TC Logo

Learning College Resources

Home

Learning College Resources

Teaching Techniques

The Learning College

Updated May 30, 2003

This Bibliography was prepared by Terry O’Banion, President Emeritus and Senior League Fellow at the League for Innovation, and Kelley Costner, Graduate Student, Community College Leadership Doctoral Program, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland.

Please add to this Bibliography by sending suggestions to Terry O’Banion at obanion@league.org.  Thanks for your interest and assistance.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | W

American Council on Education.  (1996, May).  Guiding principles for distance learning in a learning society.  Washington, DC: Author.

Angelo, T. A. (1995, November).  Reassessing (and defining) assessment.  AAHE Bulletin, 7. 

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

Argyris, C. & Schon, D. A.  (1978).  Organizational learning: A theory of action perspective.  Reading, MA:  Addison-Wesley.

Armajani, B., Heydinger, R., Hutchinson, P. (1994, January).  A model for the reinvented higher education system:  State policy and college learning.  Denver, CO:  Education Commission of the States.

Association of American Colleges and Universities. (1995).  The direction of educational change:  Putting learning at the center.  Washington, DC: Author.

Association of American Colleges and Universities.  (2002).  Greater expectations:  A new vision for learning as a nation goes to college.  Washington, DC:  Author.

Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario (ACAATO).  (1995).  Learning-centered education in Ontario’s colleges.  Toronto:  Author.

Astin, A.W.  (1985).  Achieving educational excellence.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Astin, A.W.  (1993).  What matters in college?  Four critical years revisited.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Atkins, Steve and Connie Wolfe. (2003). Toward a New Way of Thinking and Learning:
Becoming a Learning College.
  Learning Abstracts September 2003, Volume 6, Number 9

to top of page

Banta, T. W. & Associates (Eds.)  (1993).  Making a difference:  Outcomes of a decade of assessment in higher education.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Barr, R.  (1995, March).  From teaching to learning: A new reality for community colleges.  Leadership Abstracts, 8(3). 

Barr. R.  (1994, February).  A new paradigm for community colleges.   The News. 
San Marcos, CA: Research and Planning Group of the California Community Colleges.

Barr, R.  (1993, October).  A new paradigm for community colleges:  Focus on learning instead of teaching.  AdCom.  Sacramento, CA: Association of California Community College Administrators. 

Barr, R.  (1998, September/October).  Obstacles to implementing the learning paradigm:  What it takes to overcome them.  About Campus, 3(4), 18-25.

Barr, R. & Tagg, J. (1998, December).  Accreditation in the learning paradigm.  In Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Eight Perspectives on How to Focus the Accreditation Process on Educational Effectiveness, Oakland, CA: Accrediting Commission for the Senior Colleges and Universities, Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Barr, R. & Tagg, J. (1995, November/December).  From teaching to learning: A new paradigm for undergraduate education.   Change, 27(6), 13-25.

Becoming a learning college:  The building blocks of change.  (1998). Lansing: Michigan Community College Association. (Available from Michigan State University, Office of the Provost for University Outreach, 216 Hannah Administration Building, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1046) 

 Board of Governors, California Community Colleges.  (1995, September 14).  The new basic agenda:  Policy directions for student success.  Sacramento, CA: Author.

Boggs, G.R.  (1998, January/February).  Accepting responsibility for student learning.  On the Horizon, 6(1), 1, 5-6.

Boggs, G.R.  (1993, September).  Community colleges and the new paradigm.  Celebrations [An occasional publication of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD)], Austin, TX: NISOD. 

Boggs, G.R.  (1995/96, December/January).  The learning paradigm.  Community College Journal, 66(3), 24-27.

Boggs, G.R.  (1995, Fall).  The new paradigm for community colleges—Who’s leading the way?  The Catalyst, XXV(1), 27-28.

Boggs, G.R.  (1993/94), December/January).  Reinventing community colleges.   Community College Journal, 4-5.

