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50 Years of ERIC
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Introduction to Faculty Learning Communities
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Cox, Milton D. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2004
Faculty learning communities create connections for isolated teachers, establish networks for those pursuing pedagogical issues, meet early-career faculty expectations for community, foster multidisciplinary curricula, and begin to bring community to higher education. The following are appended: (1) Qualities Necessary for Community in FLCs; and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Surveys
Institutional Considerations in Developing a Faculty Learning Community Program
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Shulman, Gary M.; Cox, Milton D.; Richlin, Laurie – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2004
For successful implementation of FLCs, consider leadership recommendations for institutional change, reasons for choosing the FLC model, and institutional conditions that may facilitate or hinder FLC development. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Organizational Change, College Faculty, Organizational Development, Organizational Climate
Developing Scholarly Teaching and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning through Faculty Learning Communities
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Richlin, Laurie; Cox, Milton D. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2004
The scholarship of teaching and learning has been a primary motivator and focus of faculty learning communities. This chapter reports on the strategies, processes, and activities that foster this scholarship in FLCs. (Contains 1 table and 1 exhibit.)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Scholarship, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Midcareer and Senior Faculty Learning Communities: Learning throughout Faculty Careers
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Blaisdell, Muriel L.; Cox, Milton D. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2004
Faculty members' productivity may shift over time, not as a function of age but as a function of the amount of time a senior faculty member spends with colleagues (Bland and Bergquist, 1997). This chapter shows how faculty learning communities can provide the opportunities and connections that senior and midcareer faculty need to continue…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Productivity, Professional Continuing Education
Peer Consultation and Faculty Learning Communities.
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Cox, Milton D. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1999
Proposes a learning community model for peer consultation among college faculty and offers examples of cohort-focused or issue-focused learning communities at Miami University (Ohio). Provides evidence of effectiveness based on annual reports and evaluations and on universitywide presentations, as well as advice on combining one-on-one and peer…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement