Faculty Learning Communities: Five Skills Every Facilitator Should Capture
Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) are spaces that allow for improving one’s pedagogy, seeking intellectual stimulation, meeting other colleagues who are interested in similar topics, or simply...
View ArticleFaculty Learning Community Brings Together Diverse Group to Discuss...
No matter how long you’ve taught, there is always something you can learn from colleagues. This is the concept behind Kent State University’s faculty learning communities (FLCs). Currently, KSU offers...
View ArticleHelping Your Learning Community Reach Its Goals
Learning communities come in all shapes and sizes. Some simply link courses and put students in a cohort; many go considerably beyond that to build a learning environment around core practices known to...
View ArticleLifelong Learning: Discovering and Developing Your Teaching Skills
“Self-knowledge is the beginning of all knowledge,” writes C. Roland Christensen, one of the true masters of discussion teaching. He is referring to his development as a teacher—how he arrived at the...
View ArticleGetting Started with Faculty Learning Communities
Your institution may have department meetings and may even have communities of practice, but does it have faculty learning communities (FLCs)? An effective FLC can positively impact its members’...
View ArticleFaculty Learning Communities: Making the Connection, Virtually
Technology has enabled a boom in online education. No longer does location dictate where students can take classes and/or where instructors can teach. While this increased flexibility is appealing to...
View ArticleBuilding the Ship while Sailing: Faculty Learning Communities and Technology
Dana Schutz has a visually cacophonous, 13-foot-long painting titled Building the Boat While Sailing. In reviewing the work for the New Yorker, Andrea Scott referred to it as, “an allegory for the...
View ArticleInspiring and Developing Evaluation Faculty
Working remotely is commonplace for many universities in today’s higher education environment. Working from home provides faculty and staff with flexibility; however, remote workers can also have...
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