Boggs, G.R. (1999, January).  What the learning paradigm means for faculty. 
AAHE Bulletin, 51(5), 3-5.

Bowden, J. & Marton, F.  (1998)  The university of learning: Beyond quality and competence in higher education.  London:  Kogan Page Limited  (In U.S. Stylus Publishing Inc., Sterling, VA)

Bradford, P. F. (2000).  Illinois community college presidents’ perceptions of leadership for creating or maintaining learning colleges  (Doctoral dissertation, Northern Illinois University, 2000).  Dissertation Abstracts International, 61 (06), 2115. 

Brown, J. S. (1997, January/February).  On becoming a learning organization.  About Campus, 1(6), 5-10.

to top of page

Caine, R. N. & Caine, G.  (1990, October).  Understanding a brain-based approach to learning and teaching.  Educational Leadership, 48(2), 66-69.

Chickering, A.W. & Gamson, Z. F.  (1987, June).  Seven principles of good practice in undergraduate education.  The Wingspread Journal, 9(2), 1-4.

Cleveland, J. & Plastrick, P.  (1995).  Learning, learning organizations, and TQM. 
In A. M. Hoffman & D.J. Julius (Eds.), Total quality management: Implications for higher education. Maryville, MO: Prescott. 

Committee for Economic Development.  (1994).  Putting learning first:  Governing and managing the schools for high achievement. [Executive Summary].  New York:  Author.

Cross, K. P.  (2000, February).  Collaborative learning 101.  The Cross Papers No. 4.  Mission Viejo, CA:  League for Innovation in the Community College and Educational Testing Service.

Cross, K. P. (1999, June).  Learning is about making connections.  The Cross Papers No. 3 Mission Viejo, CA:  League for Innovation in the Community College and Educational Testing Service.

Cross, K. P. (2001, February).  Motivation:  Er…will that be on the test?  The Cross Papers No. 5.  Mission Viejo, CA:  League for Innovation in the Community College and Educational Testing Service.

Cross, K. P. (1998, June).  Opening windows on learning.  The Cross Papers No. 2.  Mission Viejo, CA:  League for Innovation in the Community College and Educational Testing Service.

Cross, K.P. (1986).  A proposal to improve teaching.   AAHE Bulletin, 39(1).

Cross, K. P. (2002).  The role of class discussion in the learning-centered classroom.  The Cross Papers No. 6.  Phoenix:  League for Innovation in the Community College and Educational Testing Service.

Cross, K. P. & Angelo, T. A. (1988).  Classroom assessment techniques:  A handbook for faculty.   University of Michigan, National Center for Research to Improve Postsecondary Teaching and Learning.

to top of page

Dibella, A. J., Gould, J. M., & Nevis, E. C.  (1995, Winter).  Understanding organizations as learning systems.  Sloan Management Review, 36(2), 73-85.

Doherty, A., Riordan, T., & Roth, J. (Eds.).  (2002).  Student learning: A central focus for institutions of higher education—A report and collection of institutional practices of the student learning initiative.  Milwaukee:  Alverno College Institute.

Dolence, M. G. & Norris, D. M.  (1995).  Transforming higher education.  Ann Arbor, MI:  Society for College and University Planning.

Doucette, D.  (1994, October/November).  Transforming teaching and learning through technology.  Community College Journal, 65(2), 18-24.

to top of page

Education Commission of the States.  (1996, April).  What research says about improving undergraduate education.  AAHE Bulletin, 48(8), 5-8.

Ehrmann, S. C.  (1995, March/April).  Asking the right questions:  What does research tell us about technology and higher learning?  Change, 27(2), 20-27.

Ely, E. E. (2000).  Developmental education in the learning college  (Doctoral dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 2000).  Dissertation Abstracts International, 61 (08), 3035.  

