Learning Communities in Balance

On October 26, 2006, the Southeast Ohio Regional Center hosted a Kickoff Event at Shawnee State University for all professional learning communities funded through OLN Regional Center Mini-Grants. The theme for this meeting was achieving balance in learning communities.

Speakers addressed the need for balance between scholarship and community building, between individual goals and community goals, between student learning and faculty learning, and between technology and pedagogy. The program included time for sharing, community building, and working within each individual learning community on planning, strategizing, and maximizing outcomes.

PowerPoint presentaions covered each of the following areas:

Balance

PLC Objectives vs. Individual Objectives

Scholarship vs. Community Building

Technology vs. Pedagogy

Click here to view photos from the Fall Kick-off.

Participants were invited to also attend the Shawnee 4.0 conference on October 27. The focus of this conference on interactive digital technology was of interest to faculty wanting to use technology to enhance teaching and learning in their classes.

Shawnee 4.0 Conference on Interactive Digital Technology

For more information on Shawnee 4.0, visit www.ovidtagames.org