Lee Webb Oklahoma City University

Communities of Practice Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly. Etienne Wenger Communities of practice: a brief introduction A faculty learning community is a community of practice…

… made up of faculty (also professional staff, administrators, etc.) who study a topic related to teaching and learning.  8-12 members  Multi-disciplinary  Membership by application  Teaching Center (CETL, CELT, Faculty Development etc.)  Meets about every 3 weeks for an academic year

… made up of faculty (also professional staff, administrators, etc.) who study a topic related to teaching and learning.  Commitment  Mutual interest, collaboration, feedback  Reward  Community, not a committee  not a discussion group  has a facilitator, not a chair

Arts Integration Faculty Learning Community Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Faculty Learning Community Teaching with Technology Faculty Learning Community Faculty Learning Community Exploring Effective Teaching Teaching and Learning with New Media Learning Community Faculty Learning Community on Improving Student Research Skills

 Collaboration between faculty and librarians  Interdisciplinary conversation about information needs and research  Improved student performance on research assignments  Higher level of student engagement in research processs  Assessable learning outcomes related to information literacy  Primary research opportunities for student

 3-4 meetings per semester  early meetings focus on theory; readings  later meetings focus on sharing projects  final artifact of the work: document, article, presentation, etc.

Shapiro, Jeremy J., and Shelley K. Hughes. "Information literacy as a liberal art." Educom Review 31, no. 2 (March 1996): 31. Freeman, Edward, and Eileen Lynd-Balta. "Developing Information Literacy Skills Early in an Undergraduate Curriculum." College Teaching 58, no. 3 (Summer2010): 109. Gilman, Todd. “Not Enough Time in the Library.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 14, 2009, sec. Do Your Job Better. in-the-Library/47410/. in-the-Library/47410/

Freyman, Marcia. “Assessing Information Literacy in an English Composition Class.” In Assessing Student Learning Outcomes for Information Literacy Instruction in Academic Institutions, edited by Elizabeth Avery, Chicago: Association of College & Research Libraries, Emmons, Mark. “Tailoring Instruction for College and University Instruction.” In Information Literacy Instruction that Works: A Guide to Teaching By Discipline and Student Population, edited by Patrick Ragains, New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Extensive Bibliography of readings for an FLC: GtJ2jOAH7Em6gSz4qzx7gJyfKh_CeY&hl=en&authkey=CN_s- f8F GtJ2jOAH7Em6gSz4qzx7gJyfKh_CeY&hl=en&authkey=CN_s- f8F

 Faculty Information Literacy Survey: faculty information seeking habits state of student research skills information literacy instruction and assessment  Survey of Student Perceptions: research habits library use resource use

 Citation Analysis of research papers  Assignment revisions annotated bibliography staged research assigment  Pre-test/post-test instruction timed to assignment computer lab time built into session  Rubric for research presentations/posters  Syllabus revision

Etienne C. Wenger and William M. Snyder. Communities of Practice: The Organizational Frontier Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, and William M. Snyder. Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge - Seven Principles for Cultivating Communities of Practice Developing Faculty and Professional Learning Communities (FLCs): Communities of Practice in Higher Education. Eric Resnis and Milton Cox, “How and Why Faculty Learning Communities: in Support of Undergraduate Information Literacy.” TLT Group.

Cox, Milton D., and Laurie Richlin. Building Faculty Learning Communities: New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 97. Jossey-Bass, Building Faculty Learning Communities: New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 97. Wenger, Etienne. Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity. 1st ed. Cambridge University Press, Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity. ________________, Richard McDermott, and William M. Snyder. Cultivating Communities of Practice. 1st ed. Harvard Business Press, Cultivating Communities of Practice.