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Journal of Computing in Higher Education

, Volume 26, Issue 3, pp 227–237 | Cite as

Graduate students in a service learning design case: the development of a parenting program

  • Monica W. Tracey
  • Sara E. Kacin
Article

Abstract

The following design case illustrates the approach a group of advanced graduate online-design students, two design coaches, and an instructor used to design an online instructional intervention as a service-learning project for parents interested in improving their parenting skills with their pre-teens. This design case is distinctive in that it explores the online collaboration for this service-learning project using email, instant messaging, Google Hangout, Google Documents within Google applications and Skype.

Keywords

Service learning eLearning Virtual collaboration Instructional design 

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Copyright information

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Wayne State UniversityDetroitUSA
  2. 2.Wayne State UniversityDetroitUSA

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