Learning Communities Models

11/16/2000

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Learning Community Models Cover

The phrase “learning community” is being used in many contexts:

“Learning” and “community” can be seen as both means and ends.

Recent trends in educational reform efforts:

Learning Communities

From Courses

To Programs

Learning Communities Address the Needs for:

Learning community curricula are found in. . .

Learning Communities Invite an Array of Pedagogical Approaches:

Others who participate on LC teaching teams besides faculty members:

Learning Communities Can Be Structured As:

Three Basic Types of Learning Community Models

“F.I.G.’s” Freshman Interest Groups

Examples of F.I.G.’s

“F.L.C.’s” Federated Learning Communities Goals: Community, Integrative Learning, and Faculty Development in a Large Class Environment

F.L.C. in the Major

Linked or Paired Courses Goal: Curricular coherence and integrating skill and content teaching

Examples of Paired Courses

Learning Clusters: Goal: Coherence, thinking and writing skills in a community setting 

A Learning Cluster Schedule

Learning Cluster Procedures

Business Cluster

Team-Taught Learning Communities

Team-Taught Course Pairs

Team-Taught Triads of Courses

Team-Taught Course Schedule for the Quanta Program

Coordinated Study Model

Coordinated Study Model Typical Schedules

Enrollment in Team-Taught Models

Enrollment in Team-Taught Models

Are Learning Communities Effective?

Successful Learning Community Implementation

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