Serving Online The second in a series of infographics developed to inform the practice of service-learning in online courses Question: If students have mobility issues, live in or want to serve a remote community, Many types of both direct and or simply have a very full schedule and want Here are just a few indirect service are particularly to volunteer at their own convenience; ideas and free web well-suited for the online what options do they have? resources. You’ll service-learner. notice that many of them complement Social Media project-based service- Create a Facebook page or a Wikipedia learning quite well. entry for a nonprofit or an issue. Write Research Design Advocate Bilingual? Sites like Translations for Progress provide excellent opportunities for language students. www.translationsforprogress.org Translate Mentor Train Tutor Go International The U.N.’s http://onlinevolunteering.org site lets you volunteer anywhere in the world from your own computer. Find more international opportunities at www.nabuur.com Virtual volunteering is like in- Got Some Geeky Skills? person volunteering, but the Help a nonprofit with an IT project Sometimes, you don’t want work takes place remotely Through the Community Corps. to serve from your (like telecommuting). https://thecommunitycorps.secure.force.com computer, and just need a Microvolunteering is a bite- volunteer matching site to sized version that lets you find local, in-person contribute whenever you Like Teaching? opportunities. These sites have the time to spare – Electronic Emissary is one of many often have online even 10 or 20 minutes! telementoring services. It helps K-12 teachers opportunities as well. Visit one of the sites below and students locate academic mentors. for more information. http://emissary.wm.edu Interested in Philanthropy? Help an organization engage in some 21st www.allforgood.org Century fundraising by helping them use a www.sparked.com site like www.causes.com or www.empowered.org. www.idealist.org http://helpfromhome.org Organize! Start a petition or mobilize people around an issue at a site like www.change.org. www.volunteermatch.org www.catchafire.org Further Reading Virtual Volunteering Resources www.serviceleader.org/virtual Myths About Online Volunteering www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/volunteers/page7386.cfm Microvolunteering and Crowdsourcing: Not-So-New Trends in Virtual Volunteering/Online Volunteering www.coyotecommunications.com/volunteer/microvolunteering.shtml Ten tips for online tutors http://kineo.com/elearning-tips/tip-16-ten-tips-for-online-tutors.html Created by John Hamerlinck, Center for Digital Civic Engagement, http://cdce.wordpress.com, June 2012 .