Ewell, Peter.  (1997, December).  Organizing for learning: A new imperative.  AAHE Bulletin, 50(4), 3-6.

to top of page

Flynn, W. (2000, September). This old house: Revitalizing higher education’s architecture.  Community College Journal, 71(1), 36-39.

Flynn, W. (1999, September).  Rethinking teaching and learning.  Community College Journal 70 (4), 8-13.

Flynn, W.  (2000). The search for the learning-centered college, Issues Paper No. 9 in New Expeditions: Charting the Second Century of Community Colleges.  Washington, D. C.: American Association of Community Colleges.

to top of page

Gabelnick, F., MacGregor, J., Matthews, R. S., & Smith, B. L.  (1990, Spring).  Learning communities:  Creating connections among students, faculty, and disciplines.  New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 41.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Gardner, H. (1983).  Frames of mind:  The theory for multiple intelligences.  New York:  Basic Books.

Garvin, D. A.  (1993, July/August).  Building a learning organization. Harvard Business Review, 71(4), 78-91.

Gilbert, S. W.  (1995, March/April).  Teaching, learning, and technology: The need for campuswide planning and faculty support services.  Change, 27 (2), 46-52.

Guskin, A. E. (1994, July/August).  Reducing student costs and enhancing student learning.  Change, 26(4), 22-29.

Guskin, A. E.  (1994, September/October).  Restructuring the role of faculty.  Change, 26(5), 16-25.

to top of page

James, T.  (1999).  Learning support and success:  Determining the educational support needs for learners into the 21st century.  Retrieved November 2, 2002, from www.bccat.bc.ca/pubs/learner.pdf

Johnstone, B. (1993, April).  Learning productivity:  A new imperative for American higher education (Studies in Public Higher Education, No. 3). Albany:  State University of New York.

to top of page

Kim, D. H. (1993, Fall).  The link between individual and organizational learning.  Sloan Management Review, 35(1), 37-50.

Krakauer, R. (2000).  Criteria for a learning college.  Toronto:  The Michener Institute.

Krakauer, R. (2000).  A Learning College for health care:  The applicability of learning-centered education to the Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences (Ontario) (Doctoral dissertation, University of Toronto (Canada), 2000).  Dissertation Abstracts International, 62 (04), 1308. 

to top of page

Leadership Abstracts.  Retrieved November 2, 2002, from the League for Innovation Website: http://www.league.org/publication/abstracts/leaderab_main.htm.  Many of these Abstracts published by the League for Innovation address issues on the Learning College.  Review them by following the above link or by visiting http://www.league.org, click on Publications, then click on Leadership Abstracts.

Learning Abstracts.  Retrieved November 2, 2002, from the League for Innovation Website: http://www.league.org/publication/abstracts/learnab_main.htm.  All of these Abstracts published by the League for Innovation address issues on the Learning College.  Review them by following the above link or by visiting http://www.league.org, click on Publications, then on Learning Abstracts. 

Learning College Project.  Retrieved November 2, 2002, from the League for Innovation Website:  http://www.league.org/league/projects/lcp/index.htm.  This three-year project coordinated by the League for Innovation includes direct access to the 12 colleges dubbed Vanguard Learning Colleges.  The information from the 12 colleges is a rich and diverse resource of what these leading colleges are doing to become Learning Colleges.  Review the Learning College Project by following the above direct link or by visiting http://www.league.org , click on Projects, then click on Learning College Project. 

Marchese, T. (September/October, 1995).  Getting smarter about teaching.  Change, 27(5), 4.

McKeithan, G D.  (2002).  Navigating through a learning organization:  A case study of a community college (Doctoral dissertation, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, 2002).  Dissertation Abstracts International, 63 (04), 1237.

McPhail, C. J.  (2001, Winter).  Building a distinctly urban program to prepare community college leaders.  Trustee Quarterly, 28-29.

McPhail, C. J.  (2002, September).  Leadership by culture management.  Leadership Abstracts, 15(10).

