Electronic Journaling: Using the Web-Based, Group Journal for Service-Learning Reflection

Student journaling is a fundamental reflective activity in many service-learning classrooms. This paper introduces the Web-based, interactive group journal as a potent, highly efficient, and research-based alternative to traditional, privately-kept journals. This journaling alternative is described in detail as it has been used in the last four semesters of an undergraduate service-learning course, and instructor and student assessments of this approach are presented.