Event Title
Multi-level Community Building through a First-year Learning Community
Location
DSB 108
Start Date
29-5-2015 1:35 PM
End Date
29-5-2015 2:30 PM
Session Type
Interactive Session
Description
It is no secret that Learning Communities have long been proven to be part of a series of high impact practices in higher education. Digging more deeply into the basics of first-year learning communities, the facilitators of this session will illustrate the many layers of community building they have successfully used over the years with their first-year students. Teaming (on both the student and faculty level), engagement in community service-learning, and use of project-based learning that involves students, faculty, and nonprofit agencies will be highlighted. Session participants will come away with concrete ideas on how to incorporate these community-building aspects into their own classrooms.
Topic Designation
Community-engaged teaching and scholarship, Teaching & Learning
Multi-level Community Building through a First-year Learning Community
DSB 108
It is no secret that Learning Communities have long been proven to be part of a series of high impact practices in higher education. Digging more deeply into the basics of first-year learning communities, the facilitators of this session will illustrate the many layers of community building they have successfully used over the years with their first-year students. Teaming (on both the student and faculty level), engagement in community service-learning, and use of project-based learning that involves students, faculty, and nonprofit agencies will be highlighted. Session participants will come away with concrete ideas on how to incorporate these community-building aspects into their own classrooms.