Types of SL Projects
Learning goals determine what type of project will best enhance student learning. Here is a range of project types.
Direct Service
1. Educational Outreach![BSU Service Learning volunteers at the Boys + Girls Club, Photo Patrick Sweeney](https://www.boisestate.edu/servicelearning/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2019/06/D_1503_015_059.jpg)
- teaching, tutoring, mentoring, demonstrating, or presenting their knowledge and/or skills with a community partner. Ex: afterschool programs, parenting programs
2. Companionship / Personal assistance
![Two smiling men conversing](https://www.boisestate.edu/servicelearning/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2020/04/0.jpg)
- spending time with people from target populations (ex: people who identify as elderly, refugee, homeless, youth at risk, people with disabilities) to offer support with language, storytelling, technology, etc.)
Indirect Service
3. Design and Production![Three people, one using a mobility scooter, at a research presentation](https://www.boisestate.edu/servicelearning/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2020/04/0-1.jpg)
- applying technical skills to design and/or produce a product for community partners. Ex: technical writing, curriculum development, designing adaptive devices, developing an app, revitalizing spaces, updating wayfinding, etc.
4. Background Research/ Issue Analysis![People conversing about a research presentation](https://www.boisestate.edu/servicelearning/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2021/10/IMG_4428_optimized.jpg)
- conducting a needs assessment, resource mapping, program evaluation, and/or background research on current issues for community organizations. Students may then work with community partners to disseminate to the public
5. Community Outreach and Impact![People speaking at an information table.](https://www.boisestate.edu/servicelearning/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2020/04/download.jpg)
- assist community partners in generating awareness, such as writing newsletter articles, developing or curating videos, assisting with outreach events, etc.
6. Field Experience![Students conducting field research at a creek.](https://www.boisestate.edu/servicelearning/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2020/04/0-2.jpg)
- designing experiments, collecting data, or contributing to ongoing studies through data monitoring for community partners. Ex: Idaho Fish and Game, Foothills Learning Center
7. Advocacy
![Boise Capitol building](https://www.boisestate.edu/servicelearning/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2020/04/download-1.jpg)
- working with community partners to advocate for action or to educate target groups about issues of public interest
See the Social Change Wheel for other types of SL projects.