Spring 2024
Location
Barbara Massey Boardroom
Start Date
7-5-2024 9:00 AM
End Date
7-5-2024 9:30 AM
Description
An Interdisciplinary Learning Community (ILC) consisting of two cross-departmental general education courses has been created. Advantages to linking these courses will be presented. Further, the assignments and course material used to make this learning community successful will be presented. Challenges to developing and evaluating shared assignments for such linked classes will also be discussed. Finally, student feedback will be shown from students enrolled in these courses, which illustrate the positive effects blending these two classes had on the student’s learning experience. As an example, an ILC between a general physics course and a literature course will be introduced.
Recommended Citation
McBride, Krista and Monteverde, Maggie, "Creating an Interdisciplinary Learning Community Between Two Cross-Departmental Courses" (2024). Faculty Scholarship Symposium. 5.
https://repository.belmont.edu/fac_schol/Spring_2024/Spring_2024/5
Included in
Arts and Humanities Commons, Education Commons, Physics Commons
Creating an Interdisciplinary Learning Community Between Two Cross-Departmental Courses
Barbara Massey Boardroom
An Interdisciplinary Learning Community (ILC) consisting of two cross-departmental general education courses has been created. Advantages to linking these courses will be presented. Further, the assignments and course material used to make this learning community successful will be presented. Challenges to developing and evaluating shared assignments for such linked classes will also be discussed. Finally, student feedback will be shown from students enrolled in these courses, which illustrate the positive effects blending these two classes had on the student’s learning experience. As an example, an ILC between a general physics course and a literature course will be introduced.
