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AMY JESSEN-MARSHALLVPAA, DEAN OF THE FACULTY
SWEET BRIAR [email protected]
Encouraging Faculty Development through Learning Communities
Learning Communities
DefinitionLong historyFaculty developmentCurriculum development?Examples of successChallenges and recommendations
Learning Communities
What do you already know about learning communities?
Experiences?
Definitions
What a learning community is not:A committeeA task force
Definitions
What a learning community is: A COMMUNITY An opportunity for faculty/staff to explore
a topic of interest in an active, collaborative format. Usually multidisciplinary
Generally 8-12 people in size A way for faculty to share ideas and work
on pedagogy projects
Definitions
What a learning community is: A group that meets for a set amount
of time (generally a year) and then disbands.
Has an outcome/projectSupportive and reflectiveScholarship of teaching and learning
model
Long history
Leader- at the University of Miami in Ohio- Milt Cox
http://www.units.miamioh.edu/flc/
Lots of resources: Creating Learning Communities: A Practical Guide to Winning Support, Organizing
for Change, and Implementing Programs. Shapiro, Nancy S.; Levine, Jodi H. Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series, 1999
Powerful Learning Communities: A Guide to Developing Student, Faculty, and Professional Learning Communities to Improve Student Success and Organizational Effectiveness, Lenning et al,Stylus Pub. 2013
Common model for Centers for Teaching and Learning
Learning Communities for Faculty Development
Organizing learning communities Topical interest and application Allow group to form and decide on own
topic Book reading group/brown bag lunch
meetings
Learning Communities for Faculty Development
Examples: Scholarship of teaching and learning (1-2
years) Using technology in the classroom First generation learning and pedagogies ePortfolio development Others?
Expectations
Communities will meet biweekly or triweekly
Facilitator identified to help organize (Not chair)
Social component encouraged (Semester dinners)
Summary or presentation at end of project
Expectations
Resources importantProject fundingBooksFOOD!
Curriculum development?
Risky?
CTL director really nervous.Global learning project for AAC&UThree learning communities
Sciences Humanities Social Sciences
Curriculum development?
Project based- global in classroomSocial componentResourcesSummary at end with reflectionNO SPECIFIC CURRICULAR
RECOMMENDATIONS!
Next steps for curriculum
Used projects from global learning communities as examples of successes.
Important for middle group of faculty for buy in.
Initial draft for learning outcomes.Created leaders for next steps- core groupCore group charged with goals/outcomes and
modeling to share with larger faculty groups.
Challenges
Common meeting timesAccountabilityFacilitator trainingCould go horribly wrong
Or could go fantastically well
Conversation and questions:
Could you see a model like this working on your campus?
Timeline?Topics?
