Improving Integration of Learning in Learning Communities Through the Development of a Shared Learning Space
Presented by:
Emily Richardson [email protected] of the Hayworth Center for Online Learning; CATO School of Education Faculty
Shawn Bowers [email protected] Department FacultyQueens University of Charlotte
Comprehensive Liberal Arts University in Charlotte, NC
Undergraduate population: 1641 35% Minority6% International 28% Adult30% First generation
41 majors62 minors11 graduate programs
About Queens
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At a Glance: Learning Communities
LearningCommunity
Topic
x50Creativity & Innovation
x40Science & Society
x30Institutions & Society
x20Individuals & Society
Learning Community Themes
• Storytelling• Power • Human Journey• Sustainability• Immigration• Regionalism (ie: The New South)• Food Systems • Social Justice• Identity & Diversity• Gender, Race, & Culture
QLC: The Quest for Your Identity
• Fall 2017• QLC 220: Spiritual Storytelling• QLC 230: Your family history:
discovering who you are• QLC 240: Who are you Born to
Be? The Science Underlying Identity
• QLC 250: Jazz: America’s musical identity
QLC: The New South
• Spring 2018• QLC 230: Politics of the New
South• QLC 250: The Landscape of
Identity• QLC 260: Intro Stats: the New
South Learning Community
Topic
x50Innovation & Creativity
x60Quantitative
Literacy
x30Institution
s & Society
Student Feedback: Improving the Integrative Assignment
• Faculty need to model integration• Faculty need to be united front (regarding due dates, messaging, etc.)• Appropriately scaffold the assignment• Create space for collaboration• Provide distinct guidelines for all deliverables• Be clear about expectations
Questions & Discussion
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