Expanding the Vision of Faculty Learning Communities in Higher Education: Emerging Opportunities for Faculty to Support and Engage With Each Other in Learning, Teaching, and Support

Authors

Kristin N. Rainville, Sacred Heart UniversityFollow
David G. Title, Sacred Heart UniversityFollow
Cynthia Desrochers, California State University, Northridge

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

2024

Abstract

This edited book on Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) explores the ways in which FLCs have expanded across platforms, spaces, and focus while maintaining the core values and elements of original FLCs. The first section investigates ways that FLCs support faculty retention, teaching, and scholarship. The second section offers examples of FLCs focused on teaching that is responsive to student learning. The third section explores the move to online and virtual FLCs. The fourth section explores FLCs that create and foster faculty belonging, communities of care, and the integration of mindfulness. The fifth section looks at multi-year, long-term progression and impact of FLCs. The book’s foreword, by Milton D. Cox, investigates the evolution of leadership of and within faculty learning communities as they expand.

Comments

A volume in the series: Transforming Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

ISBN: 9798887305981 (paperback), 9798887306001 (eBook)

Recommended Citation

Rainville, K.N., Title, D., & Desrochers, C.G. (Eds.). (2024). Expanding the vision of faculty learning communities in higher education: Emerging opportunities for faculty to support and engage with each other in learning, teaching, and support. Information Age Publishing.