Building a Learning Community in Your Classroom (Online)
June 10 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
Effective communities are both aspirational and practical. In particular, learning communities provide a space and a structure for people to align around a shared goal. They connect people, organizations, and systems that are eager to learn and work across boundaries, all the while holding members accountable to a common agenda, metrics, and outcomes. These communities enable participants to share results and learn from each other, thereby improving their ability to achieve rapid yet significant progress.
In this 2-hour long workshop, we will work through
In this 2-hour long workshop, we will work through
- Exploring the components of a learning community model
- Critiquing the application of such models in the context of discipline, teaching format, class size, and learning outcomes,
- An overview of learning community pedagogical strategies
- Structured individual work time to understand how a sense of community can be fostered in your classroom.