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Websites
Learning Communities, General
Atlantic Center for Learning Communities (ACLC)
This group offers a learning communities retreat each October.

Learning Communities National Learning Commons
There are a number of resources available on this site. In particular, we recommend Assessment in and of Collaborative Learning, developed and edited by the Washington Center's Evaluation Committee.

Teaching & Learning
KEEP Toolkit
A set of web-based tools that help create on-line knowledge representations.

PBL Clearinghouse
Database of peer-reviewed Problem Based Learning problems.

PBL at the University of Delaware
Sample PBL materials, including syllabi and links to other sites.

ITUE:Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education
Workshops on PBL and integration of technology, communication skills.

PBL at University of California, Irvine
From the University of California, Irvine PBL Faculty Institute

PBL at the University of Cincinnati
Another good resource for PBL.

Handbook of Enquiry and Problem-Based Learning
From the All-Ireland Society for HIgher Education (AISHE)

Sample Collaborations - Integrative Assignments
Annie Del Principe and Susan Lachman
Stephen Armstrong and Rick Repetti
Cindy Greenberg and Nicole Colbert

Articles
Babbitt, M. (2001). Making writing count in an ESL learning community. In       Academic writing programs, ed. I. Leki, 49-60. Alexandria, VA: TESOL.

Babbitt, M. (2006). Strength in community: effectiveness of community in
      building college success. In Volume I: Pedagogy, programs, curricula, and       assessment of the Perspectives on community ESL series, ed. M. Spaventa,       61-76. Alexandria, VA: TESOL.

Babbitt, M. and Mlynarczyk, R.W. (2000). Keys to successful content-based       programs: administrative perspectives. In Content-based college ESL       instruction, ed. L. Kasper, 26-47, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum       Associates.

Darabi, R. L. (2006). Basic writers and learning communities. Journal of Basic       Writing 25(1), 53-72.

Heaney, A.  (2006). The Synergy Program: Reframing critical reading and       writing for at-risk students. Journal of Basic Writing 25(1), 26-52.

Mlynarczyk, R.W., & Babbitt, M.  (2002). The power of academic learning       communities. Journal of Basic Writing 21(1), 71-89.

Song, Bailin. (2006). Content-based ESL instruction: Long-term effects and       outcomes. English for specific purposes 25, 420-437.

Books
Angelo, T., & Cross, P. (1993). Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook       for college teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Barkley, E., Major, C.H., & Cross, P. (2004). Collaborative learning techniques.       San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Bean, J. C. (1996). Engaging Ideas: The professor’s guide to integrating writing,       critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom. San Francisco:
      Jossey-Bass.

Bess, J.L. (2000). Teaching alone, teaching together: Transforming the structure       of teams for teaching, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Bosworth, K., & Hamilton, S.J. (1994). Collaborative learning: Underlying       processes and effective techniques.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Duch, B.J., Groh, S.E., & Allen, D.E. (2001). The Power of problem-based learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Fink, L.D. (2003). Creating significant learning experiences. San Francisco:       Jossey-Bass.

Finkel, D. L. (2000). Teaching with your mouth shut. Portsmouth: Heinemann       Boynton Cook Publishers.

Kuh, G.D., Kinzie, J., Schuh, J., & Whitt, E.J. (2005). Student Success in       college: Creating conditions that matter. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Laufgraben, J.L., & Shapiro, N.S. (2004). Sustaining and improving learning       communities. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Leamnson, R. (1999). Thinking about teaching and learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus       Publishing.

Levine, J.H. (1999). Learning communities: New structures, new partnerships for       learning. Columbia: National Center for the First-Year Experience and       Students in Transition.

Michaelsen, L.K., Knight, A.B., & Fink, L.D. (2004). Team-based learning: A       transformative use of small groups in college teaching. Sterling, VA: Stylus       Publishing.

Nilson, L.B. (2003). Teaching at its Best: A Research-Based Resource for
      College Instructors. San Francisco: Anker/Jossey-Bass.

Ouellette, M.L. (2005) Teaching inclusively: Resources for course, department
      and institutional change in higher education. Stillwater, OK: New Forums       Press.

Pace, D., & Middendorf, J., (Eds.). (2004). Decoding the Disciplines: Helping       Students Learn Ways of Disciplinary Thinking. New Directions for Teaching       and Learning, no. 98. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Periodicals at Josey-Bass.

Pedersen, S.  (2003). Learning communities and the academic library. Olympia,       WA: Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate       Education, National Learning Communities Project, Evergreen State
      College; Chicago, IL: Association of College & Research Libraries;       Washington, D.C. American Association of Higher Education.

Richlin, L. (2006). Blueprint for Learning: Constructing College Courses to       Facilitate, Assess, and Document Learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Schoem, D. & Hurtado, S., (Eds.). (2001).  Intergroup dialogue: Deliberative       democracy in school, college, community, and workplace. Ann Arbor, MI:       University of Michigan Press.

Shapiro, N.S., & Levine, J.H. (1999). Creating learning communities: A practical       guide to winning support, organizing for change, and implementing
      programs. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Smilkstein, R. (2002).We're born to learn: Using the brain's natural learning       process to create today's curriculum. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Smith, B.L., & McCann, J. (Eds.) (2001). Reinventing ourselves: Interdisciplinary       education, collaborative learning, and experimentation in higher education       Bolton, MA: Anker

Smith, B.L., MacGregor, J., Matthews, R., & Gablenick, F. (2004). Learning       communities: Reforming undergraduate education. San Francisco:
      Jossey-Bass.

Sutherland, T., & Bonwell, C.C. (1996). Using active learning in college classes:
      A range of options for faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 

Tagg, J. (2003). The learning college paradigm. Bolton, MA: Anker Press.

Walvoord, B., & Anderson, V. (1998). Effective grading: A tool for learning and       assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (2005). Understanding by design. Upper Saddle
      River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Zull, J.E. (2000). The art of changing the brain. Sterling, VA: Stylus Press.