Oscar T. Lenning, Denise M. Hill, Kevin P. Saunders, Andria Stokes, Alisha Solan

Powerful Learning Communities (eBook, PDF)

A Guide to Developing Student, Faculty, and Professional Learning Communities to Improve Student Success and Organizational Effectiveness

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Learning communities have been demonstrated to dramatically improve student outcomes by engaging students in their learning.This book constitutes a comprehensive guide for readers who want a broad strategic view of learning communities, enabling them to identify which type of LC best meets the learning needs of their students, and the context and mission of their institution. It also provides the tools for planning, designing and implementing what the authors define as "powerful" LCs, and for understanding the assessment implications of their decisions.The potential power of LCs is realized through effective facilitation, appropriate team-building activities, linkages, planning, and active collaboration that promotes learning of the group and the individual group members - all of which topics are covered in this volume.This book is organized around the three themes of setting the stage, designing an LC, and building or enhancing a powerful LC, and covers three types of learning communities - student, professional (faculty, staff), and institutional LCs concerned with student learning - providing a range of tools and forms to facilitate planning. The authors also address designing and maintaining hybrid and virtual LCs. This book is intended as a practical resource for anyone at any level in higher education who wants to champion, develop or redesign student or professional LCs, or even explore broader initiatives to develop their institution into a "learning organization". Administrators in academic and student affairs will find guidance for setting appropriate policies and allocating resources. The book may also serve as a textbook for graduate courses in institutional leadership and policy studies, curriculum and instruction, student affairs, or assessment/evaluation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000975307
• Artikelnr.: 68357105

Autorenporträt

Oscar T. Lenning is retired from academics and is now Director of Lenning Consulting Services. After 15 years of research, writing and consulting at ACT and NCHEMS-and 20 years as academic VP and dean at colleges in New York, Iowa and Oklahoma-he spent eight years leading development of innovative new programs at three different collegiate institutions. Author of 130+ professional publications, his chapter on "Assessment and Evaluation" in1981 and 1989 in Delworth and Hanson's Student Services: A Handbook for the Profession became the standard for the student affairs profession in that area during the 1980s and much of the '90s. Denise M. Hill is Assistant Professor at Des Moines University teaching health law and ethics. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Drake University Law School and an of counsel attorney at the Whitfield and Eddy law firm in Des Moines. She is active in promoting cross-curricular and institutional learning opportunities and founded the first MHA student chapter in the nation of the American Health Lawyers Association. A trained mediator and frequent public speaker, previously she practiced law at two large law firms, was Manager of Public & Regulatory Affairs for the Iowa Medical Society and served as a labor relations attorney for the Iowa Department of Personnel. Kevin P. Saunders is Director of Academic Assessment at Drake University. Previously he served as the coordinator of continuous academic program improvement, chaired the learning communities assessment subcommittee, and taught research and evaluation courses at Iowa State University. He is a former resource faculty member for the Evergreen State College Learning Community Summer Institute and is a current Teagle Assessment Scholar. Andria Stokes is the director of the Center for Transformational Learning and Assistant Professor of Education at Avila University in Kansas City, MO. Her specialty is cognitive education; her focus has been on inquiry and const

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Foreword Vincent Tinto INTRODUCTION. WHY WRITE THIS BOOK?
The Audience for This Book How to Use This Book New Data. The
"100-Institution Survey" Definition of Concepts and Key Terminology Why
Create Learning Communities? 1. THE SCOPE AND TYPES OF LEARNING COMMUNITIES
The Scope of LCs Factors/Facets of LCs A Typology of LCs LC Subtypes for
Membership Facet Conclusion For Reflection 2. PREPARING FOR POWERFUL
LEARNING COMMUNITIES Creating Purposeful LCs That are Powerful Conducting
an Environmental Scan Principles for Design of Powerful LCs Designing
Powerful LCs Conclusion For Reflection 3. CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING OPTIMAL
FACE-TO-FACE, VIRTUAL, AND HYBRID LEARNING COMMUNITIES Comparison of
Outcomes In Face-To-Face, Virtual, and Hybrid LCs Essential Processes
Common to All Three Delivery Modes Essential Processes Unique to
Face-To-Face LCs Essential Processes Unique to Online LCs Processes Unique
To Hybrid LCs Conclusion For Reflection 4. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS FOR
CREATING POWERFUL LEARNING COMMUNITIES Focusing on Learning in LCs
Instructional Design Frameworks Holistic Frameworks Development Frameworks
Overall Guiding Framework in the Creation of Powerful LC Conclusion For
Reflection 5. ACHIEVING OPTIMAL STUDENT SUCCESS THROUGH POWERFUL SLCs,
PLCs, AND LOs Developing Powerful SLCs Developing Powerful PLCs Developing
Powerful LOs Conclusion For Reflection 6. CREATING ETHICAL AND LEGAL LCS
Membership and Access Relationships Integrity, Privacy, and Liability
Conclusion For Reflection 7. ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF
LCS Connections to Research The Assessment Cycle Strategies to Create
Powerful LC Conclusion For Reflection 8. ADDRESSING POTENTIAL PROBLEMS FOR
POWERFUL LCS Overcoming Potential Problems for LC Success Conclusion For
Reflection APPENDICES APPENDIX A-COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SELECTED FOR THE
100-INSTITUTION SURVEY APPENDIX B-COMPENDIUM OF KEY FACTORS RECOMMENDED IN
THE RESEARCH TO BUILD POWERFUL LCs APPENDIX C-POWERFUL LC PLANNING FORM
APPENDIX D-EXPERIENTIAL EVIDENCE THAT FACE-TO--FACE AND VIRTUAL LCs DEPEND
ON THE SAME PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES APPENDIX E-100-INSTITUTION SURVEY
RESPONSES REGARDING WHAT MAKES THE INSTITUTIONS' SLCs UNIQUE OR INNOVATIVE
AND EFFECTIVE/POWERFUL APPENDIX F-KEY LAWS AND LEGAL RESOURCES IMPACTING
LCs REFERENCES ABOUT THE AUTHORS INDEX ADDITIONAL APPENDICES APPENDIX G-A
BRIEF HISTORY OF LCs APPENDIX H-A CALL FOR AND EVIDENCE OF EDUCATIONAL
CHANGE APPENDIX I-WITHIN-CLASS LCs DEFINED APPENDIX J-MORE DETAILS ABOUT
LEARNING PERTAINING TO DELIVERY FORMATS FOR SLCs APPENDIX K-THE ROLE OF
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS IN LCs APPENDIX L-WEBSITE URLs PERTAINING TO LCs FOR
100-INSTITUTION SURVEY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES APPENDIX M-EXAMPLES OF
INSTITUTIONAL LC SUPPORT MATERIALS