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STRATEGY 1 :
Design for Connection
Connection is Fundamental Connecting Students Peer to Peer Learning Resources and References
A key benchmark for student success With a renewed focus on the importance Connecting students in an academic
is student-faculty interaction. Close of the college experience’s social aspects, environment through peer-to-peer learning Articles:
interaction between faculty and students spaces that allow students to meet, connect, and collaborative projects have improved
is a critical factor in student learning, and collaborate are essential in the years learning outcomes and makes students Christensen Institute | Social
Connections Matter Now More
engagement, development, and college ahead. Places that allow for serendipitous intrinsically more inspired to learn. “Studies Than Ever. Here’s How Schools Can
satisfaction. All campus environments need interactions can allow students to build indicate that when young learners are Prioritize Them.
to be focused on bringing students together social networks and connect them to given expanded opportunities to actively
and providing spaces and resources for others with different majors, backgrounds, and equitably participate in collaborative “Education systems need to embrace
students and faculty to connect from interests, and abilities. learning activities, they experienced a two-fold mission: triaging an
classrooms to corridors. feelings of wellbeing, contentment, or even
Key Take-Aways excitement.” academic crisis and a social crisis.”
> Learning is social. Considerations: Considerations: Research:
> The college experience is social. What are the opportunities to bring a How can learning spaces be reimagined to Importance of Student Connection
diverse cross-section of students together support peer-to-peer learning? Farrell, L. C., Jorgenson, D.,
> Interaction between teachers in an engaging environment that supports Fudge, J., & Pritchard, A. (2018).
and students improves learning “Switching classroom structure from interaction? How can peer-to-peer learning be College Connectedness: The
outcomes, retention and graduation didactic lectures to one centered supported in a way that supports a variety Student Perspective. Journal of the
rates. around peer instruction improves How can social environments on campus of learning styles? Scholarship of Teaching and Learning,
18(1), 75–95. https://doi.org/10.14434/
learners’ conceptual understanding feel welcoming and allow for various josotl.v18i1.22371
> The pandemic has revealed the (Duncan, 2005; Mazur, 1997), reduces places that feel comfortable to a range of
value of meaningful connection in student attrition in difficult courses students? “Peer instruction benefits not just
the college experience. (Lasry, Mazur, & Watkins, 2008), the specific questions posed during
decreases failure rates (Porter, discussion, but also improves
What is the potential at the campus Bailey-Lee, & Simon, 2013), improves accuracy on later similar problems
scale? student attendance (Deslauriers, “ I really believe in peer to peer (e.g., Smith et al., 2009). One of the
learning, it’s the most powerful way
Schelew, & Wieman, 2011), and to learn in higher education… It’s not consistent empirical hallmarks of peer
The campus can be re-imagined as a bolsters student engagement (Lucas, going to lecture and just sitting down instruction is that students’ answers
place of connection. 2009) and attitudes to their course and listening to a lecturer talking about are more frequently correct following
(Beekes, 2006). a subject. Even if it’s a live zoom, the discussion than preceding it”
peer to peer contact has been taken
away from us. We need to find new
ways to employ peer to peer learning
that is more than just zoom breakout
rooms.”
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