Learning Communities Resources
Association of American Colleges and Universities
This site is for the Association of American Colleges and Universities, is updated quarterly, and explores challenges faced by learning communities and presents the current best practices. Related concepts: diversity, intercultural
http://www.aacu.org/resources/curriculum/learningcommunities.cfm
Five Models of Integrated Learning Communities
Five general models for organizing integrated learning communities, as summarized by Linda Sullivan at Maricopa Community Colleges. There are hundreds of possible variations on these models limited only by the creativity and finances of the institutions that implement them.
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ilc/models.html
Learning Better Together: The Impact of Learning Communities on Student Success
Tinto, Vincent. "Learning Better Together: The Impact of Learning Communities on Student Success." Promoting Student Success in College
http://soeweb.syr.edu/academics/grad/higher_education/Copy%20of%20Vtinto/Files/LearningBetterTogether.pdf
Learning Communities Bibliography
An excellent bibliography on Learning Communities
http://www.temple.edu/vpus/programs_initiatives/lc/documents/lcbibliography.pdf
National Learning Community Project
The National Learning Community Project's website explores a variety of approaches used to build learning communities, with all intended to restructure the students' time, credit, and learning experiences to build community among students, between students and their teachers, and among faculty members and disciplines.
http://learningcommons.evergreen.edu
Steps for Initiating a Learning Community
While every learning community will be unique, the Maricopa Integrated Learning Community monograph "Steps for Initiating a Learning Community" addresses some of the typical steps that most instructors will find useful in working through the initial planning and implementation phases:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ilc/monograph/part3/3_1.html
The Learning Communities at Temple University Faculty Handbook
The Learning Communities at Temple University Faculty Handbook, Fall 2002
http://www.temple.edu/vpus/programs_initiatives/lc/documents/handbook_fall2005.pdf
The Virtual Community
Howard Rheingold's seminal work The Virtual Community addresses the implementation of electronic learning communities.
http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/
The Virtual Community
Howard Rheingold's seminal work The Virtual Community addresses the implementation of electronic learning communities
http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/