McPhail, C. J.  (2002, August/September).  Leadership prep: The cohort leadership learning model.  Community College Journal, 73(1), 46-48.

McPhail, C. J.  (2000, December 12).  Reframing governance:  At a true learning college, trustees have a lot to learn, too.  Community College Times, pp.3, 6.

McPhail, C. J. (2000). Transforming community college leadership preparation: A cohort leadership learning model.  Unpublished manuscript, Baltimore: Morgan State University, Community College Leadership Doctoral Program.  (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED449852).

McPhail, I. P.  (2000, March 20).  Building a learning college.  Community College Week, 12(16), pp. 4-6.   

McPhail, I. P. (1999, September).  Launching LearningFIRST at the Community College of Baltimore County.  Learning Abstracts, 2(6). 

McPhail, I. P. & Heacock, R. C. (1999).  Baltimore County:  A college and community in transition.   In R. C. Bowen & G. H. Muller (Eds.), Gateway to democracy:  Six urban community college systems (pp. 75-83)San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

McPhail, I. P., Heacock, R. C., & Linck, H. F. (2001, January).  LearningFirst: Creating and leading the learning college.  Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 25(1), 17-28.

McPhail, I. P. & McPhail, C. J.  (1999).  Transforming classroom practice for African-American learners: Implications for the learning paradigm.  Removing Vestiges:  Research-Based Strategies to Promote Inclusion, 2, 25-35. 

Milliron, M. & Miles, C. (1998).  Technology, learning, & community (TLC): Perspectives from teaching excellence award recipients.  Mission Viejo, CA:  League for Innovation in the Community College.

Milliron, M. & Miles, C. (2000).  Taking a big picture look at technology, learning, and the community college.  Mission Viejo, CA: League for Innovation in the Community College.

Myran, G., Zeiss, A., & Howdyshell, L. (1995).  Community college leadership in the new century:  Learning to improve learning.  Washington, DC: American Association of Community Colleges.

to top of page

The National Commission on Excellence in Education.  (1983, April).  A Nation at risk:  The imperative for educational reform.  Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office.

National Commission on Time and Learning. (1994, April).  Prisoners of time.  Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

to top of page

O’Banion, T. (1995, Fall).  Community colleges lead a learning revolution.  Educational Record, 76(4), 23-27.

O’Banion, T.  (1997).  Creating more learning-centered community colleges.  Mission Viejo, CA:  League for Innovation in the Community College and PeopleSoft, Inc.

O’Banion, T.  (1996, January/February).  Gladly would he learn.  On the Horizon.  4(1), 1, 3-5.

O’Banion, T.  (1997, February).  Innovation and educational reform.  Academic Leadership: Journal of the Chair Academy, 4(2), 3-11.

O’Banion, T. (2000, September).  An inventory for learning-centered colleges.  Community College Journal, 71(1), 14-23.

O’Banion, T. (1999).  Launching a learning-centered college.  Mission Viejo, CA:  League for Innovation in the Community College and PeopleSoft, Inc.

O’Banion, T. (1995-96, December/January).  A learning college for the 21st century.  Community College Journal, 66(3), 18-23.

O’Banion, T. (1997).  A learning college for the 21st century.   Phoenix, AZ:  Oryx Press.

O’Banion, T. (1999, June).  The learning college.  Broadcast, Journal of Scottish Further Education, 46.

O’Banion, T. (1997).  The learning revolution:  A guide for community college trustees.  [Special issue].  The Trustee Quarterly, 1, 2-19. 

O’Banion, T. (1999, March).  The learning revolution in American higher education.  Broadcast, Journal of Scottish Further Education, 45.

O’Banion, T. (1995, June/July).  School is out—learning is in.  On the Horizon, 3(5), 1-6

O’Banion, T. (1997).  Transforming the community college from a teaching to a learning institution.    In D. Oblinger & S. Rush (Eds.), The learning revolution:  The challenge of information technology in the academy (pp. 138-154) Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.

