Education
Impact Day 2016!
ABOUT US
We help nonprofits and other social enterprises achieve their missions by targeting performance gaps impacting the organization. Matched with nonprofits in service-learning projects, instructional design students develop solutions that are customized to the the organization’s learning and performance improvement needs.
Through the process of working with the nonprofit to recruit volunteer students to work on the pro bono service-learning projects, we act as:
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A matchmaker between the nonprofit and service-learner volunteers,
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A facilitator of service-learning projects,
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A resource for college faculty seeking service-learning projects, and
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An advisor to the nonprofit.
We have currently served over 3,000 students and connected with over 4000 colleagues in the field of education. In our first semester our MOOC course has served over 2000 students in instructional design. Our matching process begins with a needs and goal consultation with the nonprofit client. When the nonprofit client has an established need for instructional design help, a Call for Volunteers
describing the nature of the project and requesting volunteer help is posted on our website.
In addition, a copy of the call will be emailed to everyone who has expressed interest in either volunteering or mentoring volunteers.
As part of a selection process, interested student volunteer candidates will be asked to submit an application responding to the Call for Volunteers
detailing the planned approach to tackle the specific instructional design need described in the call. The proposal must also provide information about the academic and work backgrounds of the student volunteer candidates who will work on the project. Student volunteer candidates responding to the call must be sponsored by a faculty member from the student’s college instructional design program who will act as a reference for the student.
We'd love to hear from you and collaborate!
