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ACTIVITY 1.1

Building Learning Communities

Learning skills: attending, recording, taking an interest in others

WHY

In this course you will become accustomed to working in teams or learning communities. In this environ-
ment, each team member has a certain role with responsibilities that promote the learning of the entire
team. Getting to know your classmates, who will be learning partners for future activities, is a first step
towards team building and developing teamwork skills. Social skills (which include teamwork skills) will
benefit you in other courses you take in college as well as in social, community, and workplace settings.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Get to know your classmates and begin the process of team building.
2. Share some of your educational goals with others.

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Criterion: know your classmates better

Attributes:
a. know the names of at least two people you didn’t know before
b. articulate two important pieces of information about two people you didn’t know before

PLAN

1. Pick a partner who is someone you do not already know.
2. Before talking with your partner, individually answer the first four questions on the Interview Response

Form found on the next page. Put your responses in the appropriate space.
3. Write down three more questions that you would like to ask your partner (space has been provided).

Include your own responses to these questions.
4. Interview your partner using the questions on the Interview Response Form.
5. Document your partner’s responses in the appropriate space.
6. Introduce your partner to another pair of students in the class.

EXERCISES

As a class, decide on what information from the interviews should be put into a class directory. Compile the
information into a document that may be printed. Distribute copies of the directory to all class members.

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