O’Banion, T. and Associates.  (1997).  Teaching and learning in the community college.  Washington, DC: American Association of Community Colleges.

Oblinger, D. & Rush, S.  (1997).  The learning revolution:  The challenge of information technology in the academy.  Bolton, MA:  Anker Publishing.

Ohio Technology in Education Steering Committee.  (1996, March).  Technology in the learning communities of tomorrow:  Beginning the transformation.  Ohio Board of Regents.

O’Neil, J.  (1995, April).  On schools as learning organizations:  A conversation with Peter Senge.  Educational Leadership, 52(7), 20-23.

to top of page

Parnell, D.  (1995).  Why do I have to learn this?  Teaching the way people learn best.  Waco, TX: Center for Occupational Research and Development.

Perelman, L. J.  (1992).  School’s out: A radical new formula for the revitalization of America’s educational system.  New York: Avon Books.

to top of page

Returning to our roots: The student experience. (1997).  Washington, DC:  National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.

Robles, H. J.  (1999).  Building learning colleges: Preparing community college faculty and staff (Doctoral dissertation, The Fielding Institute, 1999).  Dissertation Abstracts International 61 (02), 471. 

Ruehl, P. A.  (2000). A comparison of full-time and part-time community college instructors’ awareness and application of adult learning styles (Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida, 2000).  Dissertation Abstracts International, 61 (12), 4655.

to top of page

Senge, P. M. (1990).  The fifth discipline:  The art and practice of the learning organization.  New York: Doubleday.

Senge, P. M., Ross, R., Smith, B., Roberts, C., & Kleiner, A.  (1994).  The fifth discipline fieldbook:  Strategies for tools for building a learning organization.  New York:  Doubleday.

Skolnik, M.  (Speaker).  (2000, May 11).  In praise of polarities in postsecondary education.   The R. W. B. Jackson Lecture.  University of Toronto. Retrieved November 19, 2002, from http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~mskolnik/Jackson_lecture.html

The Student Learning Imperative. (1994). Washington, DC:  American College Personnel Association.

to top of page

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

Teahen, R.  (2000).  Strategies for creating a more learning-centered organization: A community college perspective (Doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University, 2000).  Dissertation Abstracts International, 62 (03), 889. 

Traverso, E.  (1996, December).  ‘Learning’: Buzz word or new insight?  FACCCTS, The Journal of the Faculty Association of the California Community Colleges, 3(2), 19.

Twigg, C. A. & Doucette, D.  (1992, August).  Improving productivity in higher education:  A paradigm shift needed.  Leadership Abstracts, 5(6).

to top of page

Wilson, C. (2002, March).  The community college as a learning-centered organization.  In N. Thomas (Ed.), Perspectives on the community college (pp. 23-26).  Phoenix:  The League for Innovation in the Community College.

Wilson, C. (1999, Spring).  Faculty of the future in learning colleges.  Michigan Community College Journal, 5(1), 75-81.

Wilson, C. (1999).  Faculty in the learning college:  An examination of theorist and practitioner perceptions (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, 1999).  Dissertation Abstracts International, 60 (12), 4295.

Wilson, C. (2002, July). Leadership for learning.  Learning Abstracts, 5(7).

Wilson, C. (2002, February).  The learning college journey.  Basic Education, 46(6), Retrieved October 30, 2002, from http://www.c-b-e.org/be/iss0202/a4wilson.htm.

Wilson, C., Miles, C., Baker, R., & Schoenberger, R. L. (2000).  Learning outcomes for the 21st century: Report of a community  college study.  Mission Viejo, CA:  League for Innovation in the Community College.

Wingspread Group on Higher Education.  (1993).  An American imperative: Higher expectations for higher education.  Racine, WI: The Johnson Foundation, Inc.

to top of page

Send comments, suggested links and suggested web pages to:

lbauer@taft.org