%0 Journal Article
%T Building Academic Skills and Information Competency through Learning Communities
%A Lucy Dodge
%J Educational Technology & Society
%D 2003
%I International Forum of Educational Technology & Society
%X Colleges are finding new ways to incorporate technology skills and information competency into the curriculum. One method used successfully at several campuses involves a coordinated curriculum in which two or more faculty members collaborate to offer a linked group of classes that combine the objectives and course requirements such that students benefit from having an integrated curriculum. This paper describes several of these learning communities and how they benefited community college students and faculty.
%K Learning communities
%K Information competency
%K Digital divide
%K Curriculum innovations
%K Learning strategies
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