."
Serving the Latino Community through Service-Learning Partnerships
"This partnership honors the rich resources and expressed needs of all partners and is built upon the founding principal of mutual respect..." --Tammy Oberg De La Garza, Roosevelt University
