learning communities

Learning Communities

 

What is a Learning Community?

A Learning Community consists of two or more linked courses designed to provide students with more integrated and meaningful learning experiences.  Learning Communities foster an intellectual environment where learning can flourish and help smooth the transition to college by providing an opportunity for students to form bonds with fellow students who are in these same classes.  They are designed primarily for new, first-year students. However, they can be scheduled by transfer students with the help of their advisors. 

How do you sign up?

You register for a Learning Community with your academic advisor during New Student Orientation. 

Click here for the list of Fall 2009 Learning Communities

 

Resources for Faculty teaching in a Learning Community:

• Community Plan Worksheets

 

Assessment:

Temple was one of twenty two campus teams to participate in a two-year research project started in 2006 to assess students' learning in learning communities. Led by the Washington Center the National Assessment Project reached fresh understandings about the central importance of intentionally designing integrative learning.

Click here for more information on the results of the project.