How and Why Faculty Learning How and Why Faculty Learning Communities: in Support of Communities: in Support of

Undergraduate Information LiteracyUndergraduate Information LiteracyPart III – Next Steps, ResourcesPart III – Next Steps, Resources

Milton D. CoxMilton D. Coxcoxmd@muohio.educoxmd@muohio.edu

Editor-in-Chief, Editor-in-Chief, Journal on Excellence in College TeachingJournal on Excellence in College Teachingand theand the Learning Communities Journal Learning Communities Journal

Director, Center for the Enhancement of Learning and TeachingDirector, Center for the Enhancement of Learning and TeachingMiami UniversityMiami University

Eric ResnisEric Resniseric.resnis@muohio.edueric.resnis@muohio.eduInstruction CoordinatorInstruction Coordinator

King LibraryKing LibraryMiami UniversityMiami University

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http://tinyurl.com/TLTG-InfoLitCollab200902

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"Collaboration for Information Literacy" Faculty Learning Communities

and other Collaborative Approachesto Support and Improve

Undergraduate Information Literacy

Your Next StepsYour Next StepsStart an Organization-Wide DialogueStart an Organization-Wide Dialogue

Think about, investigate, and discuss Think about, investigate, and discuss problems or opportunities problems or opportunities that you and that you and your colleagues have been encountering your colleagues have been encountering in courses or at your institution—what in courses or at your institution—what learner behavior or policy do you want to learner behavior or policy do you want to change—what institutional objective do change—what institutional objective do you want to achieve? What colleagues you want to achieve? What colleagues and connections would you like to and connections would you like to involve in finding a solution or initiating involve in finding a solution or initiating change? The FPLC approach can do it.change? The FPLC approach can do it.

““Dr. Cox, . . . . I can report Dr. Cox, . . . . I can report (happily) that establishing (happily) that establishing learning communities was exactly learning communities was exactly what made for the successful what made for the successful implementation of the Montreal implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer.”Deplete the Ozone Layer.”——Penelope Canan, May 16, 2007Penelope Canan, May 16, 2007

““The book argues that we need to The book argues that we need to understand how the understand how the implementation of complex global implementation of complex global environmental agreements environmental agreements depends on the construction and depends on the construction and exploitation of social connections exploitation of social connections among experts who act among experts who act collectively to define solutions to collectively to define solutions to environmental problems.”environmental problems.”——Back coverBack cover

2002 Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf2002 Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf

““The growth of any craft The growth of any craft depends on shared practice depends on shared practice and honest dialogue among and honest dialogue among the people who do it. We the people who do it. We grow by private trial and grow by private trial and error, to be sure – but our error, to be sure – but our willingness to try, and fail, as willingness to try, and fail, as individuals is severely individuals is severely limited when we are not limited when we are not supported by a community supported by a community that encourages such risks.”that encourages such risks.”

——The Courage to The Courage to TeachTeach, Parker J. Palmer, , Parker J. Palmer,

Jossey-Bass, 1998 (p. 144)Jossey-Bass, 1998 (p. 144)

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Building Faculty Learning Communities

2004 New Directions in Teaching and Learning, Volume 97

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This project is supported by a grant from the US Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of This project is supported by a grant from the US Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE). No part of this document may be reproduced without permission of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE). No part of this document may be reproduced without permission of the author. © 2004 Milton D. Cox, FIPSE FLC Project Director, Miami University <coxmd@muohio.edu>.the author. © 2004 Milton D. Cox, FIPSE FLC Project Director, Miami University <coxmd@muohio.edu>.

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PurposePurposeTo provide “a scholarly, To provide “a scholarly, written forum for discussion written forum for discussion by faculty about all areas by faculty about all areas affecting teaching and affecting teaching and learning, and [to give] faculty learning, and [to give] faculty the opportunity to share the opportunity to share proven, innovative strategies proven, innovative strategies and thoughtful, inspirational and thoughtful, inspirational insights about teaching.”insights about teaching.”