Service-Learning is a teaching and learning methodology that colleges, universities, and schools from pre-K to 12th grade are using all around the world to enhance course content, engage students in experiential learning, & promote community involvement.

Academic Service-Learning unites service-learning with classroom learning. This teaching methodology encourages students to obtain new skills / knowledge while simultaneously meeting course objectives & serving their community and afterwards reflect on both the service provided & the learning that took place.

Co-Curricular Service-Learning does not have to have ties to the classroom, but still combines service objectives with learning objectives. It encourages self-reflection, self-discovery, and the acquisition and comprehension of values, skills, and knowledge content via service.

Service (also referred to as "civic engagement") allows the provider of the service to lend a hand to a person, group of people, or agency but does not ask the provider of that service to reflect on or learn from their work. It is an outlet for one to give back to their community.