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ERIC Number: EJ949350
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-5698
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Faculty Learning Communities: Improving Teaching in Higher Education
Ward, Hsuying C.; Selvester, Paula M.
Educational Studies, v38 n1 p111-121 2012
Faculty learning communities (FLCs) are collaborative collegial groups of faculty and other teaching staff who are interested in and committed to the improvement of their teaching to accommodate a diverse student population through group discourse, reflection and goal setting. In this article, we describe our FLC experiences that were supported by a federal grant to ensure accessible learning environments on our campus. The project, Ensuring Access through Collaboration and Technology (EnACT), sought to introduce faculty at a medium-sized state university to a pedagogical framework to provide universal access to the curriculum for all students and to encourage faculty to adopt accessible technologies. We describe the recruitment process, the FLC meeting structure, our intended outcomes and the challenges we faced in meeting them. (Contains 1 table.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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