Speaker SpotlightTuesday, October 25 ~ 1:00-2:30pm EDT Webinar Description
"As designers of educational experiences for students, faculty and administrators are using learning communities to integrate the intellectual and social aspects of learning. Learning communities are effective in promoting student learning and in fostering faculty development and renewal."
~ Anne Goodsell Love, Ph.D.
Webinar Presenter
Growth in learning communities has increased steadily in the past two decades. Colleges and universities of all sizes and types have implemented them for some or all of their students, usually with the aim of improving student learning, improving students' experiences in and out of the classroom, providing integration of ideas and disciplines across campuses, and increasing rates of student retention and degree completion. Colleges have turned to learning communities as an effective way to change the behaviors and organization of students, faculty, and student affairs professionals such that they work together to form a more holistic learning experience than what is experienced when courses are taken in isolation from one another.
This webinar will provide an overview of learning communities and take participants step-by-step through a planning process for learning community development. Participants will learn how to create a learning community development team and will walk away with a clear idea of how to build a timeline for implementation. Our expert speaker will also provide resources for continued work after the webinar.
Objectives
Participants will:
Identify reasons for Learning Community development
Develop goals, objectives, and timeline for Learning Community implementation
Identify people to be on Learning Community development team
Learn about resources for Learning Community development and implementation
Who is the Speaker?
Anne Goodsell Love is Associate Provost for Assessment at Wagner College, working with students and faculty to support learning in and out of the classroom, and the coordination of college-wide assessment efforts. Previously at Wagner she was Dean of the College, overseeing residence life, health services, academic advising, co-curricular programs and student organizations, judicial affairs, and leadership development.
In addition to her work at Wagner, for the past ten years Dr. Love has been Co-Director of the Atlantic Center for Learning Communities, a regional leadership network dedicated to supporting colleges and universities in their development of learning communities and other learner-centered pedagogies.
Before coming to Wagner College, Dr. Love was Assistant Dean of University College at The University of Akron. There, she had oversight for orientation and the first-year seminar, academic advising, learning communities, developmental programs, and students on academic probation.
Dr. Love is the editor of Collaborative Learning: A Sourcebook for Higher Education, co-author of Enhancing Student Learning: Intellectual, Social, and Emotional Integration, and has published articles and made many presentations related to the implementation and assessment of learning communities. She earned a B.S. in psychology at St. Lawrence University, a M.Ed. in Counselor Education from The Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph.D. in Higher Education from Syracuse University.
