- Over 5.6 million students were taking at least one online course during the fall 2009 term, a 21% increase over the previous year, far exceeding the less than 2% growth of the overall student population. Nearly 30% of higher education students now take at least one online course. - The document discusses incorporating service-learning opportunities into online courses through tools like discussion boards, videoconferencing, and social media. Examples of programs at various universities that do this are provided. - Questions are asked about resources for setting up similar programs and a database of other institutions incorporating service-learning into online courses.

1. Jean Strait, Ph.D. Hamline University Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net John Hamerlinck Minnesota Campus Compact Co-hosted by Iowa Campus Compact & Minnesota Campus Compact [email_address] [email_address]

2. http://sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/class_differences Sixty-three percent of all reporting institutions said that online learning was a critical part of their institution’s long term strategy . Over 5.6 million students were taking at least one online course during the fall 2009 term; an increase of nearly one million students over the number reported the previous year. The twenty-one percent growth rate for online enrollments far exceeds the less than two percent growth of the overall higher education student population. Nearly thirty percent of higher education students now take at least one course online.

3. “ Class Differences: Online Education in the United States,” 2010 I. Elaine Allen and Jeff Seaman, Sloan Consortium, November 16, 2010. http://sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/class_differences

4. October 31, 2010 "Online Learning: By the Numbers" http://chronicle.com/article/on-line-learning-enrollment/125202 "Faculty Views About Online Learning" http://chronicle.com/article/faculty-viws-about-online/125200

5. http://www.csuchico.edu/celt/roi/

8. Do You Own a . . . Yes or No Cell Phone?

9. Do You Own a . . . Yes or No Computer?

10. Do You Own a . . . Yes or No Land Line Phone?

11. Do You Own a . . . Yes or No Typewriter?

12. Do you know what a MID is? Yes or No

13. Have you heard of most of the following: Kindle/Nook/Ipad, active eReader/Qual.com, ebooks, jumpbooks Yes or No

15. Do you use a social network at least 3 times a day? Yes or No

16. Service-Learning in Online Courses Minnesota Campus Compact Webinar: February 9, 2010 Last year…. http://cdce.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/service-learning-in-online-courses-webinar/

17. First resource on service-eLearning , 2008 In print & available

26. What questions do you have for me?

28. Any other questions or comments?

29. [email_address] [email_address] Iowa Campus Compact & Minnesota Campus Compact