Improving Integration of Learning in Learning Communities Through the Development of a Shared Learning Space
Presented by: Emily Richardson richardsone2@queens.edu Director of the Hayworth Center for Online Learning; CATO School of Education Faculty Shawn Bowers bowerss@queens.edu English Department Faculty Queens University of Charlotte
About Queens Comprehensive Liberal Arts University in Charlotte, NC Undergraduate population: 1641 35% Minority 6% International 28% Adult 30% First generation 41 majors 62 minors 11 graduate programs
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At a Glance: Learning Com m unities x50 Creativity & Innovation Learning x20 x40 Individuals Community Science & Society & Society Topic x30 Institutions & 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 x50 • QLC 230: Politics of the New Innovation South & Creativity • QLC 250: The Landscape of Identity • QLC 260: Intro Stats: the New Learning South Community Topic x60 x30 Quantitative Institution s & Literacy 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
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