Community Building
Principle 2: Design in opportunities for community building
Provide opportunities for students to create connections with other students, with staff, and with others (e.g. employers, internationally) on-campus and in the virtual learning environment.
- Possible approaches
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What you can do
- use of supported discussions;
- ensure sufficient time is provided for students to interact with one another (e.g. icebreakers, think-pair-share activities);
- use of group work;
- active peer-to-peer and student-staff interactions;
- explore opportunities for Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL);
- use of the Virtual Learning Environment to promote interaction and collaborative learning outside the classroom.
- Examples
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Examples of creating opportunities for community building and further information can be found on our Examples & Inspiration page.