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Meeting Notes Monday April 26, 2021.
Review of key points from the readings. Key characteristic of Learning Communities (LC’s). A curricular structure characterized by a cohort of students participating in an intentionally designed integrative study of an issue or theme through connected courses, experiences, and resources. Inherent Benefits of LCs. Providing a coherent, interdisciplinary space for intellectual engagement. Leveraging relationships among faculty, staff, and students to provide support. Connecting students with […]
Notes for May 24th
Well, we started with questions…and ended with questions! Kieren and I had sent the following to get the conversation started…. Should integration be the primary goal of LC work? What does integration among courses look like in a LC? How do we distinguish integrative learning from integrative thinking? Should we? How do we know integrative […]
Meeting Notes for 5/10/21: LCs and Equity
We began by exploring more possibilities for an LC with a Theater course that includes a focus on iambic pentameter, as a way of improving reading. The idea from a previous discussion was that the link should be between Theater and English. In this conversation, we explored the idea of an LC that links two Theater […]
Faculty Interest Group (FIG) Meeting 1: Operation of Learning Communities
The following is a summary of FIG Meeting 1, held on Monday April 26, 2021. Review of key points from the readings. Key characteristic of Learning Communities (LC’s). A curricular structure characterized by a cohort of students participating in an intentionally designed integrative study of an issue or theme through connected courses, experiences, and resources. […]
