What Is a Learning Community? | Long Island University

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A learning community is a small group or cohort of students who share common academic goals and work collaboratively in the classroom with one or more ... ABOUT ADMISSIONS ACADEMICS CAMPUSLIFE ATHLETICS ALUMNI A-ZINDEX     LearningCommunities HomeBrooklynAcademicsCenters&InstitutesLearningCommunitiesWhatIsaLearningCommunity? LEARNINGCOMMUNITIES WhyJoin? WhatIsaLearningCommunity? HOWTOREGISTER NewStudents CurrentStudents CONTACTUS DeborahMutnick,English, LIUBrooklynLearningCommunitiesCo-Director [email protected](718)488-1110 JoseR.Sanchez,PoliticalScience, LIUBrooklynLearningCommunitiesCo-Director [email protected](718)488-3436 KatieHarman, LIUBrooklynLearningCommunitiesPromiseCoach [email protected](718)488-1327 WhatIsaLearningCommunity? Alearningcommunityisasmallgrouporcohortofstudentswhosharecommonacademicgoalsandworkcollaborativelyintheclassroomwithoneormoreprofessors.AtLIUBrooklyn,weofferFirstYearLearningCommunitiesforenteringstudentsandCollaborativeLearningCommunitiesforallstudents. Whenyouenrollinalearningcommunity,youwillbepartofacohortof22-24students. Together,youwilltakecoursesthatareeither“linked”thematicallyorenhancedbypeerlearning.Bytakingclassestogetherand/orengaginginpeer-to-peerlearning,yougettoknoweachotherbetter,learnfromeachother,andsupporteachother.Andbecauseclassesarelimitedto22-24students,youandyourinstructorswillgettoknoweachotherbetter,too! InFirstYearLearningCommunities,youwillenrollintwoorthreeclassesthatsatisfycorerequirementswhilethefacultycollaboratestocreateamoreintegratedlearningexperience.Yourinstructorswillteachthematerialrequiredforthecourseandworkcloselytogethertoconnecttheircoursesthroughacommontheme.Forexample,inalearningcommunitythatlinksCompositionandPsychology,acommonthememightbe“health”andyoumightusewriting,research,andcriticalthinkingtoexplorethepsychologicalimplicationsofahealthproblemsuchasdiabetes.Thisway,youcanconnectandapplywhatyoulearn. Becausetherearemanydifferentthemes,youcanusuallyfindonethatrelatestoyouracademicand/orcareerinterests.Oryoucanexploreanewsubjectoridea,perhapsdiscoveringalifelongpassionorevenanewdirection.Ifyouareundecidedaboutyourmajor,learningcommunitiescanintroduceyoutoanewwayoflookingattheworld. InCollaborativeLearningCommunities,youwillenrollinasingleclass,suchasBiology1orPsychology3,andformalearningcommunitybyworkingcloselywiththeprofessorandoneormorepeerleaderswhohelpfacilitatepeerlearning.Bystudyingtogetherwithotherstudentsandapeerleader,astudentwhohassuccessfullycompletedthecourseandworkswithyourprofessor,youwillhavethechancetoaskquestions,talkthroughsubjectmatteryoufindconfusing,andworktogetherwithyourclassmatestolearnthematerial. Studentswhoexperiencemoresocial,connectedlearningtendtobecomemoreengagedinandoutoftheclassroomcommunityandthusincreasetheirpotentialforacademicsuccess.Inalearningcommunity,youwillalsogetadditionalsupportbecausethelearningcommunitiesprogramhasitsownadvisersandworkscloselywithotherstudentsupportservices.Mostlearningcommunitiessatisfycorerequirements.Mostimportant,theymakelearningfun.Theyhelpstudentslearntolovelearning.



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