Resources for Community-Based Learning

The Community-Based Learning (CBL) approach

• About CBL

• Integrating research with community work

• Models of CBL

• Annotated Bibliography

Utilizing community resources

• Building true partnerships

• Finding resources

• Getting help from community resource people

• Keeping connections

• Contracts between students/faculty and organizations/agencies

Facilitating student teams

• Motivation

• Setting up teams

• Discovering team resources

• Team meetings: setting goals, tasks, timelines

• Handling conflicts within groups

• Grading rubrics

Creating effective products

• Communicating expectations

• Setting goals

• Exhibits

Student and program assessment

• Sample rubrics

• Peer evaluation

• Reflecting/journaling