Posts Tagged ‘Learning Communities’
September 20 - Blogs Help Create Learning Communities
By: Rob Kelly in Articles, Learning Communities
Susan Baim, assistant professor of business technology at Miami University-Middletown, uses weblogs to supplement her face-to-face courses to improve students’ abilities to use the internet as a research medium provide students with networking opportunities and build learning communities beyond the classroom improve students’ writing skills. Miami University-Middletown is a commuter campus, so opportunities for students
September 2 - Technology-Enhanced Faculty Learning Communities Expand Development Opportunities
By: Rob Kelly in Faculty Development
Faculty learning communities provide opportunities for faculty to get together to discuss similar interests and improve their teaching and learning practices. In the past 15 years, they have become more formalized through the work of Milton Cox and others as well as through use of Web-based technologies to connect faculty in new ways.
August 12 - Look to Midcareer Faculty for Learning Communities
By: Therese Kattner in Articles, Learning Communities
Studies on faculty careers show that faculty research publication productivity plateaus or drops at midcareer. However, this one measure of faculty productivity should not be mistaken as stagnation, says Shari Ellertson, an assessment consultant at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, who conducted research on faculty “vitality,” or the intensity of engagement with their work. “What
May 16 - Learning Communities: Impact on Retention & Academic Performance
By: Wordpress Admin in Online Seminars
Improved retention and improved grades are just two of the most visible, and measurable, benefits to instituting learning communities. By using this valuable concept on your campus, you’ll also see more engaged faculty and increased collaboration across the curriculum, in addition to reinforcing general education requirements and the creation of “Classrooms without Walls.”
