Living-learning communities are common in the sphere of higher education as intimate, specialized spaces for students looking to establish community in on-campus residence halls. “The definition of a ...

Living Learning Communities (LLCs) have long been recognized as a best practice within higher education and academia, to support student learning and to deepen belonging for residential students. LLCs ...

In these communities, students with shared academic, social and cultural interests live on the same floor and attend courses together. This experience is considered a "high-impact practice," promoting ...

“Community” is a hot buzzword, referring to everything from a physical neighborhood to a cohort of people rallying around a purpose or shared interest. As observed in Harvard Business Review: “The ...

Placement in a learning community (LC) is determined by a comprehensive review of all applications to create optimal learning environments for each LC. The LC placement criteria include elements such ...

Which learning community is right for me? In order to make this decision, you need to decide what you want to get out of a learning community. Most learning communities include at least one to three ...

Experiential learning has been used extensively and is popular in education (Bradford, 2019; Hoover & Whitehead, 1975). Experiential learning theory is reflected in the work of several scholars "John ...

When students take a course, they experience more than just an interaction with course content. The learning environment includes the intellectual, social, emotional and physical environments of a ...

Marcela Falcone is in her 20 th year as a 3rd grade bilingual teacher in the Brentwood school district on Long Island in New York. She previously taught pre-K, 1 st grade, and 2 nd grade. Follow her ...