Living-Learning Communities That Work

Mimi Benjamin, Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas, and Jody E. Jessup-Anger Share about living-learning communities on episode 283 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
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Quotes from the episode

Creating community is really important, it can help students feel connected to both the institution and their academic pursuits.
-Mimi Benjamin

Faculty have a really great opportunity to reinforce the identity of the living-learning community in the courses.
-Mimi Benjamin

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Resources Mentioned

• Living-Learning Communities That Work: A Research-Based Model for Design, Delivery, and Assessment (Stylus, 2018)
• High Impact Educational Practices (HIPs)
• Residential Learning Community (RLC), Living-Learning Community (LLC), and Living-Learning Program (LLP)
• https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/elon-statement-on-residential-learning-communities/
• John Dewey – responsible for the revisiting of living learning communities.
• The experimental college
• Laurie Schreiner – research on thriving
• Elon University Center for Engaged Learning Statement on Residential Learning Communities as a High-Impact Practice

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