MCC Daily Tribune

Call for Collaborative Learning (CL) Course Designation Applications

As the spring registration approaches, the Collaborative Learning Committee wants to remind you that there's still time to designate your course as a Collaborative Learning (CL) course.

The CL-designation identifies courses that incorporate CL activities by providing an active learning environment that emphasizes cooperative learning in the classroom. The purpose of a CL-designation is to promote a culture in which students of varied backgrounds are encouraged to work together to solve problems and/or create products relevant to the discipline being studied.

If you are already using collaborative learning activities in your classroom, your course likely meets the requirements.  In order for the course to have the CL-designation, assignments and/or projects in the course that integrate Collaborative Learning should amount to a minimum of 30% of class time/course work and/or account for a minimum of 10% of the grade. There are no specific requirements as to how the professor accomplishes this objective nor does a CL-designation require particular assignments.

If you would like an application for CL-designation, or if you have more questions about how your class could use CL, please feel free to contact Ryan Clemens (CHE/GEO) at rclemens@monroecc.edu.

Ryan Clemens
Chemistry and Geosciences
03/17/2025