COVID-19 has brought up new and urgent needs, some of which can be faced through
Service-Learning projects, as solidarity is central. We believe that through ServiceLearning we can contribute to confronting and overcoming this common threat and its
repercussions. For that, we have to design Service-Learning projects that respond to such
needs.

At a time when many higher education institutions are requiring virtual teaching, we also
need to adapt existing Service-Learning courses to this new situation, even if the service
needs are not directly linked to COVID-19.

The European Association of Service-Learning in Higher Education (EASLHE), in
collaboration with Pacto de América Latina por la Educación con Calidad Humana
(Palech), the European Observatory of Service-Learning in Higher Education and the
National Distance Education University (UNED) have developed this Practical guide on
e-Service-Learning in response to COVID-19 to support adapting Service-Learning
courses to our new reality.

We strongly believe that social distancing is no reason to stop service-learning. Just do it
online!

Pilar Aramburuzabala
President of EASLHE