10% luck, 20% skill, 70% (letting go of your) concentrated power of will: The Good, the bad, and the ugly of using community-based learning in the classroom

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Community-based learning (CBL) is a popular OBTC topic. Last fall, however, I had the unique experience of leading and observing the process at three very different universities, with three very different results! If you use service/community-based learning, have thought about it, or have walked away from it, this session is for you! We will openly discuss the opportunities and failures associated with CBL, and the life long learning outcomes for the students, leaders, facilitators, and clients. Our goal is to take away a list of ideas and best practices to help us ALL better utilize this awesome/frustrating/terrifying pedagogy!

Author(s):

Kim Gower    
University of Richmond
United States