Student Comments about Learning Communities at Ohlone College

What Do Students Think About Learning Communities?

• “The learning community has given me confidence enough to be comfortable in myself and want more than I did before.”

• “I learned effective ways of working with others in a group. I also learned how to be a more responsible student.”

• “It is really nice to be on such a personal level with my classmates. It makes it easier to plan study groups and to speak out my opinions.”

• "My time in this English class and the learning community has been very good. I got to grow and strengthen my skills in writing, and read a book I normally wouldn’t have chosen. I was able to learn more about myself and experience an online class. Overall, I would recommended the learning community to anyone entering Ohlone."

• “I think that the most valuable thing that I have learned is basically how to be a better person.”

• “It has helped me to stay motivated to come to class.”

• “I enjoyed the experience of the learning community. Having all of my professors talking to one another and combining subject matter was an interesting way to go.”

• “The most valuable thing about being in a learning community was the ability to learn and connect the different subjects together to gain a more complete understanding of all subjects.”

• “I think I would have learned just as much (in separate classes), but I don’t think I would have done as well.”

• “It was a great experience that I would definitely recommend!”

• "The discussion board was an excellent feature of the class, as I believe that there was more student participation than there might be in a regular classroom. This advantage led to hearing many points of view on a particular subject, and thus further enhanced my ability to examine information more critically."

• "It had been over a year since I had taken an English class, and the last English I took was ENG-151B, which I dropped. I was a little scared. However, participating in the weekly discussions really helped, and made me feel I was part of the class. It helped me in my critical thinking, which was something that really needed to be worked on. I am glad I took the class."

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